Basics Fashion Design 06: Knitwear by Juliana Sissons

Basics Fashion Design 06: Knitwear by Juliana Sissons

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.

'No 6 in AVA Academica's Basics Fashion Design series is a must-have handbook for the aspiring knitwear designerThis 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. 'Visually exciting; well documented; clear images and well described ... Really easy to read. Broken up into bite size chunks. Clear examples of the knits.' - Sofi Datoney, University of Bolton, UK. 'This text is well laid out and presents both the technical and creative aspects of knitted fabric and clothing development . High quality images are used which reflect the complexity of pattern and stitch development clearly. This text complements textile science and textile design.' Gayle Ramsden, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada. '...a fascinating study of knitwear design, from the initial approach to creative development, construction through both texture and shape, and details. There are some incredible photographs, from swatches and sketches to full blown catwalk images showing the most innovative techniques you can do with knitting. Juliana's research is incredibly detailed and interesting without being too academic. I thought this book was fascinating.' - Katy Evans, Knitting magazine, 2012.

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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ISBN 13	9782940411160
ISBN 10	2940411166
Title	Basics Fashion Design 06: Knitwear
Author	Juliana Sissons
Series	Basics Fashion Design
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2010-11-01
Number of pages	184
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.