Like so many, I learnt to knit with my mother when I was young and then forgot all about it until the world tilted and I was back at her bedside in her Care Home fifty years later. To pass the time I bought her knitting needles and wool and together we knitted squares. I moved on to dresses for my great nieces, blankets for the family, jumpers, hats, scarves…

My mother is no longer alive, but I often think of her as I knit.

A varied and interesting life has fed my passion for colour and design. I have gardened, worked with adolescents, studied art history and travelled, always looking for shape, form and colour in whatever I saw. 

The aim of this portfolio is to showcase some of the projects I have knitted, some of which were private commissions, others for friends and family.

Where I have followed someone else’s pattern, I have noted it with the photo.

Any enquiries please email diana@heartknitteddesigns.com