WOW...I have an ever growing reading list for uni thats now waaaay over two pages long....all the books sound amazing and will really help me in understanding the need for change in the fashion industry and how other designers and scientists interpret these needs...I think i'll need more hours in my day!!

This weekend I travelled to Newcastle (7 and a half hours on a bus=lots of time to ponder!!) and had a lovely, perfect, sunny weekend involving Fame, Sheep, Newcastle Uni's lovely architectur...
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 Huge hand-knotted nylon net by Janet Echelman, I love the enormity and space that this piece twists through showing the movement and drape created by such a big knotted gap!!



Phat Knits, designed by Bauke Knottnerus, I would love to just lie on one of these and laze the day away...they look like works of art but but also draw the visitor into their comforting 'homely' feeling that makes you want to touch them!!



Phat Knits, designed by Bauke Knottnerus again, I love the colours of these huge t...
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Being around so many other creative and really talented people really does scare me...but it also inspires and challenges me to see what I can really do when I put my mind to it!!

I found a great funny clip about using knitting as a way to protest against certain aspects of society today... follow the link to watch it!!

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/212027/
 december-03-2008/nailed--em---radical-knitting



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After a long summer break, with a nice long rest and then the stress of moving down to sunny London, I am now ready and raring to get back to creating!! I enroll for my Masters in Fashion and the Environment today at London College of Fashion, which i'm really excited about. My summers not actually been all that lazy...i've been working on a new collection of knitted pieces for an online boutique that launches soon called "frock around the clock" (so i'll keep you posted on how things develop...
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