ballmouse
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I wonder what happened to this
Wow! I suppose I'm embarrassed that I've left you all in the state where you need to ask (though I am slightly pleased that someone cared enough to resurrect this thread)!
Long story short: I'm not working with the knitwear manufacturer I found anymore. I go into more depth in my podcast (The Designers Must, "Death of a Sweater" episodes). But I had this feeling in the back of my head, and it sadly actualized itself.
Good news is I found another one in NYC which I find much easier to work with, so I'm a bit more optimistic on how things will turn out here.
But onto the bad news again; designing and making sweaters is really dependent on the factory because of the machines they use. This one doesn't use the same machines, so they have to be redesigned which is what we're doing. Even with samples from the previous factory, we still need to tweak them more to get them the way I want them.
Back to good news: I hope to actually get an interview/podcast/recording with the owner because she's wonderful. So hopefully that can shed some insight on what we're doing, what she's done, etc.