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(Updated 1+ year ago)Machine Knitting Designer and Technician
Stockholms län, Sweden
Native English, Fluent French, Intermediate Svenska
- production
- prototyping
- textile design
Skills (24)
AUTOCAD
HAND MACHINE
TECHNICAL EDITING
Textile design
Knitwear design
Machine Knitting
CAD
PROTOTYPING
DRAFTING
FABRICATION
TEACHING
TRAINING
TECHNICAL DESIGN
INSTRUCTOR
PROJECT DESIGN
Sampling
Yarn Sourcing
ILLUSTRATOR
Production Specifications
PHOTOSHOP
Patternmaking
INDESIGN
Excel
POWERPOINT
Professional Experience
2014-01 - 2019-01
2014-01 - 2019-01
Design and creation of knit swatches published as women's fashion knitwear trend projections.
2016-01 - 2019-01
Design, prototyping, and pattern drafting for hand knit women/children's tops and accessories.
2016-01 - 2018-01
Industrial knitting machine instructor, programmer and operator for Weft Knitting Technology
laboratory (textile engineering masters level), Shima Seiki SDS-ONE APEX3 with SVR122SV flat
7gg, Terrot double bed and mini-jacquard circular 18gg, and Dubied flat hand machine 12gg.
L'ÉCOLE DE LA MAILLE DE PARIS (FASHION KNITWEAR DESIGN & PATTERNMAKING COLLEGE)
2016-01 - 2018-01
Professor of technical business level english specific to the fashion knitwear profession. Juror.
2017-02 - 2017-02
Design and fabrication of knitted lace for a princess wedding dress costume.
2016-01 - 2017-01
High-end women's ready-to-wear winter knitwear collection: stitch design and swatching,
pattern drafting, technical design, consultation through completion of industrial prototyping.
Design and creation of custom knitted pieces for limited series high-end artisanal hand bags.
2016-11 - 2016-11
Creation of a giant knitted sculpture, exhibited at Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt.
2014-01 - 2015-01
Creation and technical editing of written patterns, and revision of entire product catalogue.
Illustration and written instructions for knitting and crochet techniques. Knitting workshops.
+46 70 732 49 59 Knitwear Fashion Design & Patternmaking, Paris, France
ginny@virginiablocher.com Bachelor of Architecture, Austin, Texas, USA
http://virginiablocher.com
ARCHITECTURE EXPERIENCE 2001-2013
2003-01 - 2009-01
Project design, planning and construction management in Spain and South Korea. Supervised
up to 100 construction workers in planning through project completion and training.
Facility planning, construction, and maintenance for sixty medical facilities at seven sites
(Japan, South Korea, and Diego Garcia): $25M in projects & 34 multinational employees.
2001-01 - 2003-01
RFR Paris: structural engineering CAD, 300m bridge, Poitiers, France, Aug 2011
Architect Vincent Hauser: design, CAD, specifications, model-making, client coordination, site
surveys, residential, commercial, and historic projects, 2001-2003, Austin, Texas
2001-01 - 2003-01
2001-01 - 2003-01
Academic Background
2019-09 - 2015-06
2003-01 - 2009-01