FSAD 6770

Knitwear Design and Other Applications

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course covers the design and creation of weft knit garments and other knit products via a variety of machine-knit shaping techniques. Students will work on hand-flat and electronic software driven machines to program and create knit panels and shaped garments. Draping, blocking, and linking techniques will be covered. Students are required to develop design ideas via mood board and sketchbook research and to make verbal/visual presentations of their work at regular critiques. As a graduate level course, there will be an emphasis on the use of knit structures for research.

Prerequisites FSAD 3370.

Fees Materials, $175.

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Learning Outcomes

• Learn a range of knit shaping techniques including fully fashioned garments, flechage (short rowing), and knit structure variation.
• Develop the skill of translating aesthetic design ideas into fabric and garments via an abstract mathematical process, including schematic drawings and knit textile specific vocabulary and instructions.
• Learn how to program shaped panels on the Apex 3 computer to be knit on the Shima Seiki electronic knitting machine.
• Enhanced design and critique skills from regular class critiques and presentations of your work.
• Ability to test and translate academic knit research into tactile knit form.

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