Framework Knitters and Shima Support Future Designers

Six students from three different universities have been offered the opportunity to receive bespoke training for two weeks on the Shima Seiki Apex Total...

In Conversation with Catherine Sinclair, founder of Cove

Earlier this month, we spoke with founder of Cove, Catherine Sinclair. Knitted textile designer Catherine, with a background in teaching, ceramics and hospitality, talked...

SPINEXPO Paris AW19/20

Last month, we travelled to Paris for SPINEXPO’s 3rd Autumn/Winter showcase, once again at the city's striking creative hub on the Seine river, the...

The Value of the Handknitter in a Digitalised Knitting Industry

An insight into the In the Loop Knitting Conference, and its discussion about the value of craft. The attendees for this year’s ‘In the Loop...

We’re All in it Together

As long as I can remember, SpinExpo was one of my favourite shows to attend. First, as a knitwear design student, later as a...

Pitti Filati 83 – Autumn/Winter 2019/20

Last month, we travelled to Florence, Italy for the 83rd Pitti Filati, where the world's top Italian and wider-European spinners showcased their Autumn/Winter 19/20...

Ones to Watch – Kimberley Evans, Hereford College of Arts

It is not only graduates who show creativity, innovation and an exciting promise of things to come at this time of year. And neither...

Archroma to Promote Colour Inspiration Tools in France

Archroma, a leader in colour and specialty chemicals, recently entered in a partnership with Carlin, a trend forecasting agency founded in 1947, aiming to...

Ones to Watch – Royal College of Art, London

In June, we were fortunate to attend the highly-anticipated annual Royal College of Art MA degree shows in London. The RCA fashion show was...

Knitwear Designers Lynsey Gibson and Melissa Villevieille Amongst Redress Design Award...

It is that time of year again for the Redress Design Award. New design talent who have a strong direction and ethos towards designing...

In Conversation with Thijs Verhaar, Co-founder of KnitwearLab and his Eponymous...

KnitwearLab was founded in 2013 by Thijs Verhaar and Cherish Brouwer to create an open source for knitwear knowledge. Their design studio is located...

Zegna Baruffa Redefines Time in New Collection

Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia, an Italian leader in the production of fine yarns for top-quality knitwear, will participate in this week’s Pitti Immagine Filati...

Supporting Young Talent at Pitti Filati

Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia, an Italian leader in the production of fine yarns for top-quality knitwear, has announced that this year the company is...

Filpucci Continues Journey of Responsible Innovation

Filpucci, an Italian leader in the manufacture of creative yarns for quality knitwear, will take part in the 83rd edition of Pitti Filati, which...

Laxtons Sheepsoft: A stock-supported fully-traceable machine knitting yarn

Sponsored Editorial Baildon, Yorkshire British yarn spinner Laxtons Limited, has launched its first stock-supported machine knitting yarn Sheepsoft, a blend of British Bluefaced Leicester and Masham...

Pantone Introduces Polyester Standards

Pantone, a provider of professional colour standards for the design industry, has introduced polyester standards for athleisure, footwear, swimwear, sleepwear and the home and...

Ones to Watch – Nottingham Trent University

To start our round-ups of this years' university graduates, we feature students from Nottingham Trent University's highly-regarded Fashion Knitwear Design undergraduate 2018 cohort. Here...

Ones to Watch – Ellie Eves, Glasgow School of Art

Materials artist Ellie Eves graduates this year from Glasgow School of Art. Her collection 'Softly Structured' follows the journey of the fusion of unorthodox found...

East Midlands Students Scoop Visionary Knitwear Award

Last week, the highly-anticipated annual Graduate Fashion Week showcased collections of this years fashion and textiles graduates from arts universities and colleges from across...

‘Made It’ collections link students with manufacturers

This year, the British sourcing event Make it British Live! was curated by the UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) and focused on supporting...