knitwear• Velvetcurtains down from £59.99 to £29.99, knitwear reduced from £19.99 to £9.99.• Women's camelhaircoats down from £749 to £395, botanyknitwear down from £79 to £49.• These days, knitwear is a prominent part of every collection.• A monomonitor may be suitable for work processing, but it is certainly not ideal for knitwear design.• Not quite so easily found just yet, but proving popular, are linen-Lycra mixes, often in knitwear rather than wovenfabrics.• There is already evidence to show knitwearfirms are failing to attractsufficient numbers of young people.• The knitwear trade is on the upturn and can probably survive without him.