Why knit and crochet designers need to be explicit about the body shapes they design for, not just the sizing range.
The Shape of Things to Come, part 2
Knitwear Design 101 | Drape, Loft, and Lustre
Drape, loft and lustre describe how reactive fabric is to gravity, air, & light. All designers need to relate these qualities to their work. This is the final part of a blog series on fabrication.
Pattern Writing and Applied Maths: Some Words on Decreasing, Row Spacing, and Multipliers
How I approach the maths behind shaping to form neck edges, sleeve caps, and any curved edge that requires the knitter to decrease with several changes of pace or rhythm.
Knitwear Design 101 | Fabrication, part 2
In Fabrication part 1 I discussed fibre type, staple and yarn construction. This month I’ll focus on fabric construction and how construction techniques affect knitted fabric in general terms.
Knitwear Design 101 | Fabrication, part 1
Knit and crochet designers have several duties when it comes to fabrication. As well as considering the overall shape and silhouette of a garment, there comes the question of fibre type.
Knitwear Design 101: Tessellations and surface pattern design
Translations such as drop repeats and reflections relate to the details, textures or images that make up a pattern. Tessellations refer to the geometric plan of the pattern as a whole.
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