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The Smock Cable Cushion was featured in the 'Wool is the Word' feature in Elle Decoration Issue 283

Cambrian Mountains Design Challenge 2015

I was very pleased to be a finalist in the Cambrian Mountains Design Challenge.  The aim of the project was to design and make a project using Cambrian Mountains wool from the heart of Wales.  I submitted designs for furniture pieces upholstered with fabric made using the wool.  My design used a traditional Aran stitch, combined with crochet, my first piece that combined both knit and crochet in the same pieces.  The project was perfect for my focus on British wool - the Cambrian wool was lovely to work with and was very suited to the fabrics I had designed.  A variety of pieces have been made by designers using the wool, and the pieces will be on a tour of the UK until the end of 2015.  Details of the exhibition venues can be found on the Cambrian Wool website http://cambrianmountainswool.org/2015-challenge/

                                        

                                                           

                                                           The Cambrian Chair

                       

                                           Detail of the traditional Aran stitch used

Made In Clerkenwell Winter 2013

I will be taking part in Made In Clerkenwell Open Studios at Craft Central from the 28th-30th November.  Craft Central is partnering with The Goldsmith's Centre for the first time this year and I will be showing in their exhibition centre. Please click here for more information about the event.  Please note The Goldsmith's Centre will be closed on Sunday 1st December.

Knitted Textile Awards

I am very pleased to be finalist in the UK Hand Knitting Association Knitted Textile Awards. Pieces from the collection will be on display in the Textile Gallery at The Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace from the 10th-13th October.