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Pattern, colour, texture and words ..... these are the elements I have worked with for over forty years as a professional textile designer, artist, author and lecturer. A large part of my work is in the commercial field, producing designs in knitting and needlework for the enjoyment of knitters and stitchers throughout the world.
Here you will find -- • Unique luxury pure wool yarns created by legendary hand-knitting designer Alice Starmore, including her Hebridean range: each shade a complex composition of fleece-dyed colours which reflect a particular aspect of her native Hebridean land and seascape.
Alice Starmore (née Alice Matheson) is a professional needleworker, knitting designer, photographer and writer, born in Stornoway, Western Isles, Scotland. As an author she is best known for her widely-read Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting , a guide to the complex technique of knitting pullovers and other items using a palette of ...
131 16. Graceknot Jacket. Virtual Yarns. 39 4. Elizabeth the First. Tudor Roses (2013) 518 40. Catherine Parr (2013) Tudor Roses (2013)
About Alice Starmore. Alice Starmore is a Scottish artist, designer and author whose textile books are in use throughout the world. She was born on the Hebridean island of Lewis into a family of Gaelic-speaking crofter-fishermen. The culture in which she was brought up and the nature of the landscape around her have greatly influenced her work.
Sep 26, 2018 · There is nothing that Alice Starmore won’t try—she is willing to use complex techniques, stunning colorwork, and construction that no other designer will attempt. Her new book, Glamourie , created in partnership with her daughter Jade Starmore, is astonishing proof of her imagination let loose.
Family Background. I was born into a typical Hebridean familyof Gaelic-speaking crofter-fishermen. My parents were both born in the village of Upper Bayble in the Eye Peninsula of Lewis. My grandfathers, Alexander Matheson and Alexander Macleod, co-owned a fishing boat called the Home Rulewhich worked out of Bayble pier and into The Minch and ...
