I was encouraged to start sampling with lighter tones inspired from NASA Imagery as there were strengths of it in my sketchbook, however when it came to sampling, the tones of purple, blue and grey did not reflect my 'abandonment' visual research or communicate an eerie feel through my knits. I was struggling to sample due to this and was unsure of techniques as I didn't know which direction to take my project. 
This weeks tutorial really helped to encourage me to go forward with a darker and distressed concept.
I decided to go back to the beginning of my sketchbook looking at the images of burning and taking this forward into my knit samples. A lot of my drawings and imagery contrast dark to white, however I have always found it difficult to find the right tone of white in yarn, therefore when sampling I will be using a more dirty tone to replace the white such as silver/light grey. I aim to show the appearance of distress through controlled shape and movement, using brushed mohair in techniques such as moving mock rib, ladders and racking, contrasting movement and control. I started to inlay paper yarn into my knits, which got me thinking about other materials I could use. I wanted to experiment with the concept of burning further. Therefore I burnt paper in small shapes and used the 12 gauge Dubied with 2/80s yarn to create pockets, trapping the paper in the knit. This idea worked well yet was temperamental due to the yarn.
I wanted to develop this concept and push my body of work in order to make it more independent, I then began to manipulate matchsticks and cocktail sticks by breaking, burning and foiling onto them, then inlaying them into knits.