Interview with maker Hattie Rowan: designing narrative dolls that sing their origins
When I first saw Hattie Rowan’s dolls at a summer market, I was struck by the way each tiny figure seemed to carry a whole life inside its knitted...
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When I began planning a little series of knitted characters for a summer market stall, I naively thought I could order tiny custom-dye runs from a local UK mill and have perfectly matched minis for...
I run short, joyful workshops for children at village fêtes a lot — knitted...
I often get asked how I turn a whispered folk tale heard at the back of a...
I set up my first pay-what-you-can yarn-mending stall at a midsummer folk...
I once wondered the same thing: can two small knitted puppets really keep an...
When I design a knitted character, the colour is often the first thing I fall...
I’ve spent many summers walking festival fields with a notebook in one hand...
When I first saw Hattie Rowan’s dolls at a summer market, I was struck by the way each tiny figure seemed to carry a whole life inside its knitted...
→ Read more...I often think of knitted characters as tiny actors on a patchwork stage: their stitches are costumes, their stuffing is posture, and their maker is...
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