We offer the following full time courses
12 Week Course,machine knit design on domestic machines
6 Week Course, machine knit design on domestic machines
1 Week Industrial Machine Course, knit design on Stoll and Universal
1 Week Make a Stylish Fully Fashioned Garment, on domestic machines
All Courses offer constant and high quality instruction at the premises of Knit-1 Ltd the international design company based in the dynamic seaside city of Brighton, UK. Opportunity to view the excellent and diverse Knit-1 design collection. Participation in weekly seminars and reviews of designs with the directors of the company. 30 hours per week of superb high-level tutoring to the standards expected by the fashion industry today. On 12 & 6 week courses an extra 5 hours per week of additional studio time.
12 Week Course Structure
Suitable for complete beginners or experienced machine knitters wanting to move on to a higher level of design and make expertise.
£ 2820 including VAT
These intensive courses consist of the most comprehensive instruction in knit design on offer to aspiring designers. Teaching machine knit to an excellent level, covering all the principal techniques and their application in contemporary knit for fashion design. Learn and master 8 exciting techniques.
Modern,angular and curved Stripes, Impactive Jacquards,
Extreme Cables, Manipulated Complex Pointelles
Exquiste Detailed Fashioning and Body Contours, Contemporary Crochets
Graphic and Artistic Intarsias, Re-invented Fashion Fairisles
6 Week Course Structure
Suitable for complete beginners or experienced machine knitters wanting to move on to a higher level of design and make expertise.
Introductory Offer £ 1598 including VAT
You chose your options. Learn and master 4 from 8 exciting techniques.
Modern,angular and curved Stripes or Impactive Jacquards.
Extreme Cables or Manipulated Complex Pointelles.
Exquiste Detailed Fashioning and Body Contours or Contemporary Crochets.
Graphic and Artistic Intarsias or Re-invented Fashion Fairisles.
NEW for 2010 `V`Bed Industrial Stoll & Universal Machine Knit Courses
These 1 week courses offer intensive instruction on Dubied type industrial machines. As with all of our courses the teaching will focus on designs to meet the needs of the fashion industry coming from a contemporary design perspective. £399.50 including VAT
NEW for various weeks in 2010 Make a Garment in 1 Week
Suitable for beginners or experienced knitters wanting to learn more and experience being in an international knit design company. Using Brother and Knitmaster domestic machines you will be shown how to make a beautiful fully fashioned stylish garment, one you will want to wear.Great premises and superb teaching.£ 399.50 including VAT
What one of our industry customers says....
"Topshop have been working with Knit-1 for many years and have found their collection of knit and jersey designs to be a consistent source of inspiration and new ideas for design development. The Knit-1 collection is particularly strong in its presentation of ideas with relevance to current fashion trends."
Jacqui Markham. Senior Design Manager, Topshop, Arcadia Group Plc.
12 Week Course,machine knit design on domestic machines
6 Week Course, machine knit design on domestic machines
1 Week Industrial Machine Course, knit design on Stoll and Universal
1 Week Make a Stylish Fully Fashioned Garment, on domestic machines
Suitable for complete beginners or experienced machine knitters wanting to move on to a higher level of design and make expertise.
£ 2820 including VAT
These intensive courses consist of the most comprehensive instruction in knit design on offer to aspiring designers. Teaching machine knit to an excellent level, covering all the principal techniques and their application in contemporary knit for fashion design. Learn and master 8 exciting techniques.
Modern,angular and curved Stripes, Impactive Jacquards,
Extreme Cables, Manipulated Complex Pointelles
Exquiste Detailed Fashioning and Body Contours, Contemporary Crochets
Graphic and Artistic Intarsias, Re-invented Fashion Fairisles
6 Week Course Structure
Suitable for complete beginners or experienced machine knitters wanting to move on to a higher level of design and make expertise.
Introductory Offer £ 1598 including VAT
You chose your options. Learn and master 4 from 8 exciting techniques.
Modern,angular and curved Stripes or Impactive Jacquards.
Extreme Cables or Manipulated Complex Pointelles.
Exquiste Detailed Fashioning and Body Contours or Contemporary Crochets.
Graphic and Artistic Intarsias or Re-invented Fashion Fairisles.
