BE PREPARED Today I'm packing for the big #knitnstitchshow at Ally Pally. It's not a show for wearing amazing jumpers as it's just too flipping hot, and I love shawls but only have giant ones that are also super toasty. So I'm reduced to choosing from my handknit socks. Each sock has about
8, 500 stitches in it, so this little pile represents a whopping 119,000 stitches! More actually, given that one pair are knee highs.
Of course, half of them have got holes in as we have rogue floorboard nails that like to pop up and rip them when I'm slipperless. So I guess I'll be darning socks on the train! I'll be at the show tomorrow representing @lightworkcollective along with @woollenwords and we're really looking forward to catching up with everyone and seeing all the exhibitions. If you're thinking about next steps for your business drop one of us a DM and let's grab a coffee!
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COLOUR STORY Long before I had a 'proper' job in knitwear I had a @rowanyarns obsession, just like the rest of my knitting group. Over copious tea and biscuits we would pore over the latest Rowan magazine; yarn choices and colours would be discussed, designs dissected, and pattern selections agonised over. 🐏
Rowan's spectacular use of colour captivated me and I quickly built up a collection of Kidsilk Haze in vibrant jewel tones, which I turned into my first ever sweater design. When I got a job at @theknittermag a few years later (helped by that design) and made my first visit to the Rowan Mill I couldn't have been more excited, even when design manager David MacLeod insisted on turning my mittens inside out to check my intarsia technique!
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After I went freelance six years later I started writing features for the very brand that made me fall in love with knitting in the first place. It's easy to take things for granted when you've been working in the same field for a while but I will never quite get used to seeing my byline in Rowan's magazines and newsletters.
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This season I've had the pleasure of interviewing @jengeigley @deehardwicke and @kaffefassettstudio for Rowan, as well as getting an early look at the @modeatrowan collections and discovering the story behind Island Blend yarn. These pieces appear in the magazine and the subscribers newsletter but if you want to check out the patterns first, I won't take it personally!
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VARIETY SHOW One of the great joys of my work is being able to say yes to such a wide range of projects. That includes this wonderful novel by #annaellory, which I had the privilege of doing the initial edit on. 📝
The Rabbit Girls interweaves the fall of the Berlin Wall with the tragic story of the women experimented on in Nazi concentration camps during WWII, told through the experiences and discoveries of Miriam, whose past and present connect through these events.
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Meticulously researched and movingly written, this is a book to sit with, that will stay with you long after the last page. I'm grateful to have had a very small part in it and can't wait to see what Anna does next.
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