Knitwear Design Workshop: A Comprehensive Guide to Handknits - Softcover

Paden-Bernstein, Shirley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596687967 ISBN 13: 9781596687967

Verlag: Interweave, 2012

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Discover how to create your own dramatic and unique knitwear
with Shirley Paden's new book!

Expert knitwear designer Shirley Paden approaches Knitwear Design Workshop as she does her design classes―teaching through example. With her new book, you'll learn all the tricks of the trade for designing with step-by-step instructions for using measurements, calculations, and schematics.

Knitwear Design Workshop is your backstage pass to the world of design. Inside you'll discover:

How to design double-tapered, single-tapered, and reverse-tapered garments with sleeves or sleeves caps that fit
Designing with armholes, necklines, neckbands, and collars and labels
A clearer understanding of commercial pattern instructions
Ways to improve your attention to detail with a meaningful test swatch
Stronger knowledge of proper body or garment measurements
How to handle design challenges in a variety of garments such as cardigans, skirts, and dresses
And much more!

Perfectly packaged in an easy-to-use hardbound, hidden spiral format, Knitwear Design Workshop is chock full of in-depth information, including measuring a gauge, working silhouette and fit, designing with stitch patterns, selecting color, and yarn characteristics. Also included in this helpful resource are four breathtaking projects―great for both design inspiration and creation! 400 pages.

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Once an executive in the corporate world, Shirley Paden left it all behind 15 years ago to pursue a career in knitwear design. Today Shirley is the owner and founder of Shirley Paden Custom Knits in New York City. She teaches master knitting classes for the fashion industry and conducts seminars on lace, entrelac, cables, color knitting, and finishing techniques. Her designs have been published in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting, and Knitter’s magazines and she was the subject of a profile in 2004. She has been a guest on public television’s Knitting Daily TV (2010). Knitwear Design Workshop is her first, much-awaited book. She lives in New York City.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Interweave
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1596687967
• ISBN 13: 9781596687967
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
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