NEW for 2010 `V`Bed Industrial Stoll & Universal Machine Knit Courses
These 1 week courses offer intensive instruction on Dubied type industrial machines. As with all of our courses the teaching will focus on designs to meet the needs of the fashion industry coming from a contemporary design perspective. £399.50 including VAT
NEW for various weeks in 2010 Make a Garment in 1 Week
Suitable for beginners or experienced knitters wanting to learn more and experience being in an international knit design company. Using Brother and Knitmaster domestic machines you will be shown how to make a beautiful fully fashioned stylish garment, one you will want to wear.Great premises and superb teaching.£ 399.50 including VAT
What one of our industry customers says....
"Topshop have been working with Knit-1 for many years and have found their collection of knit and jersey designs to be a consistent source of inspiration and new ideas for design development. The Knit-1 collection is particularly strong in its presentation of ideas with relevance to current fashion trends."
Jacqui Markham. Senior Design Manager, Topshop, Arcadia Group Plc.
Course Dates 2010
22nd February - 1st April 2010 New 6 Week Course
8th March - 12th March 2010 New Make a Garment in 1 Week
12th April - 21st May 2010 New 6 Week Course
26th April - 30th April 2010 New 1 Week Industrial Machine Knit
5th July - 24th September 2010 12 Week Course FULL
5th July - 13th August 2010 6 Week Course FULL
19th July - 23rd July 2010 Make a Garment in 1 Week FULL
9th - 13th August 2010 New 1 Week Industrial Machine Knit 1 SPACE
16th August - 24 September 2010 6 Week Course 2 SPACES
20th Sept. - 24th Sept. 2010 Make a Garment in 1 Week APPLY NOW
27th September - 17th December 2010 12 Week Course APPLY NOW
27th September - 5th November 2010 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
1st - 5th November 2010 1 Week Industrial Machine Knit APPLY NOW
8th November - 17th December 2010 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
10th January - 1st April 2011 12 Week Course APPLY NOW
10th January - 18th February 2011 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
21st February - 1st April 2011 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
NEW for 2010 `V`Bed Industrial Stoll & Universal Machine Knit Courses
These 1 week courses offer intensive instruction on Stoll and Universal industrial machines similar to Dubied. As with all of our courses the teaching will focus on designs to meet the needs of the fashion industry coming from a contemporary design perspective.
Sometimes we can start participants on dates other than those given above
Fees
1 week Courses (Mon- Fri, 30hrs instruction) £ 340 + VAT = £ 399.50 Pounds Sterling.
6 week Course (Mon-Fri,30hrs instruction per week + 5hrs per week studio time) £1360 + V.A.T.= £ 1598 Pounds Sterling.
12 week Course (Mon-Fri,30hrs instruction per week + 5hrs per week studio time) £ 2400 + V.A.T. = £ 2820 Pounds Sterling
Accommodation not included.
All yarns provided.
For More Information
email richard@knit-1.com or in writing to
Richard Dykes
Knit-1Ltd
93 Islingword Road
Brighton BN2 9SJ
UK
tel 44 (0)1273 620070
22nd February - 1st April 2010 New 6 Week Course
8th March - 12th March 2010 New Make a Garment in 1 Week
12th April - 21st May 2010 New 6 Week Course
26th April - 30th April 2010 New 1 Week Industrial Machine Knit
5th July - 24th September 2010 12 Week Course FULL
5th July - 13th August 2010 6 Week Course FULL
19th July - 23rd July 2010 Make a Garment in 1 Week FULL
9th - 13th August 2010 New 1 Week Industrial Machine Knit 1 SPACE
16th August - 24 September 2010 6 Week Course 2 SPACES
20th Sept. - 24th Sept. 2010 Make a Garment in 1 Week APPLY NOW
27th September - 17th December 2010 12 Week Course APPLY NOW
27th September - 5th November 2010 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
1st - 5th November 2010 1 Week Industrial Machine Knit APPLY NOW
8th November - 17th December 2010 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
10th January - 1st April 2011 12 Week Course APPLY NOW
10th January - 18th February 2011 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
21st February - 1st April 2011 6 Week Course APPLY NOW
NEW for 2010 `V`Bed Industrial Stoll & Universal Machine Knit Courses
These 1 week courses offer intensive instruction on Stoll and Universal industrial machines similar to Dubied. As with all of our courses the teaching will focus on designs to meet the needs of the fashion industry coming from a contemporary design perspective.
