KNITTING FOR OTHERS
Do you need someone to knit for you or are you looking for someone to knit up a specific item?
Knitters are listed by county, alphabetically
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Disclaimer: The knitters below have contacted this website and requested that their details be added to this page. The UKHKA accepts no responsibility in any way for the standard or quality of any service provided.
Avon
Deborah Sutton lives near Bristol and would be happy to knit for anyone. She specialises in hats, scarves, jumpers, cardigans, and tops. Deborah can also crochet bedspreads, cushion covers, throwovers and shawls.
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Mandy Nicholls lives in Bristol and has knitted ever since she can remember. She likes to knit baby things best, everything from mittens to Christening gowns.
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Bedfordshire
Heather Stephenson lives in Bedfordshire and has been hand knitting for over 30 years. She can knit anything - from simple knits, to the most intricate of patterns and will provide a fast, professional service.
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Cheshire
Andrea lives in Cheshire and has her own website specialising in hand knitted slippers.
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Victoria and Dawn Witkiss (mother and daughter) live in Congleton, Cheshire. Both are experienced knitters in all areas from, toys, baby, children, womens clothes, and accessories. They will knit anything from a pattern or do pattern designs.
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Carole Charlesworth from Cheshire is an experienced knitter. She loves knitting baby and toddler garments, but also enjoys knitting almost anything.
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Eileen Hall from Chester will knit you anything from babies to adults garments, home furnishings, bags in any wool, ply, pattern etc.
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Cornwall
Denise Beckerleg lives in Cornwall and has knitted from an early age. Having had four children, she is very experienced in knitting children's garments. She is happy to knit anything from baby clothes to adult clothes in any wool to any pattern.
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Derbyshire
Helen Barber lives in Derbyshire and is a very experienced knitter, knitting professionally since 1986. She has experience in Intarsia, Fairisle, Shetland Lace and Aran, can Swiss darn, crochet, illustrate, and pattern write. She is happy to knit everything from toys to high fashion garments.
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Devon
Rina Crombie lives in Newton Abbot in Devon. She is experienced in knitting and crocheting for private clients and examples of her work can be viewed on her website.
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Essex
Jill Stone from Southend on Sea
will knit anything and everything, any size from baby to adult. Convert
any pattern to make a different style, knit with any wool except
mohair (it brings on asthma).
Apart from hand knitting Jill can also crochet and do swiss darning.
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Elisabeth Osmond lives in Braintree, Essex. She has been knitting and crocheting for over 35 years and will knit or crochet anything. (except toys, no mohair)
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Gloucestershire
Beverley Evans lives in Gloucester and has been knitting nearly all her life. She has had experience of knitting everything from 2/3ply christening gowns/shawls, 4ply, DK, Aran, Fair Isle for babies, children and adults. Knitting is her favourite pastime and she always has a project on the go. Beverley would be happy to take on knitting for others from anywhere.
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Rose Lee is from Westbury on Severn in Gloucestershire. She has been knitting since her mother taught her over 40 years ago. She specialises in fair isle knitting for children/babies but also does all kinds of knitting for adults and children.
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Hampshire
Pam West lives in Hampshire and has been knitting and crocheting for over forty years. She likes best to knit and crochet baby and toddler clothes.
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Geraldine Trower from Basingstoke is looking for someone to knit for. Babies and childrens garments a speciality, but anything considered, no mohair.
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Kent
Gina Hall lives in Hildenborough in Kent and learned to knit at a very early age. She loves knitting baby, children and dolls clothes, but would also be happy to knit adult garment s too.
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Janet Nixon of Erith Kent, has been knitting for over thirty years. She can design patterns if required and help out if anyone needs an item knitted quickly. She is happy to knit anything from baby wear to adult garments and accessories.
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Amanda Kavanagh from Tonbridge, Kent, has been knitting for seven years and has just started a website. She is experienced in toys, baby and child clothes, women's clothes and accessories. She will knit anything from a pattern and will also take on pattern drafting as well.
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Lancashire
Theresa White lives in Wigan and is addicted to knitting. When she has no-one to knit for she uses her spare wool to knit for her local neo-natal unit. If anyone needs baby cardigans at short notice Theresa can knit them in a couple of days. She is willing to knit any baby or toddler garments from premature baby up to 4 year olds.
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Jay Ingram-Seal lives in Lancaster and has been knitting for 10 years and has experience with all types of techniques. She can knit women/men’s, baby/children’s, home furnishings, toys, just about anything and work to a set deadline. She has a great passion for the art form.
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Sarah Crowther, from Manchester, has been knitting for others since 1990. She can knit anything from a cobweb (1ply) wedding shawl to a custom designed Aran sweater and offer a guaranteed delivery date.
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London
Jean Jeakins lives in Hackney London and has been knitting for around 30 years. She would be happy to knit anything from clothing, blankets, cushions to adults and child items.
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Roula Fountoulaki from London would be happy to take on some knitting, she is especially interested in knitting scarves.
