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Festive Knitting Retreat – a wonderful breath of fresh air, and lots of knitting!

December 16, 2025

December got off to great start when I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Susan Crawford Festive Retreat in the Lake District. What a wonderfully heady combination of knitting, the incredible landscape of the Lakes, the poetry of William Wordsworth, the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth and the joy of making new friends while sharing the experience. The first evening as we arrived the sitting room quickly became the hub of getting to … More Festive Knitting Retreat – a wonderful breath of fresh air, and lots of knitting!

Sock Knitting for Beginners: A new class at Assa Marra Wool Studio in the English Lake District.

July 24, 2025

I’m thrilled to be announcing my new course debuting at Assa Marra Wool Studio, home of my great friend and long time collaborator, Susan Crawford. I was so excited when Susan invited me teach at her wonderful new studio in Staveley in the Lake District. It provides the perfect opportunity to spend some time together with knitters doing one of the things I’ve always loved doing, teaching; and exploring the empowering potential of learning new … More Sock Knitting for Beginners: A new class at Assa Marra Wool Studio in the English Lake District.

Lanatus: Speedy colourwork that only took a year!

June 2, 2021

This morning as I was making my to-do list and adding completing this blog post to it, I sidestepped onto instagram and saw that the pattern of my latest completed sweater, the subject of the post, was released exactly a year ago. So, I moved completing this post up my list to mark the anniversary. The pattern is Lanatus from Susan Crawford’s Evolution collection, and I have to say I fell pretty hard for this … More Lanatus: Speedy colourwork that only took a year!

#fubc Shawl Kit: The Knocker Jotter, an Interview with Susan and Victoria

November 3, 2017

One of the key components of the #fubc Shawl kits is the ‘Knocker Jotter’, a glossy journal containing the portraits of 16 remarkable women who have not only been through what the introduction describes as ‘the harrowing journey of cancer, the diagnosis, the treatment, the side effects and living with them all’, but who also wanted to put themselves ‘out there’ so that others in a similar situation would not feel alone. They show not … More #fubc Shawl Kit: The Knocker Jotter, an Interview with Susan and Victoria

FUBC Shawl Kits

October 12, 2017

Today I want to tell you about a very special project I’ve been involved in with a truly exceptional woman as its spearhead. Just over a year ago my friend Susan Crawford told me that she had discovered a lump in her breast and had an appointment to see the doctor. We both quickly dismissed it as ‘probably nothing’ but of course it needed to be checked out. Unfortunately it wasn’t ‘nothing’, it was invasive … More FUBC Shawl Kits