Construction Knitting: Knitwear Design With Geometric Shapes
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Overview
Become the co-designer of your own knitwear, with Construction Knitting.
Using a combination of flat and drape patternmaking, Nikki Gabriel’s easy-to-follow technique takes an accumulative approach to garment making, assembling knitwear from individually crafted geometric shapes. Readers are guided through each stage: from creating and assembling the shapes to adapting your garments to fit your unique style. Section one covers knitting techniques for fabric structure and composition, along with yarn specifications, while section two delves into the methodology behind construction knitting.
With photographic and illustrated demonstrations, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, and clear hand-knitting methods, Construction Knitting is well-suited to students, designers and amateur knitters alike.
Construction Knitting is a creative approach to garment construction using a combination of flat and drape patternmaking, with visual demonstrations of the design process throughout.
With patterns of garment prototypes that a reader can design-modify by applying the variables as set out in the book
Includes a guide to knitting techniques and tools for hand, machine and digital technology
A visual reference guide to knitted garment construction with clear design progression and visual aids
Preface
Foreword
SECTION ONE
Knitting Techniques
1.1 Hand Knitting, overview.
1.2 Tools and Workings for Hand Knitting
1.3 Types and Classification of Yarns and Fibres
SECTION TWO
Construction Knitting Methods
2.1 Knitting and Principles of Design
2.2 Geometric Shapes to Garments
SECTION THREE
Construction Knitting Projects
References
Index
- Title: Construction Knitting: Knitwear Design With Geometric Shapes
- Author: Nikki Gabriel
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 200
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472575760, 9781472575739, 1472575733, 1472575768
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472575760
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:12:02Z
Nikki Gabriel is a knitwear and textile designer. Nikki initially trained at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia, and now runs her own business based in Napier, New Zealand, designing knitwear and knitting patterns. She also has her very own brand of yarn, Wooli. Nikki's approach to hand-making is about building structures that experiment with techniques and form, and through this process she produces stylish, constructed knitting designs that each wearer can render completely unique.