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Hand Manufacturing, Value + Conscious Design
It takes me approximately 10 hours to knit a hat from start to finish. This includes washing, (not including drying) tying in the ends and making a pom pom for the top. It’s got me thinking about hand manufacturing and the costs/time/impacts associated. I knit these hats with 3 needles, completely by hand, it’s not…
Home + Hats
I have not written a blog on this page for quite some time, over the past fours years I have been working as a designer in the Scottish textiles and manufacturing industry for various companies which has meant that my own design work has taken a bit of a back seat. Over the past few…
Simone Landwehr-Traxler – ‘Spinning the Yarn’
I went along to see Simone Landwehr-Traxler’s ‘Spinning the Yarn’ exhibition, displayed at House for an Art Lover in Glasgows Bellahouston Park a couple of weeks ago. ‘Spinning the Yarn’ hopes to travel to Shetland in 2018 along with a performance piece which I hope to see at home, however I took the opportunity to…
About Me.
Originally from the Shetland Islands, I now work in Business Development & Design Innovation.
I am a Woven Textiles Specialist and Luxury Accessory Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the Scottish textiles and Scottish manufacturing industry.
Textiles. Design. Trends.
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