My
fascination with knitting started years
ago when my granny gave me a ball of wool
and a pair of needles. Since then,
I always have some hand knitting on the
go.
A friend bought me a second-hand knitting
machine at an auction, and after a lot of
dropped stitches and frustrations with
casting on, I finally mastered the
machine! Knitting became a new
challenge. Whilst studying for my
City and Guilds I tentatively dipped my
toe into the world of felting, and before
long I was hooked. The combination
of knitting in wool, and then felting,
led me to study experimental knitting
at Morley College in London.
Here, I developed my felting techniques
further, and started to explore knitting
with wire. I was in love!
Prizes and Awards
2002 Guild of Machine Knitters
Creativity Cup Finalist
Felted Bolero
2001 Guild of machine Knitters
Waistcoat Competition
2nd Prize
Adult Learning Week, Inspired by the
V&A Collections
Knitted Wire Hat, sourced from Jewellery
at the V&A
on view in the V&A May-August 2001
1996 Essex Handicraft Association.
Felted Jacket 1st in class
Lady Whitmore Award Contact
Seonaid by emailing
seonaidbrooks@hotmail.co.uk
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