Author Archives: Jen Jarvis

The creator of KNITkicks is Jennifer Jarvis. She created the website in 2008 shortly after graduating from fashion design and specialising in knitwear design. She worked for a handful of designers before finding her place at Mark Fast studio where she now works full time.

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Samantha Brooke

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 30, 2010. Filed under Cables, Chunky Knit, Nottingham Trent. Tagged , . 5 Comments.
Design Background: I studied 2 years of Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (and did a placement at the school of arts in Le Man, France) then decided it was not the course for me, so moved onto Fashion [...]

Style Sunday

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 20, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. No comments.
Jessie Hands at the Chelsea graduate exhibition (which is still going on and open to the public) wearing a Mark Fast dress.

Mark Fast; The Ascension of Beauty

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 17, 2010. Filed under Beading, Embellished Knit, Ladders, Spring summer 2010. Tagged , , . 6 Comments.
I feel like I always end up writing about work or about someone I know from work, but I really HAVE to share this as I’ve just seen the pictures and I cant believe how amazing this looks. These pictures are of the Mark Fast ‘Luminato’ ‘exhibition as part of [...]

Jillian Carrozza

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 15, 2010. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Crochet, Hand Knit. Tagged , , . No comments.
This collection is without a doubt my favourite of the 2010 graduates that I’ve seen so far. I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of time that went into these garments. It would be crazy if she isn’t snapped up straight away by a designer/company. Design Background: Studied fashion at Mt. San Antonio College in [...]

Knitted Textile Student Awards 2010

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on June 14, 2010. Filed under autumn winter 2010. Tagged , . No comments.
This is a little reminder for current knitwear students or graduating students….The UK Hand knitting association runs a knitted textiles award every year. First Prize is £1000 and there are 3 other prizes of £350, so it is well worth entering. The competition is currently open and receiving entries NOW. Closing date [...]

Graduate Fashion Shows & exhibitions 2010

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on May 31, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. 1 Comment.
  I’m out of the country whilst most of these shows are going on unfortunately but here’s a list of shows and exhibitions coming up. If you would like to add any dates then leave a comment below/ email me … knitkicks@googlemail.com If you are a knitwear student don’t hesitate to drop [...]

Onez Lau

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on May 26, 2010. Filed under Central Saint Martins, Chunky Knit, Intarsia, Macramé. 5 Comments.
I absolutely love this time of year when all the students are graduating and we get to see their unlimited creativity before they get bogged down with the worry of commercial design and budgets. I spotted Onez’s collection on my facebook news feed and I loved it. The photos of her collection (below) are by [...]

Jooyeon Im

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on April 27, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. 4 Comments.
  Designer / Jooyeon Im About / I popped down to London college of Fashion last week and saw Joo’s final collection. Her collection was absolutely beautiful, full of great textured knitted fabrics. Definitely one of the collections that stood out. Collection Information / Her collection was inspired [...]

Street Style Sunday

Written by Jen Jarvis. Posted on April 25, 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. No comments.
Unfortunately I have a habit of right click and saving loads of images, then forgetting where I got them from. So I have no idea where I got this image from. I do however know that the dress is by Matalafria. See more info on Matalafria here: http://www.knitkicks.co.uk/?p=1339