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Northamptonshire
Julie Ferguson lives in Northants and has been knitting for more than 50 years and currently designs and makes 'one off ' pieces of wearable art, in the form of shawls and scarves. She uses photographs and sketches to interpret ideas, which are then transalated into yarn and stitches.
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Fiona Mackenzie lives in Daventry Northants and is an experienced knitter of 30 years. She enjoys the challenge of knitting arans and also likes to knit all kinds of baby/childrenswear.
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Nottinghamshire
Claire Bell is a self employed crocheter, who crochets hats and wraps.
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Shropshire
Raine Ward specialises in hand knitted garments for babies, anything from heirloom shawls to lacy socks.
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Suffolk
Maggie Stansfield lives in Ipswich and has been knitting since the age of five! She specialises in baby clothes and toys, but would be happy to turn her hand to just about anything.
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Sussex
Susan Smith living in West Sussex, has City & Guilds in both Machine and Hand Knitting. Lots of experience, very interested in knitting or crocheting anything for anyone. Has recently had a crochet book published in USA.
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Warwickshire
Emily Kingston-Lee lives in Coventry, is a freelance costumier and a very keen knitter. If you're looking for someone to help with your designs, Emily may be able to help.
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West Midlands
Jacky Edwards from West Midlands will be happy to knit baby items ,soft toys and novelty items including knitted food.
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Worcestershire
Tina Mantle lives in Kidderminster, Worcester and has been invoved with knitting all her life. She would be willing to knit up or crochet any pattern from baby to adults. She would also be happy to give advice, if needed.
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Yorkshire
Karen Coleman lives in Doncaster and likes to knit premature/newborn baby clothes primarily, but enjoys knitting baby toys too.
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Linda Smith is based in West Yorkshire and her speciality is baby knitwear garments. She has been making quality garments to order for many years and has delighted many customers along the way.
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Sarah Ford lives in York, is a proficient knitter and crocheter and would be willing to tackle any project.
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Rosie Mowatt specialises in hand knitted garments for babies, anything from heirloom shawls to lacy socks.
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Orysia Zwiryk lives in Bradford and is studying for her City & Guilds Hand Knit Textiles course, at the end of which she will be a qualified knitwear designer. She has been knitting for over 42 years and likes to knit all kinds of designs, jumpers cardis, boleros, socks and accessories.
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Karen Williams lives in Selby near York, North Yorkshire, and been knitting for 25years. She is happy to knit any baby clothes or dolls' clothes etc.
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Christine Brock lives in Sheffield and been knitting for thirty years. She is happy to knit anything from clothes to soft toys in any type of yarn.
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Liz Nicholson lives in East Yorkshire and as well as knitting is a competent crocheter
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Pam Butterfield lives in North Yorkshire and is an expert knitter of baby, children and adult garments (not mohair)
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Tarina Barnett lives in Leeds and likes knitting for the younger age range, newborn to funky five year olds. She is happy to knit traditional Lace for the little ones to Aran and all the latest fashion yarns for the toddlers.
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Scotland
Geraldine Allison lives in Glasgow and has been knitting for around 40 years. She has knitted for several designers and is happy to knit anything from babywear to intricate adult also Aran and Icelandic - unusual items a speciality.
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Isobel Malcolm lives in Ayrshire and has been knitting for 36 years. She is happy to knit babies and toddlers cardigans and jackets.
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Valerie Kerr lives in Prestwick in Ayrshire and has been knitting since she was seven years old . She is a keen knitter willing to undertake all types of garments, especially those for babies and children.
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Debbie Smith lives in Alford, Aberdeenshire and specialises in 1-ply cobweb lace christening shawls.
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Ellen Watson lives in Dundee and has been hand knitting for 20 years. She is happy to knit shawls, baby clothes, kilt socks, arans, fair isles no task refused even the odd dog coat. She has also done some kniiting for a top designer in cashmere
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Mhairi Sinclair lives in Edinburgh and has been knitting for about 50 years. She would be happy to consider any project and has recently gained the experience of knitting for designers.
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Yvonne lives in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders and has been knitting for over 25 years. She would be happy to knit up adult and child patterns in any type of yarn
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Wales
Jayne Hunter lives in Prestatyn in Denbighshire and specialises in baby and toddler garments.
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Rita Taylor is a master at finishing knitting projects. Do you remember that unfinished knitting, hiding in the back of your wardrobe? Have you lost the pattern and forgotten what you were doing? Rita can finish it for you.
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Saga Magazine
Following a recent article in Saga Magazine (April 2006 issue), the UKHKA has received many enquiries from knitters wishing to offer their services to knit for others. Diana Bunn: knits and crochets anything and everything from 1ply shawls to thick heavily patterned arans. Telephone: 01271 816648 Laura Johnson: experienced knitter. Telephone: 01579 383558 Yvonne Messenger: knits woollen dolls.
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Knitting Advice:
Jenny Marshall lives in Ewell in Surrey and would be happy to give advice to any novice knitters in her area. Tel: 0208 786 8373
