[Behind The Scenes] Life As A Knitwear Designer

This week Carmen is joined by Amanda as Kayleigh is working on her PhD this month. We dig into Amanda’s career as a knitwear designer and what it’s really like working full time as a designer (including what it was like working for Mohamed Al-Fayed!)

Happy Knitting!
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Chapters
(00:01:13) Wine we're drinking
(00:04:59) Meet knitwear designer Amanda
(00:06:21) Realities of working as a kniwear designer for magazine publications
(00:22:48) Working for Mohamed Al-Fayed (and turning down Harrods!)
(00:27:00) What does a design process look like and what Amanda's working on
(00:45:10) Knitting retrets with Amanda (subscribe for retreat updates here)
(00:46:36) What we're wearing
(00:50:19) What Carmen is knitting 

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Show notes
The wine this week is a Spanish Syrah from Carmen’s Good Pair Days box called Topico.

What we're working on:

• Amanda has two designs she’s finishing up: one for Walcot Yarns using Fluff and one for our upcoming retreat using The Fibre Co. Cumbria Fingering.
• Carmen has her Pressed Flowers Cardigan on the go and is nearly done with the ribbing

What we're wearing:

• Amanda is wearing a slipover by Petitknits, the Stockholm slipover using Walcot Yarns Origin (Wild River) held with Isager Silk Mohair (100).
• Carmen is wearing the Plump it Up shawl by Maxim Cyr in Fluff (Shadow) & Spincycle Yarns Plump (Rosy Maple)

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