Knitwear: An Introduction to Contemporary Design by Sissons, Juliana

Knitwear: An Introduction to Contemporary Design (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781474251730)

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Format: Paperback
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Knitwear: An Introduction to Contemporary Design by Sissons, Juliana

Knitwear: An Introduction to Contemporary Design

$37.95
Knitwear: An Introduction to Contemporary Design by Sissons, Juliana

Knitwear: An Introduction to Contemporary Design

$37.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Juliana Sissons
ISBN-10: 1474251730
ISBN-13: 9781474251730
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Language: English
Published: 07/12/2018
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.40w x 0.50d
By Juliana Sissons
By Juliana Sissons
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Juliana Sissons is a practicing designer and lecturer in Fashion and Textiles at Nottingham Trent University and at the University of Brighton in the UK, she also delivers Master Class lectures and workshops on creative pattern cutting internationally. As a knitwear designer and freelance pattern cutter, Juliana's clients have included Alexander McQueen, Shelley Fox, The V&A Museum and the BBC; her work has also been commissioned by artists including Leigh Bowery, Andrew Logan, Britney Spears and style icon Isabella Blow.

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