Patricia Roberts

(Born 1945) Trained in fashion at Leicester Polytechnic with knitting as a subsidiary subject. Worked for IPC magazines in the early 1970s. Saw a gap in the market for interesting hand-knits and set up as a freelance knitwear designer. Her earliest work was sold to Browns. Opened her first London shop in 1976 and has published many knitting pattern books since this time. Innovative fashionable designs exploiting a bold use of colour contrasting textures and decorative stitches.

Source: The Cutting Edge - 50 years of British Fashion. The Overlook Press.

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