robots in Samurai style combat!


Previous work includes my own version of Yarn Bombing in a series of photographs called “Suburban Graffiti” in which I used knitting to create a middle aged, feminine answer to the young, masculine, underground world of traditional graffiti. Another body of work also exploring feminising the masculine with knitting was knitted tattoos.


A fan of Rowan yarns for many years, much of my knitted intarsia work is created in my favourite, Rowan Felted Tweed, which blooms beautifully when washed and creates a wonderful painterly effect.


I was taught to knit as a young child by my mother and grandmother as a method of keeping an active child entertained when it was too wet to play outside. As a result I probably had the best dressed (and warmest) Teddy Bear and Tiny Tears on the block. As I grew up I used these skills to express my identity on a teenage budget by modifying the patterns in the Woman’s weekly magazines saved for me by my next-door neighbour, and creating my own chunky yarn from knotting together bits of ripped up sheet. My sister and her friends described me as having my own “unique style”!


Thankfully the quality of my hand knit November 2012 - 13


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18