About me

A hand-knitter at heart, I encourage engagement with textiles in all that I do, from designing, teaching, writing and exhibiting through to online challenges and research; knitting really is for everyone.

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• The seam collective's newsletter, including this year's prompts for the #SeptTextileLove Instagram challenge, will be sent out tomorrow!
• It's back! #SeptTextileLove will be taking place again this year.
• The Knitting & Crochet Guild are recruiting volunteers for a number of IT roles including managing the website, database and email system.

Projects

• Coat, Wrap, CoverFive local textile designers showcased their work in this one off show, encompassing woven, knitted, embroidered and printed garments and accessories (April 2013).
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  #SeptTextileLoveIn the spirit of sharing our love of textiles, seam collective created the annual Instagram challenge #SeptTextileLove in 2017 to engage with textile enthusiasts and professionals alike throughout the month of September. Comments from participants ranged from how excited they were about sharing their love of textiles through to being a little dubious, having never successfully completed a social media challenge before or being nervous about sharing their work and themselves to an unknown audien
• shiftWorksThe shiftWorks project was a celebration of 50 years since the mainstream adoption of the shift dress in 1965. Nine shift dresses were created by nine emerging textile artists/designers/makers creatively exploring their craft, to showcase contemporary textile design. The shift dress became a canvas for their ideas. The project received funding from Arts Council England, South Somerset District Council and Somerset Art Works and was exhibited in 11 venues during 2015-2017. A programme of work

Work history

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Trustee and committee memberThe Textile Society
Jan 2017Bristol, United KingdomFreelance
A trustee and committee member of the Textile Society, a national charity, with responsibility for the website.
Bath Branch Co-ordinatorKnitting & Crochet Guild
May 2015Bath, United KingdomFreelance
Founder and co-ordinator of the Bath branch. I facilitate monthly craft sessions with renown tutors and designers, produce a monthly newsletter with subscribers all over the world, and organise our flagship World Wide Knit in Public Day/branch birthday celebration event in June each year.

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Skills

• Knitting
• Knitwear Design
• Exhibition Organisation
• Arts Marketing
• Social Media Management
• Networking
• Stakeholder Management
• Building Relationships
• Blog Writing
• Website Management

Education

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MA Textile DesignBath Spa University
Sep 2011 - Oct 2012Bath, United Kingdom
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Bachelor of BusinessThe Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Feb 2006 - Nov 2009London, United Kingdom

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Awards

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Commonwealth Fashion ExchangeCommonwealth Fashion Exchange
Selected to attend the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange, hosted by TRH The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex at Buckingham Palace, for my work with the seam textile collective, the Bath Knitting & Crochet Guild, the Textile Society, and the Fashion Museum Bath.
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Finalist in the Creative Bath AwardsCreative Bath
The seam textile collective was shortlisted in the Creative Bath Awards ('Maker' category) for the shiftWorks project.