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H. Morgan Hicks
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H. Morgan Hicks
He has been a favorite instructor affiliated with the Fashion Design department of the Art Institutes International in Seattle where he has presented courses in fashion marketing, portfolio development, computer-aided fashion design, and business writing. He received a Master’s degree in Engineering specializing in Technical Communication from the world-renown University of Washington where he was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award. Morgan has published over 50 articles and numerous designs in North American knitting periodicals, and is the self-publisher of the Design Compendium CDs, the Mosaic Knitting Companion CD, and the Passap E8000 Cross Reference. He is the inventor of the Leg Extensions for knitting machine stands, the "Claws-free" Fabric Weight for machine knitting, the Tandem Knitting Bracket, and the creator of the Simplified Color System for textile designers. He works tirelessly as a source of inspiration to machine knitting and textile design consumers the world over to provide technical solutions to their needlework problems. He is an inspiring, enthusiastic knit fabric designer, having produced thousands of beautiful motifs for machine knitting, a developer of techniques for crochet and machine and hand knitting, as well as pursuing ongoing interests in historical and new technology in fashion. Additional passions include archaeology and anthropology, fine arts and fashion history, science and engineering, landscape gardening, travel, and the culinary arts. He is currently writing for KnitWords magazine, presenting at national hand- and machine-knitting seminars, and at the Seattle Yarn Gallery, presenting personalized beginning classes and design and advanced knitting and crochet instruction.
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H. MORGAN
HICKS brings to fiber artists and designers a lifetime of student-oriented
education and training in textile color and design, fabric-making techniques,
and needlework applications. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in
Anthropology specializing in aesthetic traditions and art education at the
University of Oregon, and an
M.S. in Engineering, Technical Writing from University of Washington. Being a
crocheter and embroiderer since childhood, Morgan took up hand knitting with
ease and accomplishment while employed at Eugene, Oregon’s Yarn Shed. He has had
the privilege of working with Elizabeth Zimmermann and Barbara G.Walker, expert hand knitters. Upon graduation, he relocated to Seattle and established
Sweaters by Design, and since 1983, has launched lines of original sweaters for
specialty clothiers and boutiques. With the purchase of his first knitting
machine in 1985, a steady stream of original fabric designs, innovative
solutions for machine knitters, and many extremely popular color and design
courses began that continues today. 
