For anyone who loves sci fi and TV culture and wool…. a designer who feels the same: Bridget Thuemmel at Steven Be studio.

Not only does she design, she also knits while reading a book.  Fingerless mittens thumbs up – for someone who clearly loves her day job – as does the presenter, Kristy Glass.

I enjoy Bridget’s description of having an idea for mittens, making them, taking them into the yarn shop and saying “look what I made” – and someone saying “You mean: you designed them”.  “I didn’t design them, I just made it up” she replied.  Refreshingly unpretentious, honest and straightforward.  As she talks through her bafflement at being suddenly labelled a “designer” –  Kristy is vastly entertained, and the audience laughs with delight along with Bridget. Excellent standup, sitting down.

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Like sci fiction and knitting?  You might enjoy this earlier post “Sci Fi is everywhere, wool I’ll be darned!”

Creative Takeaway

Knit your own astonishment.  If you’re not a confident knitter, why not design on graph paper a small symbol meaningful to you – and either knit it yourself, or get a knitter friend to do it – and sew it onto a bought jumper – say, near the cuff.  I saw a garment recently which was clearly designer as it had a strip of just about an inch wide and three inches long sewn onto ONE sleeve, near the cuff.  Or place it in a different place – it will immediately make a store-bought sweater into a one-off.

Claim it: “I’m a designer”.  As Kristy says “So from then on, you were a designer….”   “…. just making stuff up” Bridget agrees.  So if you feel “Oh I just make things” – be prepared to accept that you are a designer – especially if you do this often, as a natural occurrence.