Basics Fashion Design 06: Knitwear

AVA Academia's Basics Fashion Design titles are designed to provide visual arts students with a theoretical and practical exploration of each of the fundamental topics within the discipline of fashion design. Packed with examples from students and professionals and fully illustrated with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery, they offer an essential exploration of the subject. Knitwear offers endless creative outcomes, enabling an independent and experimental approach to design. Basics Fashion Design: Knitwear provides a practical and visually orientated introduction to the subject, taking you through the design process from research and development through to pattern-making, construction and finishing techniques. Featuring work by talented designers, this book will provide you with the fundamental knowledge and inspiration to design and create your own innovative, knitted textiles. Title pages......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Contents......Page 5 Introduction......Page 8 Approach to knit......Page 10 Reinventing traditional knitting......Page 11 Yarns and fibres......Page 17 Construction of knit......Page 27 Developments in design and technology......Page 37 Creative development......Page 40 The brief......Page 41 Research......Page 43 Design development......Page 47 Colour......Page 51 Sculptural form......Page 55 Presentation and evaluation......Page 61 Construction through pattern and texture......Page 66 The tension swatch......Page 67 Basic techniques......Page 71 Lace......Page 77 Surface texture......Page 81 Patterned knits......Page 93 Construction through shape......Page 102 Partial knitting: three-dimensional effects......Page 103 Creating flared shapes......Page 107 Increasing and decreasing......Page 111 Draping and shaping......Page 115 Creating a knitting pattern......Page 121 Details and trims......Page 132 Collars and neckbands......Page 133 Hems and edges......Page 137 Buttonholes and fastenings......Page 141 Hand-finishing techniques......Page 145 Embellishment......Page 149 In the industry......Page 155 Conclusion......Page 161 Glossary......Page 163 Useful resources......Page 167 Shops and suppliers......Page 171 Bibliography......Page 173 Index......Page 175 Acknowledgements and picture credits......Page 177 Working with ethics......Page 178 Basics Fashion Design 06: Knitwear is a practical introduction to the use of knitwear in fashion design, richly illustrated with examples and easy-to-follow diagrams. It describes the many varieties of yarn and fibre, their characteristics and their behaviour, from the traditional to the contemporary. It explains the relevant machinery and tools, and the types of work that can be produced on each. Basic techniques on domestic machines are discussed, leading to a section on how to create a knitting pattern. Details and trims are also examined, outlining embellishment, buttonholes and fastenings. The book also discusses the knitwear industry and offers useful information on the various career pathways. Interviews with international designers, each at a different level within the industry, provide further insight into the business as a whole. Basics Fashion Design: Fashion Knitwear is an introduction to the use of creative knitwear in fashion design. Thanks to recent developments in technology, knitwear is a revived industry. This book is a practical guide to its use in the creation of original and experimental outcomes. Fully supported by contemporary examples and easy-to-follow diagrams, it introduces the key materials, equipment, and processes involved. It also discusses knitwear as an industry and offers useful career information, with further insight provided by interviews with international designers. Provides the reader with the fundamental skills, knowledge and inspiration to design and create their own innovative knitted textiles. This book offers an introduction to the use of knitwear in fashion design. It describes the varieties of yarn and fibre, their characteristics and their behaviour, from the traditional to the contemporary. 'Basics Fashion Design 06: Knitwear provides the reader with the fundamental skills, knowledge and inspiration to design and create their own innovative knitted textiles.'