Pedagogy and Professional Development

Teaching Machine Knitting During a Pandemic and Beyond: The Bond Secret

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Abstract

A pedagogical approach was developed to address significant anticipated growth for the knitwear industry and a need for education of skilled knitwear designers and technicians. The purpose of this paper was to fill the gap between traditional hand knitting techniques and industrial machine knitting processes by teaching knitwear design and production through scaffolding from an industry perspective during the Covid-19 Pandemic.  Course development strategy analysis revealed three emergent themes: 1) pandemic-induced criteria and machine selection, 2) teaching support, and 3) the whole-part-whole approach.  Findings for this paper resulted in solutions addressing these themes by using the Bond Incredible Sweater Knitting Machine as a budget-conscious intermediating medium for teaching more complex industrial knitting machine procedures through the theoretic framework of the whole-part-whole method.

Keywords: Machine knitting, Pedagogy, Bond Knitting Machine, Whole-Part-Whole Theory

How to Cite:

Ruppert-Stroescu, M., Bernardoni, J. M. & Casarez, A., (2022) “Teaching Machine Knitting During a Pandemic and Beyond: The Bond Secret”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 78(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.13764