Meet Sylvia Watts-Cherry

Meet Sylvia Watts-Cherry. Sylvia is a UK based designer who loves bold patterns and striking colours. She learned to knit at the age of 8 and is a prolific knitter, using her African heritage as well as her Scottish upbringing for inspiration.

Sylvia was a runner up in Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas Jumper in 2018, with her African inspired Christmas sweater and has had patterns published in Knit Now and Pompom Quarterly magazines. Her most recognisable pattern to date is the Nubian Queen jumper.  The design went viral on social media in early 2019.

A qualified teacher, Sylvia uses her skills in teaching Intarsia colourwork workshops and other knitting techniques.

We are delighted that Sylvia will be designing our second exclusive pattern for our 5th birthday brochure.

Our 5th birthday brochure is only available at Yarningham Marketplace.

Meet Gurinder Hatchard

Meet Crochet Designer, Gurinder Hatchard who runs Yay For Crochet.  Gurinder was born and bred in Birmingham and taught to crochet by her mum when she was 7 years old.

When Gurinder had her own children she got her crojo back and began creating silly hats, blankets and amigurumi for them.

Gurinder specialises in designing fun, bright designs for kids and kids at heart! Her patterns have appeared in Inside Crochet, Crochet Now, Your Crochet and Knitting magazines.

We are delighted that Gurinder has agreed to design an exclusive crochet pattern for our 5th Birthday Brochure.  Being from Birmingham, Yarningham is a very special event for her.

We can’t wait to share Gurinder’s exclusive design with you, but you will have to wait just a little bit longer.

Our 5th birthday brochure is only available at Yarningham Marketplace.

Highbury Halter by Jimenez Joseph

Here’s another preview of our first exclusive pattern Highbury Halter designed by Jimenez Joseph.

Jimi’s pattern will be available exclusively in the Yarningham brochure which is given to everyone who attends the marketplace.

Advanced tickets for Yarningham Marketplace are £5 (+ booking fee) and are available here.  Tickets will also be available on the door and priced at £7.

To find out more about Jimi visit her website or you can find her on Ravelry / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook

Transportation Socks by Rebecca Milton

Here’s a little sneak preview of our second exclusive pattern designed by Rebecca Milton.

We also gave Rebecca a wide brief asking that she take inspiration from something about Birmingham.

Rebecca chose to focus on Birmingham as a transport hub at the centre of the UK.

“The lacy pattern panels down the side of the sock represent the barges and boats using the canals of Birmingham, and the twisted cable pattern in the centre represents the road network—’Spaghetti Junction’.  The cables on the second sock will be reversed, so that the socks mirror each other, rather than being identical.”

We can’t wait to show you the finished pattern.  Rebecca’s pattern will be available in Yarningham 2019 show brochure given free to everyone who attends Yarningham Marketplace.

To book advanced tickets for Yarningham Marketplace please visit here

To find out more about Rebecca you can find her on Facebook, Ravelry and Instagram.

 

Highbury Halter Top by Jimenez Joseph

A sneak preview of our first exclusive pattern designed by Jimenez Joseph.

We gave Jimi a wide brief asking for the design to be inspired by something from or about Birmingham.

“Taking influence from Birmingham’s multicultural qualities: Asian textiles, park landscapes and the cities architecture, Highbury Halter Top is a youthful and playful design.”

We can’t wait to show you the finished pattern.  Jimi’s pattern will be available in Yarningham 2019 show brochure given free to everyone who attends Yarningham Marketplace.

To book advanced tickets for Yarningham Marketplace please visit here

To find out more about Jimi visit her website or you can find her on Ravelry / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook

Meet Rebecca Milton

Rebecca began designing about 6 years ago, drawing my inspiration from the places, music and people around her. She particularly loves to design socks as they’re so portable and quick to knit, and the patterns can be beautifully intricate whilst still keeping your feet warm!

We are so pleased that Rebecca has designed an exclusive pattern for this year’s Yarningham brochure.  We give a copy of our brochure to everyone who attends the Yarningham marketplace.   We can’t wait to share with you her new design.

To find out more about Rebecca you can find her on Facebook, Ravelry and Instagram.

You can buy advanced tickets for the Yarningham marketplace or tickets will be available on the door.

Meet Jimi Joseph

Jimi has designed an exclusive pattern for our Yarningham 2019 brochure.  We can’t wait to share with you her beautiful design.  You’re in for a real treat!

Jimenez aka JIMIKNITS has been designing knitting patterns since 2011. She explores shape, colour and texture with her patterns, while making them enjoyable to knit as well as flattering to wear.

Her popular designs: Aggregate, Boss, Tower of Strength and ByeLine have been engaging knitters around the world.

A bit of a gadget fiend, she also writes patterns for the Addi Express circular machine and has recently started learning how to use a flat bed knitting machine.

To find out more about Jimi visit her website or you can find her on Ravelry / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook