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 Michael Harrigan
Michael got in touch with us in 2018 when he was submitting a design using Hayton 4ply to Cast On, the magazine of The Knitting Guild Association. This design was My Garden Window and is so quintessentially ECY we fell in love with it! Michael quickly followed this up with another lovely design using Hayton 4ply which incorporated beautiful lace stitches as well as contrasting colours. In the time since then Michael has continued to amaze us with his creative designs and we were delighted when he expressed an interest in our Lowther Lace as we were keen to work...