Hello, I am a sophmore at a well know design school beginning to apply for internships
It’s pretty standard to do unpaid internships but is there anyway to know whether an internship that’s unpaid is worth doing or if i should do something that’s paid?
ik it all rly develops on individual factors so this is a mid question!
Any advice on fashion internships in nyc is appreciated
Hello, I’m a somewhat new machine knitter I’ve made a few curved necklines and other self made patterns but i’m trying to improve and improve my documentation of the patterns specifically.
How do you all write down what you did on one side of the neckline or js for the pattern so you see it and it’s easy to repeat
Or do you use a visual guide?
All insight welcome
* I do have a knitleader but due to going back to college I’m switching from my brother to the sk280’s🥲
Thanks in advance
i have an insane amount of yarn.
i’m only 19 and have so much
BUT i crochet, knit, make 5 by 5 foot plus crochet art installation and i machine knit which takes so much fking yarn
so is it hoarding or
oh i’m also in school for fashion hopefully knitwear focused
does anyone else experience doubt ab where they are and what they are doing in life like so so much furring pmmd weeks
I genuinely question why i’m in the world like what’s the purpose of life
it’s my baby like if there was a fire i wouldn’t hesitate to unclamp it and lick it up on my way out
Looking for recs for this shade from other brands or other tips on how to deal with this packaging
has anyone else done this kinda terrified i fcked up my hair forever
im not going to use color remover lowk just wondering if anyone else has done this
if you scam me…
DONT SCAM ME !!
I have a brother electroknit 940
so sad about this
Hi, I am a young artist trying to get onto raya
I only have 3k followers and my ratio is bad but i’m hot
I’ve followed a few tutorials online and it’s js not working.
I have experience with a standard brother and silver reed machine and sentro but for some reason the carriage is not moving smoothly for this.
papery feeling and no label inside of cone
I have a semi great problem.
Basically I currently have a brother kh820 that arrived in terrible condition. I spent a lot of time fixing it up cleaning ever individual needle, sorting out the bad ones putting all 200 back. I changed the sponge bar and took apart the machine to clean it as it was filled with old oil and dirt.
It works now mostly except the punchcards do not advance on their own.
I now have a great offer I am about to jump on I think but am still a bit unsure of.
I could get a working and recently tested brother 940 completely working with a 850 ribber, color changer, and knitleader all for 1,700. AND THE CABLE for the electronics
This is an amazing deal and i really want to jump on it now but I need to put my other machine up for sale
Also I am a college student and so im two months i’m going back to school where they do have knitting machines but only silvereed not the electronic ones and Ik i will still be itching to use the electronic machine.
If anyone has any tips for transporting machines across the country lmk
I really want to buy this machine
Hello, I have a brother kh820.
When i got it it didn’t work i replaced many needles, washed every individual needle to get grease off, opened up the machine and cleaned it and replaced the sponge bar.
basically the punchcard feature works but every time i knit a row it stays on the same row of the punchcard instead of advancing and it only advances if i turn it manually.
I’ve tried cleaning the old grease on the inside.
any tips or suggestions welcome
Please share your experiences ab this program!!!
Any advice or comments welcome
Specific questions
Do you feel like anything was lacking from your fashion education at pratt? If so what?
How interdisciplinary is the fashion program at Pratt?
Is there a cutthroat competitive feel or nah
Hi, I am a rising sophmore at parsons majoring in fashion design.
I am “ahead” technique wise but honestly school assignments and making creativity fit into boxes is sometimes hard for me.
I do large fiber installations, make clothes and plenty of other sculpture and other art but I think I want to specialize in knitwear.
I’ve taught myself machine (knitting before being able to take classes at school) and often design clothes with the material being the first consideration or through a materiality lense. I should’ve put this above but I’m considering transferring to pratt because they let undergrads take classes on operated the sheima seiki knitting machines and at parsons only the mfa textile students have access to them. (I could maybe intern for free for one of the mfa students thesis but idk) My other reasons for transferring would be the quieter environment with more green basically and maybe a kinder student population idk
Ik there’s a lot of crossover with the profs and different competitions but any advice is welcome
And something very key I’m very interdisciplinary and from what I know parsons supports that more
Any and all advice welcome
The way yarn hoarding is not only accepted in fiber arts communities, but encouraged, is really fucked up. Hoarding is compulsive behavior, and yarn hoarding is not different. I'm a yarn hoarder in quadruple digits, it's related to my anxiety/fears of resource scarcity, and it's miserable. I wish people would stop encouraging each other to buy more and more yarn when they already have a lot so they don't end up feeling trapped like every other hoarder. At least a stickied mod post acknowledging that yarn hoarding is just hoarding would go a long way for some. Anyway, thanks for listening to me vent.
Edit: I'm not seeking advice regarding my therapy or hoarding. I shared where my hoarding comes from purely so people could understand why I have this perspective, not so someone could try to use my mental health against me in a cheap 'gotcha' comment. It's okay to disagree with me or be snarky, but keep it respectful.