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 under England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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England
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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Buckinghamshire
Jean Luff lives near Milton Keynes in Leighton Buzzard and has been knitting for 50 plus years including knitting for designers. She specialises in most areas including intarsia and machine knitting.
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Cambridgeshire
Mandy Downs lives in St Neots and has been knitting for over 40 years. Mandy describes knitting as her 'passion' and would be very happy tp take on any knitting especially Aran.
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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
Pauline Fitzpatrick lives in Southern Derbyshire and has been a skilled crocher for a long time. She designs and makes crochet accessories and is experienced in the making of Freeform garments and writing patterns for magazines.
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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
Sally Rodgers lives in Barnstaple and has been knitting since her early teens. She has knitted for various designers, including Vivienne Westwood. More recently for a local Machine/Hand knitting business using alpaca. Sally also has experience in converting machine knitting patterns to hand knitting. As Sally works part time, she would prefer smaller items to knit.
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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
Michele lives in Essex and knits vintage jumpers using vintage patterns and sometimes vintage yarn and buttons.
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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
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
Jane Moors lives in Deal and has been knitting for over 40 years. She will knit practically anything from babies' layettes and dolls' clothes to adult arans.
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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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Paulette Burges lives in Leigh and has been knitting for at least 25 years. She knits to a very high standard and would be willing to take on any knitting challenge.
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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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Merseyside
Carly Blundell lives near Liverpool. She first learn to knit when she was very small, around 20 years ago, and has been knitting ever since. Carly can knit a wide range of things (except for socks and gloves), from any pattern with any yarn type or ply. Her recent projects have mostly been baby clothes, and my current work-in-progress is a lace christening shawl.
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Norfolk
Helen Scott lives in Downham Market and has knitted for as long as she can remember. She has four children all of whom she knits for. Helen will take on anything from baby to adult, 4 ply to chunky and aran.
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Denise Kitchen lives near Norwich and has been knitting for 30 years. She would be happy to knit most things and has a wealth of experience from knitting for well known design houses.
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Rita Taylor is a knitter, crocheter and designer. She is experienced in all aspects of knitting but has special interests in adapting/designing traditional patterns and knitting arans, fair isles, shetland lace, etc. and in making 30s/40s/50s knitwear suitable for period dramas/films.
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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
Judith Smith lives on the Nottingham/Leicestershire border. She specialises in babywear, but is willing to knit children's wear and dolls clothes
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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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Surrey
Sandra Monks lives in Croydon, Greater London. She has over 50 years' experience and is a quick knitter with an even tension. Willing and able to tackle any pattern.
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Sussex
Jacqui Gordon lives in East Sussex and has been knitting since the age of five. She used to knit for a designer testing her patterns and marking any errors. Jacqui has knitted some baby clothes which were featured in Family Circle a few years ago. After that she made aran jumpers which were exported to the USA for sale. Jacqui specialises mainly in childrens clothes but can do adults as well.
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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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Tyne and Wear
Susan Laidler lives Washington, Tyne and Wear and is an experienced knitter who will knit anything from baby to adult garments. She has experience of knitting for Scottish designers.
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Kym Hewison lives in Morpeth near Newcastle. She is an experienced knitter who takes commissions of most garments in most yarns.
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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
Bev Bolton lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and has been knitting for over 30 years. She knits clothing and accessoires for Adults, Children, Babies, Pets & Dolls. She can knit in whatever ply, colour and quality of wool that is requested and use people's own patterns, or find new ones to suit their requirements.
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Cindy lives South Yorkshire and enjoys knitting baby clothes from cardigans to shawls and christening gowns. She specialises in intricate patterns and also aran knits.
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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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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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Northern Ireland
County Armagh
Gillian Rowe lives in County Armagh, Northern Ireland and has been knitting for roughly 25 years. She supplies mostly baby items of clothing and shawls to America, Canada, Australia , UK and indeed Ireland. Gillian has some experience in altering patterns.
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Scotland
Marion Mackay lives in Pitlochry, Perthshire and has been knitting for many years. She enjoys knitting Mens or Ladies Sweaters/Cardigans, Baby Clothes and has made many shawls in one ply yarn, (will not consider multicoloured items or socks). She has also knitted for a well known designer company.
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Mary Ann Graham has been knitting for 35 years and lives near Glasgow. She specialises in baby shawls (circular, square and Shetland) and also knits baby cardigans, matinee coats, hats mittens and bootees. Mary Ann would be happy to send pictures of her work on request.
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Shirley Grant lives near Peterhead in the North East of Scotland and has been knitting for approx 30 years. She would be happy to knit anything from Aran Jumpers to baby shawls.
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Elizabeth Graham lives in Glasgow. She knits mainly for babies and children making cardigans, matinee sets, hats, scarves and mittens. She has also knitted display garments for a yarn manufacturer.
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Colleen Anderson lives in Ayrshire and has been knitting since childhood. She specialises in items for children, babies and adults. She also loves to make funky sock knits, hats and gloves, scarves, etc. Cables and details not a problem.
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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
Carmarthenshire
Jessica Gregory lives in South Wales and is willing to knit anything. She prefers to work in solid colours and create patterns with texture. She also has her own wool spun which is then uses for her projects.
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Denbighshire
Jayne Hunter lives in Prestatyn in Denbighshire and specialises in baby and toddler garments.
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