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Kate Knight

Freelance Knitwear Cashmere Designer
Portfolio website
https://www.thecashmeredesigner.com/
About

Kate Knight is a knitwear designer who specialises in recycled and sustainable cashmere and cashmere blends. Currently she lives just outside of Bordeaux, France after living and working in New York City, London and the Swiss Alps. Kate has designed knitwear for brands such as Nordstrom, The White Company, Lands' End, Barney's and Whistles. She has taught every age group from 7 year olds to PhD students and industry professionals and loves to build connections with factories, yarn agents, brands, fellow freelancers and designers. Today, Kate is passionate about design and building communities and helping to educate people on knitwear design.

Previous Brands
Aiglon College
Barrow Hills School
Denner Cashmere
DZ Group New York
DZ Group Uk
Silver Dragon
the Cashmere Designer
Tricot Industries Pvt Ltd
University of Leeds
Work Experience
Freelance Knitwear Designer
Jul ‘21 - Now
the Cashmere Designer

Working with brands and factories as a knitwear designer and consultant specialising in collections of cashmere knitwear for womenswear, accessories, dogs and babywear. Expert knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for detailed, industry standard tech packs in MS Excel or Google Sheets. Detailed and extensive knowledge of sustainable and recycled yarns, knitting stitches and processes. Clients include: Nearly New Cashmere, Conjetta Designs, Mila Christina New York, Moran and Motherway and NuCheval.

Art & Design Teacher + Houseparent
Aug ‘15 - Jun ‘21
Aiglon College

Taught years 5-13 Art and Design, iGCSE and IB. Led and managed critical paths for a team of 60.

Freelance Knitwear Designer
Jan ‘14 - Feb ‘19
Tricot Industries Pvt Ltd

Designed new start-up cashmere brand for women's and men's contemporary market. Concept boards, sketching, technical design and fitting advice.

Art & Design Teacher
Apr ‘12 - Jun ‘15
Barrow Hills School

Taught Design Technology and Art including vacuum forming, resistant materials (wood), painting, textiles, ceramics, digital photography and sculpture.

Freelance Knitwear Designer
Sep ‘10 - Apr ‘12
Denner Cashmere

Designed collections for a luxury, cashmere brand based in London. Responsible for design and fit of collections for women and men as well as accessories. Worked closely with the factory to make sure that photo shoot samples and bulk deliveries arrived on time.

Knitwear Designer/ Account Manager
Mar ‘10 - Aug ‘10
Silver Dragon

Headed up a new upmarket division of Jo Y Jo, a major knitwear supplier to the High Street and Supermarkets. Sourced cashmere factories and designed cashmere ranges to sell to High Street customers such as Jigsaw, The White Company, Jaeger and L K Bennett.

Knitwear Consultant
Jul ‘08 - Jun ‘15
University of Leeds

Taught industry professionals from companies such as Ted Baker, The White Stuff, ASOS, George at ASDA and Peacocks modules in technical knitted structures, common fit issues, knitwear finishing and quality assurance.

Knitwear Designer
May ‘08 - Mar ‘10
DZ Group Uk

Start-up UK office of DZ Group- a knitwear supplier based in Shanghai and Beijing, specializing in cashmere sweaters and accessories. Clients included: Whistles, The White Company, Jigsaw, Jaeger, Paul Smith and LK Bennett. Provided creative and technical design on a bespoke basis for UK clients. Ensured daily communication with teams to guarantee smooth development.

Knitwear Designer
Aug ‘05 - Apr ‘08
DZ Group New York

US Clients included: Lands' End, Nordstrom, Macy's, Barney's, Brooks Brothers, Ann Taylor, Penguin, Orvis and Express.

Knitting Lecturer
Sep ‘01 - Jun ‘04
University of Leeds

Taught knitting and design to BA, MA and PhD students.

Languages
English - Fluent
French - Work Proficiency
Location Preference
To be discussed
Work Pattern
Full-time
Employment Preference
Freelance Assignments
Hourly Consulting
Permanent Positions