Creativity and Design in a Contemporary Knitwear Business: An Interview with Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell

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1 Kuba cloth is a textile originating in central Africa and features bold, geometric designs.

2 This project aims to recreate a community of hand knitters in the local area with an interest in turning their hobby into a viable business proposition. The objective of the Knitwise initiative is to train and develop a small team of locally based hand knitters to a high standard to help future-proof the industry.

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Lynn Abrams

Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow and project lead of ‘Fleece to Fashion: Economies and Cultures of Knitting in Scotland’. Until now her textile-focused research has largely been based in Shetland, published in Myth and Materiality in a Woman's World: Shetland 1800-2000 (2005) and in articles in Textile History, Gender & History and Signs. [email protected]