Books By Charlotte Abrahams, Katy Bevan - Author

Charlotte Abrahams is a writer and curator specializing in design and the applied arts. She trained at Central St Martin's and since then has written regularly for the national and international press, including Guardian Weekend and the Financial Times. She is the author of several books about pattern and wallpaper and one on the Danish concept of Hygge. She is less good at making than the people she writes about, but she is teaching herself to darn.

Katy Bevan is a writer and educator specializing in craft and a mother of a disabled child. She is the editor of many books on craft and writes for textile and craft magazines such as Selvedge. Previously at the Crafts Council she founded the publishing company Quickthorn Ltd in 2022. She blogs at The Crafter, runs workshops in darning, crocheting and knitting, and is mostly to be found knitting.

Jay Blades is dyslexic and, after leaving school at 15 with no qualifications, he eventually managed to get back