Fully revised and updated, this new second edition of Knitwear provides an invaluable introduction to the use of knitwear in fashion design. The book delves into the characteristics and behavior of many varieties of yarn and fiber, from traditional to contemporary, providing easy-to-follow diagrams, practical examples, and rich illustrations throughout.
Knitwear provides an insider's perspective into the knitwear industry and offers vital need-to-know information to readers on various career pathways, while highlighting contemporary machinery and tools available to knitwear designers today, demonstrating how to create knitting patterns, and laying out the basic techniques used on domestic machines.
Interviews with international designers, operating at different levels within the industry, provide further insight into the business of knitwear, and how to get a good head-start into the industry. A must-have handbook for the knitwear designer, Knitwear is a beautiful and indispensable guide to this growing area of the fashion industry.
1. Approach to knit
Reinventing traditional knitting
Yarns and fibres
Construction of knit
Developments in design and technology
Industry interview. Freddie Robins, Senior Tutor, Knitted Textiles, the Royal College of Art
2. Creative development
The brief
Research
Industry interview: Shelley Fox, Director of MFA Fashion Design and Society, The New School Parsons
Design development
Colour
Sculptural form
Presentation and evaluation
3. Construction through pattern and texture
The tension swatch
Basic techniques
Lace
Surface texture
Industry interview. Sophie Steller, Design Director
Patterned knits
4. Construction through shape
Partial knitting. three-dimensional effects
Creating flared shapes
Increasing and decreasing
Industry interview. Katherine Mavridis: Knitwear Designer
Draping and shaping
Creating a knitting pattern
5. Details and trims
Collars and neckbands
Industry interview. Hannah Jenkinson, Knitwear Designer
Buttonholes and fastenings
Hand-finishing techniques
Embellishment
6. Menswear
Historical contexts
Androgynous contexts
Industry interview: Cozette McCreery
Designer case study: Pa Byrne
Designer case study: Ella Nisbett
Designer case study: Ben McKernan
Designer case study: Latasha Hammond
Designer case study: Matilda Draper
Designer case study: Kendall Baker
Designer case study: Carlo Volpi
