Hayley Scanlan

I was very excited to see this jacket in person. I was also looking forward to chatting to Hayley herself. More of that later...

In case you don't know the story behind this jacket, when Erin O'Cconnor saw it, at the 2009 Duncan of Jordanstone Annual Degree Show, she was so impressed that she commissioned Hayley to make her one.

"As soon as I saw the jacket on the catwalk...I had to be the first to have one"- Erin O'Connor.

Hayley didn't make it to the 'Zombie Porn Factory' event, someone said she was stuck in Spain after a bit of a drama. Later on I checked out her blog...

***HOLY SUDDEN INCAPACITATION BATMAN!!!***

Fortunately, despite breaking her 'drawing and making' hand in 3 places after a trampoline related accident, she no longer requires surgery and is healing rapidly. Phew. Get well soon Hayley...

Check out Hayley's blog for updates

Victoria Bulmer Doesn't Drop A Stitch!

Victoria Bulmer's an artist who 'knits paintings'... in the words of Armstrong and Miller's RAF pilots, "Random!". But it was knitting paintings that got Victoria her BA in textiles at Duncan of Jordanstone in 2008.

She describes herself as "A Knitted Textile designer for Fashion and Interiors."

"My work is all 'intarsia' based. My textile designs originate from my life drawing where I create the most exciting abstract patterns, I then translate my colourful drawings literally into a knitted painting."

She also designed the 2009 Fall Scarf Collection for Tait & Style during a recent 6 month Internship.

"I really enjoyed my time with Tait & Style and developed so much."

Victoria starts her MA in Textiles at London's Royal College of Art this September.

'Intarsia' knitting

Orkney based Tate & Style

Random Armstrong & Miller sketch