{"id":32734,"date":"2022-10-21T15:01:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=32734"},"modified":"2023-02-03T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:19:18","slug":"textile-design-students-develop-homeware-collection-collaborate-with-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/textile-design-students-develop-homeware-collection-collaborate-with-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Textile Design Students Develop Homeware Collections, Collaborate With Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Mary Giuffrida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind every spool of yarn is a textile designer who chose the color, luster, twist, texture and structure variation to create a unique material. They understand how each individual element of the yarn makes it suitable for different purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what students in the textile design concentration<\/a> learn in FTD 373: Yarn Design the spring semester of their sophomore year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really the fundamental fibers and what do we do with them,\u201d says Assistant Professor Janie Woodbridge<\/a>, who teaches the course. \u201cWe\u2019re starting very basic, and we\u2019re digging deeper technically as the students progress forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Skill Sets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the course students are able to identify the appropriate uses of different yarns. They are able to differentiate between materials used for apparel versus home furnishing by analyzing the contents of the textile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe talk a lot about application,\u201d Woodbridge explains. \u201cSo if I introduce braiding, then I will show like, here\u2019s a nautical rope that\u2019s made out of synthetic material that lasts for a long time and floats. There\u2019s always a connection to reality, to where this could be applied to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s always a connection to reality, to where this could be applied to.” – Assistant Professor Janie Woodbridge<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Along with this they are building a library of skills including spinning, dyeing, braiding, weaving, knitting and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRug hooking or weaving I would say would be my favorites,\u201d student Kenli Esau says. \u201cI really loved weaving and I\u2019m really excited to work on the bigger looms in the studio next door next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n