Digitalisation meets traditional knitwear

Aidenbach, Germany Bavarian knitwear manufacturer Astrifa GmbH relies on Stoll’s Create Plus for the production of its traditional sweaters. Knitted jackets, pullovers, hats and scarves in...

Pitti Filati returns with new features and names

Florence, Italy 110 companies exhibiting, with a good proportion from outside of Italy, and many special projects. The upcoming edition of Pitti Immagine Filati 94 will...

Veritas trend book for the SS 2025 season

Paris Latest trends revealed ahead of Texworld Evolution Paris. Veritas, the trend book for the Spring-Summer 2025 season, looks at a world where each individual defends...

Shima Seiki raises the bar in Shanghai

Shanghai Japanese flat knitting technology leader introduces next generation prototype flat knitting machines to Asian markets at ITMA ASIA + CITME. ITMA ASIA + CITME, Asia’s...

Latest Shima Seiki technology on show at ITMA Asia + CITME

Wakayama, Japan Leading flat knitting solutions provider to showcase next-generation WHOLEGARMENT knitting machines in Shanghai. Leading flat knitting technology company Shima Seiki of Wakayama, Japan, will...

Cashmere transparency for Artwell with Haelixa

Zurich, Switzerland Hong Kong based cashmere knitwear producer Artwell adopts Swiss pioneer Haelixa’s physical traceability solution. In Inner Mongolia, herders have been raising cashmere goats for...

From MIT to Burning Man

Cambridge, MA, USA The Living Knitwork Pavilion is an interactive architectural installation combining textile arts and engineering on a desert landscape. Set against the vast and...

Eco-construction composite combines knit and mycelium

Newcastle, United Kingdom Mycocrete, a paste made with fungi, can be combined with a knitted textile framework to create environmentally friendly constructions. Scientists at two Universities...

Refocus for Jo Storie and BareFaced Knits

Rothbury, Northumberland, UK KnitLab North founder Jo Storie exits to focus on exciting new chapter of her knitwear design consultancy. Jo Storie, KnitLab North founder, has...

Designer perspective: ‘Color in Knitting: By Designers, for Designers’

London Knitwear designer Beth Ranson reviews Jörg Hartmann and Anna Gitelson-Kahn’s new book. Published in June 2023, ‘Color in Knitting: By Designers, for Designers’ was written...