Sometimes we can start participants on dates other than those given above
Fees
1 week Courses (Mon- Fri, 30hrs instruction) £ 340 + VAT = £ 399.50 Pounds Sterling.
6 week Course (Mon-Fri,30hrs instruction per week + 5hrs per week studio time) £1360 + V.A.T.= £ 1598 Pounds Sterling.
12 week Course (Mon-Fri,30hrs instruction per week + 5hrs per week studio time) £ 2400 + V.A.T. = £ 2820 Pounds Sterling
Accommodation not included.
All yarns provided.
For More Information
email richard@knit-1.com or in writing to
Richard Dykes
Knit-1Ltd
93 Islingword Road
Brighton BN2 9SJ
UK
tel 44 (0)1273 620070
A recent e-mail from one course participant
"I started a new job as a knitwear and jersey designer this year . I am now located in Amsterdam. The brand is pretty commercial, but I can try a lot more than in my previous jobs. I can tell that your class has helped me a lot for my technical understanding and communicating with technicians!
warm Regards, Sonja,Lahnstein, Germany." Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 6 week course July-August 2009.
Which week or technique did you enjoy most and why?
"The first week because it opened a whole new world for me! It was so exciting"
Lindsey Pauwels, Ghent,Belgium
Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 6 week course Sept-Nov 2009
" Contours Fashioning, the most useful technique for fabric manipulation. Something I wouldn`t have grasped on my own."
Emma Beisher, Surrey UK
Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 6 week course Sept-Nov 2009
"My major feedback is WOW! I had never realized that this course can be so much fun. And it’s the well-thought structure and still entire liberty that make this course so valuable for me. As you’ve mentioned during one of Friday reviews, we all come from different backgrounds, and your course takes it into consideration and allows each one to follow what he’s inclined for using the base technique.
Another part of the teaching, which I personally appreciate a lot, is the way Catherine opens my horizons on the way of actual garment design. This see-and-try freestyle approach is something I’ve never experienced before (the truth is, I’m a self-taught “designer”, it’s more of an accident really). Through Catherine’s coaching I try things I’d have never tried myself, as I would not have realized the hidden potential of this or that technique, motif, stitch etc.
I absolutely loved the post-Pitti session as it gave me an opportunity to hear the trends review by the industry professionals, which broadened my own perception.
Friday reviews are really important as they give you a different perspective of what you’ve been exploring the whole week. It’s interesting to observe how all the students think and work differently, how one technique becomes 4 different styles. I can say that I’ve learned a lot just by observing what else could have been achieved with the same technique."
Julia Wimmerlin, Switzerland
Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 12 week course Jun-Sept 2008.Here is a link to Julia`s website(www.wim-merlin.com)
"I have really been enjoying the class and am learning so much every day. Catherine is such a great and patient teacher!! Aside from learning knitting in general I think my favorite part of this course is the relevance it has to the industry as it is at the moment. I really enjoyed the presentation you did on Pitti & the shopping in Italy. It is really important to me to feel like I know what is going on in knitwear and the fashion world in general, especially since I am not working at the moment and I was kind of worried about falling out of touch with the industry by taking 3 months off."
Meredith Sherwood, Philadelphia, USA.
Knit-1 Design Workshop, Jun-Sept 2008
"The course has shown us different techniques which i was not shown before at all at College and different ways on manipulating this particular theme which i find very very useful and interesting. I find the introduction board very useful as well as it gives a very broad range of ideas and examples for a start.
Personnally i think the techniques learnt and methods of starting from techniques to designing have helped me a lot. Overall, it's been very good, it is just that i have to push myself more when it comes to designing with the time i have got for each week".
Yean Yin Lim, from Malaysia.
Knit-1 Design Workshop, Jan - Mar 2008
"This first week was all about stripes and I can safely say that I will never think about stripes the same way again. Stripes appear simple and too easy, but they can be so much more. There are so many ways to play with them. At first I didn't quite understand what exactly we were getting at, but after one week, I can understand that it is a design process in itself. Learning a technique, then trying it out and playing with it. Then making larger swatches and then developing them into possibilities for garments. It is a very organic process, different than I am used to from my fashion training (knock offs in the fashion business prevails). I really appreciate this approach as it feels like what we are doing is like what artists are doing when they are sketching, and then developing them into paintings.
