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      • Marie Wallin is a British fibre artist and fashion designer known for her colourful fair isle designs. After working as a head designer for Rowan (yarn company) for many years, she became a freelance knitwear designer.


      Education


      Wallin got a first class degree in textiles at Leicester Polytechnic, now DeMontfort University in 1986. Her final collection was inspired by artist Piet Mondrian.


      Career


      After finishing her education, Wallin worked for a small knitwear company in Nottingham. A year later she started her own business selling machine knitted designs internationally.
      From the mid-1990s she started working in the commercial knitwear industry again, before joining yarn company Rowan as Head Designer. In this position she was responsible for designing handknits, but also photoshoots and the general creative direction. She became known for her colourful fair isle designs during this time.
      In 2013, Wallin started her own business as a freelance knitwear designer. She has since published many books and released her own yarn British Breeds, spun by John Arbon Textiles. All of the designs in her books are modelled by actress/model Georgia Scarlet Waters. Wallin says that she "doesn't really stop working" and knits something work-related every night.
      In 2014, a fair isle throw designed by Wallin was featured in the exhibition Wool Collection: Interiors for the fifth annual UK Wool Week.
      Wallin's designs have been praised by designer Kate Davies and she was interviewed three times by the podcast Fruity Knitting. According to the knitting pattern database Ravelry, her patterns have been published in at least 290 different magazine issues, including Simply Knit, Simply Crochet, Rowan Magazine, Suuri Käsityö, Stitches and The Knitter.


      Personal life


      Wallin grew up in an artistic family and was taught to draw and paint by her father as a child.


      Published works


      Wallin, Marie (2013). Windswept: Collection One, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 978-0992797805
      Wallin, Marie (2014). Lakeland: Collection Two, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 978-0992797812
      Wallin, Marie (2015). Filigree: Collection Three, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9780992797829
      Wallin, Marie (2015). Once Upon a Time: Collection Four, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 978-0992797836
      Wallin, Marie (2015). Autumn: Collection Five, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 978-0992797843
      Wallin, Marie (2016). Spring Time: Collection Six, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9780992797850
      Wallin, Marie (2016). Winter Crochet: Collection Seven, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9780992797867
      Wallin, Marie (2017). North Sea: Collection Eight, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9780992797874
      Wallin, Marie (2017). Shetland, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9780992797881
      Wallin, Marie (2018). Bloomsbury: Collection Nine, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9780992797898
      Wallin, Marie (2018). Wildwood, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9781916400801
      Wallin, Marie (2019). Meadow, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 9781916400825
      Wallin, Marie (2019). Gentle, Marie Wallin Designs. ISBN 978-1916400832


      References




      External links


      Official website
      First interview for the podcast Fruity Knitting
      Second interview for the podcast Fruity Knitting
      Third interview for the podcast Fruity Knitting
      Designer profile at Rowan

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