Looking for a Knitter or Crocheter

Andrea has been knitting for over 45 years and has welcomed national/international commissions from private and corporate clients including Christmas Victorian mice for a high profile London establishment, woodland animals for wedding table settings. toys and garments. Her speciality is teddy bears and dolls but Andrea also enjoys crafting Aran and Lacework. She regularly donates knitted items to charitable organisations and recently helped raise funds at a local animal shelter by crafting and selling a large number of hedgehogs.

Jackie has over 25 years knitting experience. She can make any garment from babies to adults in any type of wool.

Angela is an experienced hand knitter and sells her hand knitted items to help raise money for people suffering from Parkinson’s. She is happy to make hand knitted toys, baby clothes, baby blankets, cuddle blanket bears for babies and jumpers etc.

Helen has been knitting professionally since 1986. She has experience in Intarsia, Fairisle, Shetland Lace and Aran, can Swiss darn, crochet, illustrate, and pattern write. She is happy to knit everything from toys to high fashion garments.

Kath has been knitting for 40+ years. Her speciality is babywear, but she also likes to knit for adults. Kath is very experienced with cables and but prefers not to work with colours eg: fairisle and picture knits. lacework.

Sally has knitted for various designers including Vivienne Westwood but more recently for a local Machine/Hand knitting business using alpaca. Sally also has experience in converting machine knitting patterns to hand knitting. As Sally works part time she would prefer smaller items to knit.

Michele knits vintage jumpers using vintage patterns and sometimes vintage yarn and buttons.

Carol has been a professional hand knitter for over 40 years working to very high standards. She is experienced in all forms of knitting, ie: lace, fair isle, aran, intarsia, steeking, socks, etc. She has worked for designers, yarn companies and wool shops as well as many private clients. Her work has been in fashion shows, magazines and catalogues and she has recently finished a commission for the BBC costume department (2014). She is looking to expand her business and client base and can send photos of her work on request.