Introduction to Knitwear Design Online Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Knitwear is becoming an increasingly popular and innovative area of design due to modern developments in technology making it even more exciting and experimental. If you are interested in exploring these new possibilities in designing knitwear, then this course is for you.
This course will teach you how to design knitwear, starting with knitting basics, such as basic hand knitting techniques, types of knit, and construction methods. There will be an emphasis on different yarn properties and texture to create your own designs, and these will be developed with reference to hand knitting techniques and your own hand-sketched illustrations.
Through analysing current knitwear trends and looking at luxury knitwear designers who incorporate key knitwear pieces into their collections you will gain a good understanding of knitwear that you will be able to apply to your own designs.
Who this course is for
This course is perfect for anyone interested in clothing design and fashion would like to learn a new craft. You can apply the skills you learn to create your own contemporary knitwear as an independent knitwear designer or to build up your portfolio for a degree application.
Key information
Topics covered
- Introduction to Knitwear
- Current knitwear trends
- How luxury designers incorporate knitwear into their collections
- Construction of Knit
- Carrying out personal research - collecting imagery, taking photographs
- Experimenting with colour and selecting yarns
- Learning the construction of hand knit and producing hand knitted swatches
- Working to a brief
- Selecting final yarns and colours showing different textures for final swatches
- Learning about yarns, suppliers and the construction of knit
- Learning the basic purl stitch hand knitting technique
- You will be set practical and experimental tasks each week, finally presenting a sketchbook of designs and research with a final hand sketched line up of eight selected knitwear outfits.
- Fashion Design sketches based on knitted swatches and a final hand sketched line up of 8 outfits involving the selected swatches
- Portfolio/Sketchbook of work for review
Learning outcomes
- By the end of the course, you will have an understanding of;
- Knitwear trends and designers
- Different yarns and their properties
- Textures, yarns counts and compositions
- Technical hand knitting skills
- Colour, stitch and textures through swatches
- How to create beautiful hand sketched designs based on the knit swatches
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
Course Specific Materials:
- Notepad and pen
- Pencils, sketchbook or paper, eraser, ruler, etc.
- Software to prepare assignments - Powerpoint, Word, Photoshop, etc.
Please see our Guide to taking online short courses.
Tutor
Hannah Porter
Hannah Porter is a high end Knitwear Designer who has worked for established designers including Celine and House of Holland, amongst other London based brands. She has an extensive knowledge of yarns, stitch and technique, having developed knitwear pieces for major designers within the luxury fashion and textiles industry.
Hannah has previously tutored Art Foundation and BA Hons students at both CSM and UCL preparing them for their application for UAL's fashion courses.
Hannah's Fashion and Textile education includes a BA Hons in Textile Design from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA in Fashion Womenswear Knitwear from the prestigious Royal College of Art. She was awarded The British Fashion Council's Graduate Scheme in 2015.
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