This is a quick update...as i'm off to 'The Wave' march in London to raise awareness of the Copenhagen summit, to show our government that we need to show how important the 2 degree change is!! More on that later!!
I WON!! I was so surprised, we all went to the Centre for Sustainable Fashion's 'Fashioning the Future' awards ceremony...which was held in City Hall!! I walked in just as Caryn Franklin was practicing her speech, which was a little surreal as I used to watch her on a sunday night w...
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Currently undertaking a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University within the MIRIAD post-graduate department, I am beginning a practice based academic journey into British wool fibres and new technologies within knitwear design.
Graduating with Distinction from a Masters in Fashion and the Environment at London College of Fashion, specialising in hand-knitting and the British Wool Industry,
I have worked on a number of knitwear collections (personal and external companies), whilst freelancing and researching for a number of exciting projects.
My work revolves around the idea of sustainable fashion from a knitted perspective and the different ways to achieve this incorporating the ideas of slow fashion into mainstream society.
I love knitting.
And wool.
And double sided sticky tape.
