It's creative. It's calming. It's knitting. If you are looking for a peaceful hobby that can encourage you to challenge yourself while showing off your creative side at the same time, knitting perfectly fits the bill.
Knitwear Design By Carol Brown Design by: Eleanor Ridsdale Design 208 pp 1,075 baht ISBN: 978-1-78067-058 4 Available at Asia Books
Knitwear Design gives you a practical guide to creating pieces of work that are eye-catching and functional. The book also features textured designs and patterns, the latest techniques and useful tips plus trends so it can be a good source of inspiration.
As the book unfolds, you can also learn about the knitting fashion industry. Each step of the knitting production process in the industry is available for you to explore - from a practical approach to designing garments from initial research, finding sources of inspiration and developing the design, through an exploration of colour, texture and knitting techniques to constructing a garment and creating and writing a pattern.
After you savour your hours of reading about the knitting fashion industry - one of the largest industrial sectors - and are interested in a career, the book gives an idea of positions including pattern cutter, yarn developer, knitwear garment technologist, knitting machine programmer and knitwear consultant.
The highlight of this book is case studies from international designers that offer a unique insight into the industry. Images of designers and their works, diagrams and knitwear samples are also included.
Examples of designers are contemporary British designer Derek Lawlor whose work is technique-based, pushing the boundaries of knitting, Craig Lawrence whose work explores volume and structure and his signature is innovative and experimental knitwear design, and contemporary Swedish knitwear designer Sandra Backlund who is renowned for her complex knitted structures, which are sculptured and created around the body.
In all, Knitwear Design is perfect for a hobbyists and industrial designers alike.
Contemporary knitwear design by Gemma Darby—slimline fitted dress with ribbing and voluminous tubular neckline and bodice detailing.
Chunky-knit T-shape dress with exaggerated moss-stitch knitted bodice by Shao-Chen Yen
Bright multi-coloured intarsia design with surreal elements by Chinese designer Yang Du.
SPINEXPO Textiles Trends Autumn/Winter 2012/13, illustrating themes, colour directions, fibres, yarns, fabrics, trims and technical textiles. Each trend predicted provides an inspirational summary.
‘Wrap Me Up, Protect Me’ by Elizabeth Dyson—cocooning patchwork knits in soft textures and mohair yarns.
Women’s knitted, figure-hugging dress by Maison Martin Margiela with exaggerated funnel neckline shaping.
