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This Week I’ve Been …

Work continues here apace. It’s so nice to feel productive and no time is wasted. My “other job” was cancelled on Monday due to illness, so I cracked on with shop jobs. I’ve got a sweater all finished and ready to add to the shop, I just need to take photos of it. And yes, […]

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A Few of My Favourite Things.

I’m still working on studio samples and alongside those, I’ve been folding more paper. It’s really interesting how these folds are inspiring me and they are certainly helping to push the sample work forward. I’ve spent the morning working with folded paper – taking photos and making sketches to record the way the creases interact […]

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Emails of Joy!

Work is continuing apace. Just as one sweater has finished blocking, another seems ready for soaking and pinning. The other day, as I scrabbled over damp knitting with a tape measure trying not to put my knee in a pin, I decided I really do need some blocking wires. This is not a recent realisation. […]

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No Rest for The Wicked

I can only assume I’ve been very naughty in a previous life! I’ve started working with the new studio, so I’m in the midst of sample production. The owner is off to New York next week so I’m trying to get things together for her to take with her. There’s a nice collection of samples […]

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Moving Forward.

I’m currently on a mini holiday. The event is over so I get a week off to recover and I’m making the most of this time to do some paper work. The least exciting part of my freelance life but a necessary one. Whilst sorting through papers, I thought now would be an excellent time […]

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Asking the Right Questions

It would be easy to imagine that the life of an international knitwear designer is a simple one. The knitting muses, wake you gently from your slumber with a million and one ideas that are rattled off your needles, sent to the client and everyone relaxes on the veranda with a nice G&T. Or not. […]

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