Claire MontgomerieDesigner
United Kingdom
Claire Montgomerie is a textiles designer specialising in knitting and crochet, constructing fabrics, garments, creatures and accessories which are fun, quirky and modern. Her main aim is always to reinvent the products of ancient and traditional needle craft processes while retaining all their intricacies and comforting charm.
Claire likes to keep her hands busy and so is constantly working on many different projects. She has made puppets for music videos, contributes patterns and articles to craft magazines and books, and writes, edits and consults on craft books. As well as this, she teaches textiles at many different levels and styles and edits Inside Crochet magazine.
www.instagram.com/clairemontyknits/
- Knitting27 Skills
Knitting: Over 20 years
27 Skills
- Cast on & cast off
- Knit and purl stitches
- Simple increase & decrease
- Picking up stitches
- Fair Isle
- Lace knitting
- Knitting in the round
- Turn a heel
- Stranded knitting
- Intarsia
- Brioche
- I-cord
- Double knitting
- Three needle cast off
- Ribbed
- Twined knitting
- Tubular cast on/off
- Short rows
- Garter
- Modular knitting
- Kitchener
- Stocking
- Moebius
- Slipped stitches
- Cables
- Provisional cast on
- Entrelac
- Crochet22 Skills
Crochet: Over 10 years
22 Skills
- Chain
- Slip stitch
- Double crochet
- Triple/Treble Crochet
- Tunisian/Afghan crochet
- Increase & decrease
- Surface crochet
- Half treble crochet
- Bullion/Roll stitch
- Clones knot
- Magic Ring
- Colourwork
- Front/Back post stitch
- Triple treble crochet
- Lace Crochet
- Double treble crochet
- Working in the round
- Filet crochet
- Lover's Knot/Solomon
- Beading
- Hairpin crochet
- Broomstick crochet
