Juliana Sissons at the V and A

The talented and inspiration Ms Sissons

Juliana's knit design

If you live fashion and you adore knit you will absolutely LOVE this: Knitwear designer Juliana Sissons has an artist residency at the V & A with open workshops and drop in sessions: Check it out: Juliana will have special access to the Medieval Renaissance Collection for inspiration, study and research - July to December.

Oh! And I forgot to mention her book! Part of the Basics series: Basics in Fashion Design - Knitwear - available at Amazon

Stitching for Victory

If you like vintage, make do and mend and a bit of history, you will LOVE this book. Suzanne Griffith has written an amazing book on war time stitchery. (I'm mentioned in the credits for my research into stitch and occupational therapy!) Available on Amazon and in museum shops.