Knitwear and Fashion Design

My name is Ben Farrelly, I studied Fashion Design and Knit at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, graduating with First Class Honours in 2026. My work is driven by colour, silhouette and experimental textiles, and by the process of making as much as the finished piece. For my graduate collection I used a fine gauge Dubied machine with merino and Grilon thermoplastic yarns to create rigidity in a medium that is usually soft.

Education

BA (Hons) Fashion Design (Knit), NCAD, 2021–2026, First Class Honours

Exhibited

NCAD Works graduate exhibition, 2026

Machines

Domestic, Passap double-bed, digital jacquard, Dubied double-bed

Software

DesignaKnit, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Blender