Knitting Industry Creative

Charlotte Cameron reports from Florence At the end January, we travelled to Florence, Italy for the 82nd edition of Pitti Filati, the highly-anticipated knitting yarn event, where designers, buyers and press from over 50 countries...

Dutch footwear label Filling Pieces, have collaborated once again with the Netherlands-based knit design studio, KnitwearLab. Filling Pieces' latest collection features the Strike Arch Runner, a tonal knit and soft nubuck sneaker with a...

Anne Prahl reports from Munich Over 2700 exhibitors, including sports, outdoor and snowsports brands as well as machine, textile and garment manufacturers, presented their products and technologies during ISPO Munich 2018. Key textile and technology...

Kniterate - the brain-child of Gerard Rubio, a design student who, whilst studying in Barcelona in 2013, set out to do for knitwear manufacturing what 3D printing had done for product design and realisation. The purpose of...

This month, we spoke with Kate Morris, fine-artist turned knitwear designer, who last year set up her ethically and sustainably conscious knitwear label, CROP. Kate talks to us about  the creation of CROP, winning...

Mongolia - supplier of approximately a third of the world's cashmere, where cashmere makes up around 40 percent of the country's nonmineral exports. Mongolia produced more than 7,000 tons of cashmere in 2015, the...

Every January, the Royal College of Art gives a preview of the postgraduates 'work in progress.' We saw innovative and creative projects from students across the MA Knitwear and Knitted Textiles pathways. 'Ones to...

SPINEXPO, a professional trade exhibition dedicated to promoting innovation in yarns, fibres and knitwear, is getting ready to open its doors to an international audience of buyers from 6-7 February in Paris, France. Unveiling a...

Janet Prescott reports from Florence Pitti Uomo becomes more like an interactive arts event every edition. The 93rd edition seemed more high-octane than ever, as high-quality designer clothes for Autumn/Winter 2018-19 were shown in a...

Born out of a collaboration between Studio Eva X Carola, Pauline van Dongen and Santoni Innovation Center, the Radius travel backpack blends tactile knit structures with an ingenious construction that provides utilitarian qualities. Designed...