Designer Spotlight: Interview with Janina Kallio of Woolenberry
July 2023 saw the release of a beautiful new pattern from Janina Kallio using one of our yarns. Cloud Gazing (below) calls for Keld Twist in Tarn which is our plied superwash merino/linen yarn. It's a 4ply thickness but only has two plies for a nice soft and structured yarn. This design was the latest in a long history of wonderful collaborations between us and Janina and so we thought it was a great time to have a catch up with her. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you came to become a designer?My educational...
An interview with Hanna Gough of Germander Cottage Crafts
It has been far too long since we interviewed one of our designer friends. In the past couple of years Hanna Gough of Germander Cottage Crafts has released two individual patterns and two accessory collections in a range of our yarns. She also has two upcoming pattern releases scheduled for the next couple of months and so we thought this was the perfect time to have a chat with her! 1. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you came to become a designer? I started knitting and crochet in 2014 as a way...
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Designer Spotlight: An Interview with handknit designer Liz Corke
Here at ECY Shedquarters we are so lucky to have a wonderful range of designers from all over the world who regularly work with our yarns. We just love seeing the fantastic creations they come up with and it really helps to feed back into the creativity of dyeing. One of our absolute favourites is Liz Corke and as we reflected on the sheer volume of designs and the quality of all of them we knew we had to have a chat with her! This is a fascinating read and really gives you an insight into Liz and her design process....
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Designer Spotlight: An Interview with Sophie McKane
Sophie McKane, aka Unicorn Designs, is a wonderful designer. In the past two years alone Sophie has released a number of beautiful patterns including some using Eden Cottage Yarns. Her designs have been published in magazines as well as several being self-published. We love her use of colour and stitch patterns, and thought it would be great to find out a bit more about her. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you came to become a designer? My grandma was a prolific knitter and she’s the one who first taught me to knit, when I was very...
Designer Spotlight: An interview with Joanne Scrace from The Crochet Project
As we are celebrating five years (!!!) since the publication of The Bletchley Collection this month, I thought it would be great to catch up with Joanne and interview her properly! It was the first collection collaboration for both of us, and I don’t know about her but it was a huge learning curve for me. We met up at Bletchley for the photoshoot, which was really fun if not a bit pressured - it had to be right as there’d be no second chance to re-shoot. I can still remember telling her to smile, and then saying “less like...