I often wondered how a really fabulous garment comes about, and I suppose this must be it, as when you work this way, it will likely be original and free of impersonal influence."
Andrea Tung, Toronto, Canada.
Knit-1 Design Workshop, Jan- Mar 2008
"I started a new job as a knitwear and jersey designer this year . I am now located in Amsterdam. The brand is pretty commercial, but I can try a lot more than in my previous jobs. I can tell that your class has helped me a lot for my technical understanding and communicating with technicians!
warm Regards, Sonja,Lahnstein, Germany." Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 6 week course July-August 2009.
Which week or technique did you enjoy most and why?
"The first week because it opened a whole new world for me! It was so exciting"
Lindsey Pauwels, Ghent,Belgium
Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 6 week course Sept-Nov 2009
" Contours Fashioning, the most useful technique for fabric manipulation. Something I wouldn`t have grasped on my own."
Emma Beisher, Surrey UK
Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 6 week course Sept-Nov 2009
"My major feedback is WOW! I had never realized that this course can be so much fun. And it’s the well-thought structure and still entire liberty that make this course so valuable for me. As you’ve mentioned during one of Friday reviews, we all come from different backgrounds, and your course takes it into consideration and allows each one to follow what he’s inclined for using the base technique.
Another part of the teaching, which I personally appreciate a lot, is the way Catherine opens my horizons on the way of actual garment design. This see-and-try freestyle approach is something I’ve never experienced before (the truth is, I’m a self-taught “designer”, it’s more of an accident really). Through Catherine’s coaching I try things I’d have never tried myself, as I would not have realized the hidden potential of this or that technique, motif, stitch etc.
I absolutely loved the post-Pitti session as it gave me an opportunity to hear the trends review by the industry professionals, which broadened my own perception.
Friday reviews are really important as they give you a different perspective of what you’ve been exploring the whole week. It’s interesting to observe how all the students think and work differently, how one technique becomes 4 different styles. I can say that I’ve learned a lot just by observing what else could have been achieved with the same technique."
Julia Wimmerlin, Switzerland
Knit-1 Design Workshop Course, 12 week course Jun-Sept 2008.Here is a link to Julia`s website(www.wim-merlin.com)
"I have really been enjoying the class and am learning so much every day. Catherine is such a great and patient teacher!! Aside from learning knitting in general I think my favorite part of this course is the relevance it has to the industry as it is at the moment. I really enjoyed the presentation you did on Pitti & the shopping in Italy. It is really important to me to feel like I know what is going on in knitwear and the fashion world in general, especially since I am not working at the moment and I was kind of worried about falling out of touch with the industry by taking 3 months off."
Meredith Sherwood, Philadelphia, USA.
Knit-1 Design Workshop, Jun-Sept 2008
"The course has shown us different techniques which i was not shown before at all at College and different ways on manipulating this particular theme which i find very very useful and interesting. I find the introduction board very useful as well as it gives a very broad range of ideas and examples for a start.
Personnally i think the techniques learnt and methods of starting from techniques to designing have helped me a lot. Overall, it's been very good, it is just that i have to push myself more when it comes to designing with the time i have got for each week".
Yean Yin Lim, from Malaysia.
Knit-1 Design Workshop, Jan - Mar 2008
"This first week was all about stripes and I can safely say that I will never think about stripes the same way again. Stripes appear simple and too easy, but they can be so much more. There are so many ways to play with them. At first I didn't quite understand what exactly we were getting at, but after one week, I can understand that it is a design process in itself. Learning a technique, then trying it out and playing with it. Then making larger swatches and then developing them into possibilities for garments. It is a very organic process, different than I am used to from my fashion training (knock offs in the fashion business prevails). I really appreciate this approach as it feels like what we are doing is like what artists are doing when they are sketching, and then developing them into paintings.
I often wondered how a really fabulous garment comes about, and I suppose this must be it, as when you work this way, it will likely be original and free of impersonal influence."
Andrea Tung, Toronto, Canada.
Knit-1 Design Workshop, Jan- Mar 2008
