High Five!!!
From PPQ 21, Summer ’17: In an era when print is struggling and most magazines fold after their maiden issue, printing a 21st issue could be considered an achievement in and of itself. But Pom Pom...
View ArticleLoud Slow Fashion
From PPQ 22, Autumn ’17: I fought it for a long time, but I have recently started to fully embrace my role as flamboyant textile lady. This means bright colours, brash prints, interesting weaves and...
View ArticleThere’s More Than One Way to Knit a Hat
From PPQ 23, Winter '17: It is said that there are many ways to skin a cat. Indeed, there are many ways to shear a sheep. Of course, this is much more animal-friendly as the sheep survive the process....
View ArticleStamp Pick Throw
From PPQ 24, Spring '18: Philately – nope, it’s not a fancy word for licking male members, it’s the knowledge and appreciation of postal services, which is what Issue 24 is about. All the patterns...
View Articlei-cord for the Tarmac Tank
It was a pleasure to design the Tarmac Tank for PomPom Quarterly Summer Stripes Issue number 25, 2018. Most of my knits are woolly and warm, but I love adding the occasional pattern for my knitting...
View ArticleA Stripe Beyond
From PPQ 25, Summer ’18: Stripes are everywhere. Inspiration for their colour, depth and texture in textiles can be found all over the natural and made world, from zebras to zebra crossings, from...
View ArticlePicturing Many Moons
From PPQ 26, Autumn ’18: Like the cycles of the moon, stitches make an excellent marker of the passage of time. Each stitch is a unit, equivalent to the seconds it took to shape. When knitting in the...
View ArticleADAPTING HALVIS AND VISSER FOR MACHINE KNITTING
In the spirit of clearing up/out and getting things in order for whatever is next, here are some notes I’ve had half-typed up for a good long while. More than five years ago and possibly less than ten,...
View ArticleYarn Forward
From PPQ 24, Winter ’18: When we look to the past for inspiration, we are always being selective. The past and the future are fantasies of different sorts, filtered and shaped by the present. They...
View ArticlePlanted In Memory
From PPQ 24, Spring ’19: When we knit, we are using plants indirectly and directly. It can sometimes get confusing which is which. Even the most carnivorous among us ingests some plant-based nutrition...
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