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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Fresh

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I was invited to be on the judging panel of the Craft Victoria Fresh Award, a graduation design award for innovation and skill. These were s...
Monday, November 10, 2008

Basic Luxury

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I am a fibre nut, and I do love a luxury fibre; buttery alpaca and silky cashmeres etc; but sometimes I love the basic lack-lustre of a warp...
Sunday, November 2, 2008

How Handmade is Your Handmade?

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A question I had posed to me recently, and when I explained, it was followed with; why? Well, because it's a beautiful thing to do. Ha...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Crochet Kills

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Part of my crochet kill summer collection. See earlier post.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Bag Loads of Knitting

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I made an emergency call to Pene Durston, (misspenpen.blogspot.com) for help. As part of the raw wool series; I needed to finish these knit...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Raw Wool

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I've been developing a new Winter collection, and experimenting with mixing wool from it's raw to refined stage attempting to combin...
Friday, August 15, 2008

More Summer Knits

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Going into store this week, silk slip dresses and handknitted linen cardis that you can wear upside down or up.
Friday, August 8, 2008

Summer 08

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New Summer Knits freshly delivered only this week. Linen; in handknitted lace mixed with silk, all made in the little studio on the domesti...
Friday, August 1, 2008

Wabi Sabi

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Dip Dye: I can get completely absorbed in the production process when each piece demands accuracy but also some creative license and acciden...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

LaceMaking

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Making lace on a domestic knitting machine for Summer 2003 collection.
Monday, July 28, 2008

Recycled Shopper

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I've given some shredded plastic bags a new life.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Artificial Fibres

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Not a huge fan of synthetic fibres usually, but I gotta love the colour density and slinkiness of rayon; not a yarn I'd recommend for ha...

CrochetKill

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Spring/Summer 03.
Monday, July 21, 2008

Pleat Detail

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Variation of the Pleat Theme for Winter 05. Here the pleats are uniform, and the mix of two yarns and felting create some interesting drapi...

Pleats

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Random pleating and tucking is as much fun as random cabling or lacemaking. Why not!; that's the joy of making by hand, you don't h...

Rod McNicol

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Winter 2006: Another rare photoshoot opportunity from the elusive Portrait Prize Winner, Rod McNicol.
Friday, July 18, 2008

Aurelio Costarella

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Working with the true master, Aurelio Costarella is no easy feat. The development of this latest piece took days handknitting that lace, an...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Knitted Seating

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Squashy stripy knit wool beanbag that resembles a giant beanie (felt & leather base), and the striped 'daydreamer' daybed; woode...

Landscape

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I'm inspired by any material I can get my hands on, and any opportunity to doodle outside of 'work' stuff keeps me interested in...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Dreadlocks

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This was a bit of an experiment. This technique I developed by a jaquard stitch knitted in wool on a domestic machine; using the wrong side...
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