In the first year of Knitting & Crochet Blog Week, I talked about knitters whose work I enjoy. Of course, this is a somewhat similar idea but today I'm going to talk about people whose work I am inspired by and admire. It's far too difficult to whittle it down to just the one, so I've chosen my top 5 (in no particular order)!
· Kate Davies
I really love the beautiful designs of Kate Davies and one day hope to make her "owls." If you're a fibre enthusiast, I highly recommend her blog, needled.
· Anna Hrachovec
You may well have heard of knitter extraordinaire, Anna Hrachovec, of Mochimochi Land. I'm a huge fan of her creative and whimsical world of knitted critters and characters, not to mention her wicked sense of humor! Below you can see a tiny pigeon I knitted from one of her patterns :)
· Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
I've long been a fan of the witty fibre-infused banter which can be found on Stephanie's Yarn Harlot blog (and books, for that matter.) - read and enjoy - 'nuff said.
· Carol Meldrum
I was lucky enough to work with the lovely Carol during my time at Rowan. As well as being a published author and workshop tutor, you can find her Beatknit designs here. I also think her book of Knitted Icons is a lot of fun.
· Stephanie Dosen
I have adored the creations of Tiny Owl Knits for a while now. You may be familliar with the incredibly popular Beekeeper's Quilt Stephanie designed and created - I do love seeing all the different colours of "hexapuffs" people have been knitting.
I look forward to reading about everyone else's crafty heroes!
9 comments:
Forgive me because I've just started following your blog, but YOU WORKED FOR ROWAN?! What I would give to sit down with you and hear some of your stories! On a side note, Owls by Kate Davies is an amazing pattern, I would certainly recommend it.
Owls is one of my favourite sweater patterns and don't even get me started on tiny owl knits - i'm knitting a poncho right now. have a knitty wednesday xx
I agree - how exciting that you worked for Rowan!
Love your choices, the Yarn Harlot and Tiny Owl Knits are so inspiring!
Haha! Yes, you read right, I did indeed work for Rowan (and I have the stash to prove it...).
Great heroes! I totally agree with you about Owls, it's been on my radar ever since Kate blogged about it. Such a beautiful jumper. And I do love the whimsy of Tiny Owls Knits :)
Working in Rowan- WOW!
I find TOK also very inspiring!
Oh my gosh! Anna Hrachovec's work is wonderful, I've never come across her before! I think these must be my favourite - http://mochimochiland.com/shop/stackable-cats-pattern/ how cute!! I think I need them in my life! x
Very cool that you worked for a yarn company. What did you do there? You picked some interesting heroines.
@ Kepanie - Thanks, I'm glad you liked my knitting heroines. I enjoyed working for Rowan yarns as a store-based Design Consultant a few years back :)
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