The world of knitwear design is a dynamic blend of skill, artistry, innovation, and deep thinking of machine technology. Yet so much has changed in our industry over the past 10 years to widen the knowledge gap between the people who know how to knit, and the people who know how to design products.

What makes one product more difficult to make than another?

Every product is made of materials, time, and labor. In knitting, yarns, stitches, the gauge of the machine, and ease or difficulty in assembly are very important. Fabric types correlate to both fabric performance and knitting times. Many times, the expectation for both development and production might be far apart. The amount of time effort and manufacturing that goes into making apparel is staggering, as is the waste. Our little company was started by two people who wanted to make better products at the same time not put more trash into the earth. We know firsthand that what might be perceived as a simple product, may actually take weeks and significant resources to produce a viable sample and take extra time in production. This knowledge divide is costing time, effort, and frustration to both designers and manufacturing.


There has to be a better way to learn and make things!

After many trials and a lot of tangled yarn, we think we've found it!

Our READY TO IMPORT JACQUARD trend collections are created for both professionals and new designers alike to explore the nuances of translating intricate patterns into wearable masterpieces. Unravel the harmonious blend of art and skill to build stitch structure, color, yarn types, and trim in creating knitted COUTURE, STEETWEAR. SKI, ACCESSORIES, and MORE. Explore the limitless possibilities of Fabdesigns, and embark on a transformative knitting adventure like no other.

Few educational facilities teach deep-dive technical textiles, while many new people have entered the industry, purchasing machinery with excellent intentions of getting right into production, yet lack the industry mentorship that is needed to shorten the learning curve of complex machinery to a reasonable amount of time to make a profit.

Fabdesigns has created a series of books and royalty-free jacquard collections based on our in-person classes for knitwear design and manufacturing to help bridge these gaps and help mitigate much of the frustration in expectations.
In this book, we explore future fashion trends in over 1500 original designs and decode the level of difficulty, gauge, stitch types, and difficulty of assembly.

Any questions or queries? Just get in touch and we’ll be happy to answer your questions.
Thank you!
Connie & Bruce Huffa