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Chrissie

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My Crafts: Always crafted.make my own clothes and soft furnishings knit,crochet,bead, design,write, teach and love crafting. Have written 5 books now and just adore inventing new designs for crafters to enjoy

My Inspirations: Travel,reading,colour and my garden which is a classic english garden with huge swathes of planted borders of old English style paeonies,forget-me-nots cherry trees plum trees a greenhouse full of salad crops.I photograph everythingand use computer design to get the esential design element to then work on which then gets sent to a sketch book.i make a sketch every day even if just a pencil quickie --the discipline keeps you on your toes.

My Shows: Have shown all over the uk and launched Wire Jewelry in Birmingham which I now teach all over the UK and hope to be teaching at the shows next year in the USA .Knitting designs feature everymonth in a Uk knitting magazine and my knitting books .

My Movies: never choose the movies as such that I watch but enjoy the down time --or the laughter

My Books: oh where do i start i own 3 libraries i travel ,1 crafting ,1 novels and biographies

My Magazines: Has to be 1 French --monthly Interweave knitting USA Design It Hello --so i know what happens

My Music: oh I fell in love to Otis Reading ,The Stones ,Beatles and the whole 60's/70's scene in London so the beat is always important to me

My Occupation: Writer Crafter Designer

My Family Members: My darling husband who has the job of keeping me focused and in sound mind and in the right place at the right time.My children who are adults now and I adore them

My Other Hobbies: Gardening ,listening to memoirs ,walking in the wilderness countryside near my home in Dales