[Behind The Scenes] Life As A Knitwear Designer

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 9 of A Yarn Story Podcast. In this episode, we interview Amanda to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life as a knitwear designer (you'll also hear why she turned down Harrods!)

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Show notes

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!)

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).