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BEST KNITTING TEACHER My mum and my girlfriend have both attempted to teach me, now there is an ever-present team of people in the office willing to help!

BEST HOME I live in an old townhouse built in 1690 – there are wood panels everywhere, nothing works but I find its quirks super charming.

BEST KNITTING HERO Debbie Bliss – we love her! Her yarns, her patterns, her laugh... everything.

BEST ALTERNATIVE SKILL Theoretical physics.

BEST KNITTING DISASTER Nothing is a disaster, everything is a learning experience.

BEST PLACE TO KEEP YOUR STASH In a 150,000ft2 hangar. It’s our special kind of yarn heaven.

BEST KNITTING MUSIC There’s a constant flow of music at Loveknitting – from classical opera to 1960s guitar rock. Perhaps surprisingly I suspect our most accomplished knitters prefer louder funkier tunes!

BEST CHILDHOOD HOME I don’t think it’s insignificant that we lived above a yarn shop for a while when we were younger. There was obviously an influence there, however subliminal it may have been.

BEST KNITTING PROJECTS Things that are quick! I like to see results quickly so hats are perfect.

BEST RELAXING HOBBIES Yoga, although I seem to be getting less bendy recently!

BEST KNITTING ADVICE Just do it. If I can learn, then you definitely can. There’s nothing to fear, it’s only knitting –what can go wrong?

BEST MOTTO When a person finds their own work and not someone else’s, it becomes play, not work. Mark Twain.

BEST INSPIRATION Ravelry and Pinterest are great for finding new projects but I also like to get inspiration from what other people are wearing and then try to find a pattern to recreate it.

BEST GIRLIE GET-TOGETHER Umm... !

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On the needlesWe get to know the co-founder of Loveknitting.com

EDWARD GRIFFITH Best favourite things Border collies, raspberries and mojitos.

Best alternative career As a child I wanted to be a fighter pilot when I grew up.

Best knitting group I try to get to our Wednesday Knitting in the Pub sessions as often as possible.

Best knitting snack It’s difficult for me to eat

and knit at the same time without things getting messy so I

prefer to drink... mojitos all round!

Best book. Walden by Henry

David Thoreau..

Best secret I’m slightly . colour blind, so I have to .

ask someone else to confirm . my choice of yarn colours!.

Best place to knit Loveknitting HQ! We often knit in meetings or during lunch breaks.