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"""Basics Fashion Design: 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."

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9782940411160

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'No 6 in AVA Academica's Basics Fashion Design series is a must-have handbook for the aspiring knitwear designer. This new book by Juliana Sissons is a great mix of practical how-to information and plenty of inspirational examples of the craft by both established and exciting, emerging knitwear designers...This is a great, accessible little book, which we can highly recommend as a mine of information and inspiration for student designers, teachers and just about anyone with an interest in knitwear.' - Joyce Thornton, Artsthread, Nov 2011.

'No 6 in AVA Academica's Basics Fashion Design series is a must-have handbook for the aspiring knitwear designer. This new book by Juliana Sissons is a great mix of practical how-toA information and plenty of inspirational examples of the craft by both established and exciting, emerging knitwear designers...This is a great, accessible little book, which we can highly recommend as a mine of information and inspiration for student designers, teachers and just about anyone with an interest in knitwear.' - Joyce Thornton, Artsthread, Nov 2011.

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Juliana Sissons designs for her own fashion label. Her clients have included Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, The Victoria & Albert Museum, and Britney Spears. Juliana is currently a visiting lecturer at the London College of Fashion, Northbrook College, Hastings College of Art, Sussex Downs College, and City College Brighton, and tutors in pattern cutting at the University of Brighton. She recently delivered workshops at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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