Jill WolcottDesigner
Seattle, United States
I was trained as a fashion designer with a focus on garment construction and pattern making. She turned to hand knits to be able to create both the fabric and the shape. I am always thinking about knitted things and how to guide knitters toward a successful knitting experience. Most importantly, I am obsessed with fit. She blends years of experience, research, and application to finding a better path to fit. My classes blend her wealth of knitting knowledge with a sense of humor and fun.
I taught line development and portfolio development classes, among others, at FIDM, from 2000 to 2016. I was an award-winning faculty member. Fit is critical to my view of design; she teaches grading to knitwear designers and has developed sizing guidelines for industry companies. I have a line of knitting patterns and eBooks. She is co-author, and illustrator, of YNotKnit: Step-by- step instructions for Continental knitting and knitting basics.
- Knitting21 Skills
Knitting: Over 50 years
21 Skills
- Cast on & bind off
- Knit and purl stitches
- Simple increase & decrease
- Picking up stitches
- Lace Work
- Knitting in the round
- I-cord
- Double knitting
- Three needle cast off
- Steeks
- Ribbed
- Short rows
- Garter
- Modular knitting
- Kitchener
- Stocking
- Moebius
- Slipped stitches
- Cables
- Provisional cast on
- Entrelac
