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Part IIA: My FIT experience – 1st and 2nd year

My experience at FIT was a fairly positive one. I had some very interesting classes and sometimes I wish I was still there! Life was a lot simpler then, though I never realized it til I was out of school and in the sometimes very unforgiving fashion industry. When my friends from high school would [...]

Grannie Smith KAL

Since a few of you guys working on Grannie Smith asked for a KAL – you got it! You can find all the info on how to sign up here. I hope it provides a good space for everyone to ask questions, get support and show off your progress! I hope to be back later [...]

Part 1 – Fashion School

One way to get a very good working knowledge of the industry is to attend a college that offers courses in fashion design. Here are a few that I know to have a pretty good reputation from my personal experience: Fashion Institute of TechnologyParsons School of DesignMoore CollegePhiladelphia University (College of Textiles)Rhode Island School of [...]

Little Fashion Series Coming Soon

Sorry for the boring, pictureless posts – but again only secret knitting and 7 more inches of boring jersey DB sweater knitting going on here! I’m excited that some of you are interested in my experience as a designer in the industry and I’m sorry that I haven’t quite gotten around to writing anything about [...]

Secret Knitting

Haven’t updated too frequently due to the secret knitting project for Magknits. I would have updated with the 7″ of jersey I’ve completed on the DB Raglan, but I didn’t want to bore everyone to death! Even after this batch of secret knitting is finished, there might be a whole new batch soon. I’m working [...]

Knitty is up!

The new knitty is up – strange that I never got my usual email update. But I saw this and I thought it was funny. Sometimes the naming muse is just in the air! Not too much knitting progress to report. I’m really kicking butt on the secret Magknits project, but can’t show off quite [...]

It’s Been a Strange Week

It’s been such a strange week! I don’t know if it’s the time change, the snow, or the planets doing something funky – maybe even all three? Whatever it is, I hope it stops soon! Here’s a small recap of what’s been going down in the knitting universe. Socks: Here is a picture of my [...]

It's Been a Strange Week

It’s been such a strange week! I don’t know if it’s the time change, the snow, or the planets doing something funky – maybe even all three? Whatever it is, I hope it stops soon! Here’s a small recap of what’s been going down in the knitting universe. Socks: Here is a picture of my [...]