Knitwear : an introduction to contemporary design / Juliana Sissons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sissons, Juliana, 1959- author.

Series:

Basics fashion design.

Basics fashion design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knit goods--Design.

Knit goods.

Fashion design.

Physical Description:

ix, 198p. ; ill. (chiefly col).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Summary:

"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474251761 : (ebk : Bloomsbury)

OCLC:

1028552424