Helen Gipson, Indie Design Gift A-Long 2019 Interview
Contents
- 1 Helen Gipson, Indie Design Gift A-Long 2019 Interview
- 1.1 How did you get into knitting/crochet and who taught you?
- 1.2 What made you want to start designing?
- 1.3 What’s you favourite part of the design process?
- 1.4 What inspires you?
- 1.5 Are you a full-time or part-time designer and how does that fit into your life?
- 1.6 Do you have a favourite thing to design and why?
- 1.7 Do you have much time to make things for yourself or for gifting?
- 1.8 If someone knitted or crocheted a gift item for you, what would you love the most?
- 1.9 Do you have a favourite yarn and why?
- 1.10 What’s your favourite of your own designs and what do you love about it?
- 1.11 Is there anything new you can tell us about or a recent design you’d like to chat about?
- 1.12 What’s your favourite colour?
- 1.13 Have you been a participating designer in the Indie Gift Along before and what do you love most about it?
- 1.14 Which Gift Along 2019 designers inspire you and why?
- 1.15 How do people get in touch with you or see more of your work?
Today we’re chatting to knitwear designer Helen Gipson, aka scrabblepooh tell us a little about yourself please Helen.
I was a software engineer designing and writing computer programs for databases. My last employer was World Duty Free based at Heathrow before giving up work and moving to the peace of the Scottish Borders in 2005. Now we complain if we have to wait for more than 2 cars to get on to the main road!
How did you get into knitting/crochet and who taught you?
My Nan taught me basic knitting as a teenager.
My best friend from school taught me how to crochet one particular granny square and how to join them together. I could not have told you what the stitches were but I still have the blanket I made at about age 16 which is probably the most expensive thing I have ever made both in time and money!
What made you want to start designing?
What’s you favourite part of the design process?
What inspires you?
Are you a full-time or part-time designer and how does that fit into your life?
Do you have a favourite thing to design and why?
Do you have much time to make things for yourself or for gifting?
If someone knitted or crocheted a gift item for you, what would you love the most?
Do you have a favourite yarn and why?
What’s your favourite of your own designs and what do you love about it?
Is there anything new you can tell us about or a recent design you’d like to chat about?
What’s your favourite colour?
Have you been a participating designer in the Indie Gift Along before and what do you love most about it?
Which Gift Along 2019 designers inspire you and why?
I have to say you, Loraine. I really don’t know how you can pack in everything you do every day with such good grace!
I think I am in awe of Ella Austin with her beautiful knitted softies – such fabulous ideas – and Alla Borisova’s shawls blow me away!
How do people get in touch with you or see more of your work?
Ravelry pattern store: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/helen-gipson
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