The Scottish Yarn Festival's video: Jeanette Sloan: An Ever Changing Creative Path

Jeanette Sloan has worked as a freelance textile designer and tutor teaching both machine and hand knitting, and as an accessories aficionado has written 5 books on hand knitting, most recently the Modern Daily Knitting Field Guide No.15: Open. Much lauded in the Industry Jeanette is consulted by some of the best hand knitting brands in the UK and her designs are commissioned in several UK knitting magazines including The Knitter, and Knitting Magazine where she is a regular contributor responsible for the ‘Ask Jeanette’ letters page, Yarn Reviews and A-Z of Techniques. In 2019 Jeanette founded BIPOC In Fiber. As a child Jeanette Sloan was always drawing, stitching or doing something creative and her Mum taught her to hand knit at the age of 7. Her fascination with yarn, texture and colour led her to study for a degree in textile design where Jeanette specialised in hand and machine knitting, learning to crochet, bead and embroider along her academic journey. Established in 2016, Perth Festival of Yarn is an awards shortlisted internationally acclaimed celebration of the fibre arts, taking place annually in Perth, Scotland, every September. Perth Festival of Yarn will be taking place virtually and at home over the weekend of 12 and 13 September 2020. After delivering the Keynote Lecture, BIPOC and the need for representation in the Knitting Community, at the 2019 Perth Festival of Yarn as well as teaching, Jeanette had been invited to return again in a professional capacity this year. As an alternative, she offers this talk, which if you enjoy we ask that you make a donation to the Festival's PayPal account: sales@perthfestivalofyarn.uk. After fees, any donations received for this talk will be split equally between the Festival to help soften their financial losses this year, and with Jeanette. When making your donation please leave a short note identifying this video as the one you wish to make a donation for. Jeanette's Details details Website: https://www.jeanettesloandesign.com/ Instagram: @jeanettesloan To order a copy of MDK Field Guide No.15: Open: https://www.jeanettesloandesign.com/ourshop/prod_7257501-Modern-Daily-Knitting-Field-Guide-no-15-Open.html Perth Festival of Yarn's details Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PerthFestivalofYarn/?view_public_for=555239461350300 Instagram: @perthfestivalofyarn Website: https://perthfestivalofyarn.uk/ For more information on BIPOC In Fibre Website: https://bipocinfiber.com/ Instagram: @bipocinfibre