Frida Kahlo
A style icon knitted for a cushion cover
Machine knit group #03 – illegal tension squares
More tension squares and a visit from the police
Machine knit group #02 – spongebar squarepants
Looking at tension squares, thread lace and sponge bars
State of the Zine
The football terraces is where sport meets knitting
Machine knit group #01- setting up, knit & cut
Pics from the first group session at NEPHRA
Purl City taster session
Pics from the Purl City Yarns taster afternoon.
Wool Stall – Bury Market
Great family-run wool shop on Bury Market – with a good selection of affordable yarns.
Drop-in Taster Session – Machine Knitting
Thursday 26th September 2-5pm at Purl City Yarns (62 Port St, Manchester, M1 2EQ)
Machine Knitting Group
Thursdays, 2-5. Starts 10th October (10 weeks), sessions £2 at NEPHRA, NEW MOSTON
Punchcard Economy – Worker In Progress @ FACT
10am – 6pm, 18th – 22nd September at FACT, Liverpool
FILM – Betty Corrie and Tootal
Betty talks about the Tootal textile mill in Newton Heath, where her father worked as a manager
FILM – Knit and Natter
A film about textile techniques and personal gripes.
Lambswool 200 stitch test
First test using the lambs-wool across the full needle bed
Fairfield Yarns
My first visit to Fairfield Yarns in Bury.
Whitworth Gallery demonstration
Demonstration as part of the Textile Art Now programme.
First punchcard test
First test with a punchcard on the Brother KH 881.
Ultrasound
A translation of an ultrasound image from an expectant mother.
Wisby Cat
Knitted image based on an illustration by my friend Chris Alsop