Designing a knitwear collection
Subtitle: from inspiration to finished garments
By: Lisa Donofrio-Ferrezza, Marilyn Hefferen
Contributors: Hefferen, Marilyn
Publisher: Fairchild Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781563674921
Subjects: Knitwear; History; Technique; Knitting; Design; Knit goods industry; Fashion designers
Description: Covers the history of the knitwear industry, from the earliest hand-knit garments to apparel created using computerized equipment, as well as major designers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.  Introduces the reader to the basics of yarn selection, stitch patterns, and CAD programs, and provides detailed instructions for knitting a garment, preparing a design development package, and assembling presentation materials for a portfolio or showroom display.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-292).
Table of contents: title: Knitwear designers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; title: The history of knitwear; title: Yarn basics; title: Stitch fundamentals; title: Knitting methods; title: Preparing the design development package; title: Knitting a sample garment; title: Computer aided design for knitwear; title: Presentation trends for knitwear.