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• Happy Easter! 🐣
  on Mar 27, 2016 in Things i make
  .. it wouldn't be Easter without Chocolate and Knitting!
• Dazed & Confused!
  on Nov 2, 2011
  The very nice people at Dazed & Confused have this month included a feature on me in their November issue, which includes a little interview I did not so long ago. You can have a look at it here or pop to the shops to grab yourself a copy!Again...
• Press!
  on Jun 5, 2011
  Wallpaper Magazine:Telegraph.co.uk FashionFashion156.comMetro.co.ukNot Just a LabelYahoo newsArticles:Idolmag.co.uk blogTelegraph.co.uk Fashion blog...
• Vogue.com
  on Jun 4, 2011
  I was rather excited to discover a feature on RCA graduates on Vogue.com! Can you spot them?
• My Royal College of Art Menswear MA Collection!
  on Jun 4, 2011
  You may have been wondering where I've been recently - well, I've been knitting away just in time for the Royal College of Art MA Fashion Shows, where I showed my collection of 8 entirely knitted outfits on the 1st and 2nd of June. Here's some pictur...
• RCA Work in Progress in Vogue Italia!
  on Jan 15, 2011
  Vogue Italia have done a feature on this years Royal College of Art Work in Progress exhibition and have featured the work of a few of us Second year Students, including mine! Click here to have a look, and if you're in South Kensington you should he...
• Umbro 2015!
  on Jun 14, 2010
  Last week was the Royal College of Art's Fashion Show, where the 2nd year students showed their Graduate MA collections. It was a fantastic few days, and over the past couple of months I had been working as part of the Umbro team on our project for '...
• Under the Iron Bridge
  on Apr 14, 2010
  The Smiths performing a really good version of Still Ill on a programme called The Tube in 1984.
• Superknit!
  on Apr 14, 2010
  In addition to working at the RCafe in the RCA, I have had a little job at Superdrug on High Street Kensington for the past couple of months. My new name badge came the other day, so not only am I a knitter but I have now become a Beauty Specialist..
• Spring!
  on Apr 14, 2010
  With the recent lovely weather we have been having, I thought it was time to get some plants for the balcony I have in my flat. You can't beat a bit of colourfulness, especially when it comes to springtime flowers! Here are a few close-ups:Lovely Pet...
• There's no place like home..
  on Apr 14, 2010
  With it being the Easter Break at the RCA, i took a few days off to go back up North and recharge my batteries. First I went to visit my Aunti Mitzi, who is almost a fully qualified nail technician for her to manicure my nails.. every knitters needs...
• Victor in a Jumper, he's not strange, he just wants to live his life this way
  on Apr 14, 2010
  Here is my dad Victor wearing one of my latest knit pieces from the technical knitting project I did last term, styled by himself in a pair of comedy glasses we had when I went back home! It forms part of my 'Tailoring' project lineup, of which I sti...
• The Wall of Pointless knit
  on Mar 10, 2010
  Fellow RCA knitter Cheri and I have been distracting ourselves from work by starting to fill the wall which our desk faces in the Menswear Studio with a rather strange assortment of visual delights and knit-related treats. A recent addition taking pr...
• The Wall of Pointless Sh(kn)it
  on Mar 10, 2010
  Fellow RCA knitter Cheri and I have been distracting ourselves from work by starting to fill the wall which our desk faces in the Menswear Studio with a rather strange assortment of visual delights and knit- related treats. A recent addition taking...
• Knit twit!
  on Feb 18, 2010
  Here is quite a familiar view of mine at the moment. I thought I'd try some new stitch ideas out for the garment making project we've got at the moment, where we are required to make nicely a cut and sew garment and a fully fashioned one t...
• Tinker-Taylor
  on Jan 24, 2010
  I am settling back in at The RCA quite well, so I thought i'd share with you some sketchbook pages from my tailoring project which was set last week. My concept is still in the early development stages, including choosing my colour palette, yarns and...
• I will be on duty at the exhibition this Saturday!
  on Jan 14, 2010
  Just to let you know, it is my turn to be on duty at The RCA's "Work in Progress" exhibition this Saturday, and here is a sneaky peek at my display. I will be there from 12-1pm so come down and say hello as there's lots of exciti...
• RCA Work In Progress Exhibition!
  on Jan 13, 2010
  Rushing around doing finishing touches as it is the Private View for the RCA "Work in Progress" exhibition later tonight. All of us level 1 and level 2 students are displaying a little taster of our work for your viewing pleasure, as it...
• A..
  on Jan 11, 2010
  ..very grumpy bear.
• S'no(w) Joke!
  on Jan 11, 2010
  Talk about Chilly! Up North it's DEFINITELY balaclava season at the moment, we have had inches and inches of snow and nearing -22 temperatures which mean the snow doesn't seem to want to melt away! Unpredictable weather has meant undrivable roads and...