Posted by Zoe Fletcher on Saturday, September 4, 2010
So with a much needed couple of days to recuperate, sleep, unpack and wash all my dirty laundry, I feel refreshed and ready to dive back into work!!...easier said than done - as the amount I have still to so is a little overwhelming!
Buuuut...to kickstart me, I took a day to knit up some samples using my British wool dyed with purely British dyes!!...hopefully this will help me choose colour combinations and a colour pallet for my latest collection!
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.