💕 THIS IS ME 💕
Hello! I have been taking lots of selfies the last few days for work reasons (ugh) and I'm not usually a selfier so I thought I'd take this opportunity to say hi!
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I'm Rosee and I'm a writer, knitwear designer and tech editor, specialising in grading and pattern writing. I am a freediver and also work as a swim coach (more at @iswim.likeagirl if you fancy a nosey!).
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As well as operating independently I also collaborate with @woollenwords through our business @lightworkcollective, where we offer joined up services for the handknit industry.
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I live in Bristol with my small family and small dog in our smallish house and feel very lucky to do what I do and live where I live. Sometimes I dream about emigrating to a tropical island and going diving every day but I'm pretty content really. In my spare time I love to sew, crochet, quilt, cook, garden and go for very long swims. Nice to meet you!
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#knitting #knitdesign #techeditor #techeditorsofinstagram #knitdesigner #sewing #sewingbee #dressmaking #quilting #dressmaker #quilter #stylist #styling #writerslife #writing #writer
🎉 SHARE THE LOVE 🎉
If you could see my yarn stash you wouldn't believe I'm a minimalist 😂. But I actually converted to a minimalist manifesto nearly 10 years ago, well before Marie Kondo hit Netflix.
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Being a minimalist for me is about figuring out what is 'enough'. I'm lucky to be sent yarn all the time so I've long since given up trying to maintain a small stash. Instead, I give yarn away whenever I can, while accepting I'll usually have more than I need.
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Recently a new friend let slip that his daughter wanted to learn how to knit. So today I sent off a little parcel of the good stuff - wool, silk, alpaca and cotton. Because kids need nice yarn too.
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I've been working with @clovermfg for a while and they've been kind enough to send me exciting parcels of notions, which means I could share some of that love as well .
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When I first got seriously into knitting I was fascinated by all the clever gadgets and notions Clover sold and loved browsing the Clover rack in my LYS. So into the package have gone point protectors, stitch markers and keepers, a needle gauge, a tapestry needle threader, a row counter, a cable needle and more - many of the very things I had bought for myself way back when.
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Knitting may well be a flash in the pan for the particular young lady they're heading to. Or it could be the start of something very special. Either way, I hope her parents are prepared for the realities of a yarn stash! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
#knitting #knitstagram #knittersofinstagram #yarn #yarnlove #castonnow #knittingaddict #knittingproject #knittersofig #knittinglove #tricot #stricken #strik #techeditor #techeditorsofinstagram
🖍️CRAFTING YOUR SELF🖍️
From when she was really little I collected craft stuff for my daughter. As a kid I'd been obsessed with making and assumed she'd be the same.
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But although she liked painting and drawing, much of the materials I gathered stayed untouched. In the end, I berated myself for projecting my interests onto her. She needed space to work things out in her own time.
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Recently though, there's been a change. Prompted by our family's love of Japanese animation, she's started experimenting with her own artwork, very much influenced by anime and manga. Today I rearranged a few things so now her art books and good paper are all in one place. There is A LOT of paper. 🖍️
It makes me so happy to see her discovering her 'thing'. People laugh at millenials for seeking fulfillment in their work, rather than a steady job, but as someone who eschewed the sensible path, with little regret, I can't wait to see where this takes her. Perhaps it'll be short lived, perhaps it'll be the start of a lifelong passion. But something has started. Here's to the dreamers....
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#art #drawing #anime #manga #totoro #artist
🌈 COLOUR ME HAPPY 🌈
Secret Christmas project #2 was a set of embroidery threads for the small person, who's recently taken up cross stitch.
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Preparing for her first big project meant digging through the jumbled mess of threads I've collected over the years and took ages, which gave me an idea. So I bought a snazzy box and paper bobbins from @hobbycrafthq and set about organising them. It took three evenings to secretly wind and label each card and arrange them into a pleasing rainbow.
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A few days later, in the throes of #twixtmas boredom, she decided to start a new project and seeking out the right colours this time took a few seconds, so it was definitely worth it! Total cost £6, not counting the value of the original threads (don't go there 😂😂😂).
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#crossstitch #embroidery #craftychristmas #sewing #threads #craftkit
🎉 NINE LIVES 🎉
A colourful year, during which I've knitted many socks, designed a little for me and a lot for others, interviewed some interesting people, edited approximately a billion patterns, graded another billion, and worked with folks I like AND love. I've seen some fun stuff, swum some cool places* and somehow gained a much better work life balance (at times) than I've managed in a while.
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It's not always been an easy year and no doubt weird times lie ahead (Brexit, Trump etc etc) but I feel grateful to have made many new and wonderful friends in 2019 and had some exciting moments too and so I'm calling it a win. Here's to the next decade!
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