Susan Crawford
- Gender: Female
- Industry: Fashion
- Occupation: knitwear designer/textile artist
- Location: United Kingdom
About Me
I love to make and unmake, to cut, to knit, to sew, to crochet, to embroider, to construct, deconstruct and reconstruct. Above all the aim is to make beautiful, original things. Things you want to touch, things you want to wear, to have, to own. And when they wear out or get too big or too small, uncool or the wrong colour, you can take them apart and remake them. Everything we make with our hands has a history and is something to be proud of. I'm going to use this blog to show some of the things I make, hopefully make some like minded friends, and talk about the things I love. I am the co-author of A Stitch in Time, Vintage Knitting and Crochet Patterns 1921-1949 and the editor of www.knitonthenet.com both under my 'real' name of Susan Crawford.
Interests
- My interests are knitting
- knitwear design
- crochet
- sewing
- embroidery
- making
- cooking
- reading
- watching films
- fashion
- music
- food
- art and crafts
- my family.
Favorite Movies
- I watch films every day whilst knitting
- sewing
- making. This week I have seen Clash of the Titans
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- Oh brother where art thou? I need films to knit. I love Chocolat
- Amelie
- Grosse Point Blank
- Donnie Darko
- Young Frankenstein
- all kinds of everything really.
Favorite Music
- Every day my musical taste changes. Love the Zutons
- Jarvis Cocker
- Amy Winehouse
- Old Bowie
- Stereophonics and much more.
Favorite Books
- Have just re-read Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber"
- and "The Wasp Factory" by Iain Banks. Now reading Francoise Gilot's book about her life with Picasso.
