Carol Feller – Knitwear Designer / Ireland and Spain

Carol Feller is a knitting superstar! She is a very popular designer, teacher and author of several knitting books. Carol even has her own range of yarn. She has been teaching for KnittingTours.com from the very beginning and our knitters LOVE her classes!

Carol lives in Cork, in the south of Ireland. Like many Irish children, she learned to knit in primary school and spent years making cardigans for her dolls. Crafting runs in the family; her mother sewed most of her clothes, her grandmother was an expert knitter, and her aunt ran a knitting shop in Dublin.

She trained first as a textile artist and later studied structural engineering. That mix of creativity and structure shows up in her designs today, with garments that are well-shaped, flattering to wear and fun to knit. She strives to design clothing with a twist: simple, but with a standout finish.

Carol’s work has appeared in Interweave Knits, The Knitter, Twist Collective, Brooklyn Tweed and Knitty. She is the author of Contemporary Irish Knits, Short Row Knits, Scrumptious Knits, Among Stones, Dovestone Hills and Knitting with Rainbows. Her patterns and signature yarn Nua and Irish yarns, Blasta, Deas and Solas, can be found at www.stolenstitches.com.

Carol teaches internationally in yarn shops, fibre festivals and knitting clubs, including Knit Nation in London, Edinburgh Yarn Festival and Unwind. Her classes cover everything from cables and chart reading to garment shaping, customisation, short rows and colourwork, helping knitters build confidence and troubleshoot as they go. She also teaches online at StolenStitches.com,  with clubs and classes designed to support knitters at every level.