Cutting-edge knitting: is this the future of textiles?
Tamsin Blanchard meets the young designers using 3D technology and social media to breathe new life into knitwear
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Small business in the spotlight … Katie Leamon luxury cards & stationery
Since launching in 2011, the business has gone from handprinting cards on the kitchen table to being stocked all over the world
Britain’s craft boom produces new model artisan army
From furniture to ceramics, small-scale businesses – all 12,000 of them – are satisfying consumer demand for ethical, handmade goods
Stephen Burks on DIY-meets-luxury and sustainable design
The modernist designer seeks ‘a return of the hand’ – or handmade products – in high-end consumerism
Craft in the Faroe Islands: wool is gold
The jumper worn by Sarah Lund in The Killing shone a light on these remote islands, but the women of the Faroes have been knitting for decades