Synopsis
The book transmits the authors’ distinct love for and expertise in the craft of machine knitting and their profound knowledge of knitting techniques.
The Machine Knitter's Reference by Beleke den Hartog and Elsbeth van Heyningen is a comprehensive guide for machine knitters, offering in-depth insights into knitting construction. Co-founders of The Dutch School of Machine Knitting and The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, the authors provide an easy-to-follow tutorial rich in illustrations, graphics, and photos, aimed at advancing knitters beyond basic skills.
This handbook addresses advanced topics like shaping 2- or 3-dimensional forms, creating volume, and adding structure to knitwear. It covers techniques for shaping stitches on or off needles, variations in edging, and design methods using graphs, formulas, and technical drawings. The book features playful sketches of the authors and includes ingenious alternative solutions across its four chapters, each with different yarn colours and specific languages. Designed with a focus on knitting technology rather than arithmetic principles or software solutions, the book serves as a blueprint for innovative knit design. It emphasizes that achieving results in machine knitting involves personal choices and creative exploration, reflecting the authors’ passion and deep knowledge of the craft.
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About the Authors
In 1985, the late Beleke den Hartog and her mother founded the Dutch School of Machine Knitting, Studio den Hartog in The Hague. In 1988 they modernized machine knitting by investing in digital software. Alongside working in the workshop, between 2008–2011, she gave machine knitting lessons at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
|Elsbeth van Heyningen after studying Monumental Textile Design, taught at MK24 and KABK, developing techniques like tufting, textile painting, and laser engraving. Together with Bekele den Hartog, she introduced the textile Royal Colour Lab and worked with the laser engraving technique and sublimation print in the workshop at the KABK.
Elsbeth van Heyningen after studying Monumental Textile Design, taught at MK24 and KABK, developing techniques like tufting, textile painting, and laser engraving. Together with Bekele den Hartog, she introduced the textile Royal Colour Lab and worked with the laser engraving technique and sublimation print in the workshop at the KABK.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A reference work for machine knitters, this easy-to-follow, visually rich guide to innovative knit design transmits the authors' distinct love for and expertise in the craft of machine knitting and their profound knowledge of knitting techniques. This reference work for machine knitters by the late Beleke den Hartog, co-founder of The Dutch School of Machine Knitting, Studio den Hartog in the Hague, and Elsbeth van Heyningen, who co-headed with Beleke the Department of Fashion and Textile at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, leads knitters to an in-depth understanding of knitting construction. A handbook for the upcoming generation of knitting designers, Machine Knitter's Reference is a tutorial and visual book of few words, but rich in illustrations, graphics, and photos, that can be understood by everyone. This easy-to-follow guide to innovative knit design picks up where, once the basics of machine knitting are mastered, follow up questions arise, such as: shaping 2- or 3-dimensional forms, shaping the outside, creating volume from the inside, and giving structure to a knit. It explores methods of shaping where stitches remain on the needle or are transferred to adjacent needles, as well as variations in edging the knitting, always considering what the finished product needs to convey. Moreover, the book uses different methods of calculating and designing, including graphs, formulas, and technical drawings, all enhanced by fun sketches depicting the authors in lively discussion creating the book. The calculations in the book are not according to arithmetic principles or software solutions, but are based on the use of a knitting machine and knitting technology. Ingenious alternative solutions are included in all four chapters, each of which uses a different yarn colour and a specific language. Thorough yet playful, this book transmits the authors' distinct love for the craft of machine knitting and their profound knowledge of all knitting techniques. Offering insight for digital application, the book is a preliminary sketch (a blueprint) with many opportunities to elaborate on it. There is no single way to achieve the result; and the authors make it clear that solutions are always a personal choice. AUTHORS: In 1985, the late Beleke den Hartog and her mother founded the Dutch School of Machine Knitting, Studio den Hartog in The Hague. The system they worked with was based on the first Dutch School of Machine Knitting in the fifties. In 1988 they invested in a digital software applicable for apparel and pattern knitting, guiding machine knitting into the digital era. Beleke began working at the KABK (The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Netherlands) as a knitting expert teaching sewing and embroidery and became in 1998, the Workshop Manager for Fashion and Textile. Alongside running the workshop, between 20082011, she gave machine knitting lessons at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (Netherlands). After concluding her studies in Monumental Textile Design at The Rietveld Academy of Art in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Elsbeth van Heyningen taught textile techniques to amateurs and professionals at the Centre of Art Education MK24 in Amsterdam. She began at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague, Netherlands as a weaving and dyeing expert and it was while working there that she developed her tufting technique. Her independent and ingenious approach to knitting resulted in unexpected results, reflected, for example, in the Diamond knitting pattern presented in the book. Together with Bekele van Hartog she developed the textile painting Royal Colour Lab system and the Laser engraving technique and sublimation print SELLING POINTS: . An essential reference work for knitters with basic prior knowledge. . The authors' love for the craft and decades of teaching experience in high level institutions ensure a Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9788410650060
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