Greetings, Comrades! I, like many other knitting comrades, am in the throes of preparing for the wonderful Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I am so excited to be teaching classes on Thursday and Friday and if you’re coming to one of those classes, hurrah and welcome: I’m really looking forward to it. I always like to bring […]
Meet Bev and her glorious stranded colourwork
Following on from the recent Q&A with Yumi, today I want to introduce you to another online friend whose beautiful work I felt you all should see! I discovered Bev’s work some time last year through our mutual interest in stranded colourwork, and have wanted to share her work with you for a while. Her […]
Building a Sonic Wardrobe
The biggest KNITSONIK project to date – The Fabric of Oxford – launched just over a week ago in Oxford with a public talk held at the Museum of Oxford. If you missed the talk or the live stream of the talk, fear not; Spires Media recorded the whole thing for posterity so you can […]
Is swatching indulgent?
Following on from yesterday’s post about barriers to swatching today I want to address this idea: It is indulgent to swatch creatively rather than to spend that time making wearable garments Creative practice is often viewed as an indulgence. But why is this? Why are practical skills that artists spend decades acquiring through art college, […]
KNITSONIK Minicast 03 – Tall Yarns’n Tales
Meet my amazing friends Andrea Franklin and Linda de Ruiter of Tall Yarns’n Tales! This minicast also includes one of Brenda Dayne’s beautiful essays from A Knitter’s Manifesto, the CD release on which we worked together several years ago.