YKWU’s Substack | Substack

A little bit about Colèchi, the research agency doing fashion differently.

Nov 23, 2023 •

We are at Somerset House Today

YKWU at Somerset House this weekend (13-14 June).

Jun 13 •

Meet us at The Stitch on Friday

YKWU will be hosting a knitting session at The Stitch Lounge

Mar 19 •

Tomorrow: Makers Market at The Lab E20

We're showcasing at The Lab E20 on 28th November from 4pm

Nov 27, 2024 •

YKWU East: Line-up of facilitators

Learn from Kepler London, Knitwear Lab, AGR Knitwear, Fibreshed, and more.

Sep 14, 2024 •

YKWU knitting club

full interview: curating a pop-up with Bronwyn Lowenthal

How to manage a boutique and curate the perfect shopping experience.

Jul 26, 2024 •

YKWU at the UEL Summer Festival Tomorrow (Stratford)

Along with lots of other activities under the Year of Science

Jun 11, 2024 •

full interview: creating a profitable D2C knitwear brand with Molly O'Halloran

A summary of May's YKWU digital session with knitwear designer and entrepreneur Molly O'Halloran.

May 24, 2024 •

next session: make a knit rib bag with Erica Collins

Sunday 26 May at The Lab E20

May 14, 2024 •

Pattern: How to mock jacquard in your knitwear with Sabrina Walker

A summary on how we spent Earth Month, including Sabrina Walker leading YKWU and joining a panel on being a craftivist.

May 13, 2024

YKWU Digital

YKWU East: Line-up of facilitators

Learn from Kepler London, Knitwear Lab, AGR Knitwear, Fibreshed, and more.

Sep 14, 2024 •

full interview: curating a pop-up with Bronwyn Lowenthal

How to manage a boutique and curate the perfect shopping experience.

Jul 26, 2024 •

full interview: creating a profitable D2C knitwear brand with Molly O'Halloran

A summary of May's YKWU digital session with knitwear designer and entrepreneur Molly O'Halloran.

May 24, 2024 •

full interview: transforming your knits into a business with Moyang Yang

A summary of February's YKWU digital session in collaboration with Moyang Yang, founder of luxury crochet brand MOYA London.

Feb 27, 2024 •

agreenculture

Future Fabrics Expo: Next-gen materials vs regenerative farming, is fashion investing in the right places?

Future Fabrics Expo 2024 was a vast amalgamation of what the future may hold for fibre and fashion — and to an extent, agriculture.

Jul 23, 2024 •

Stephanie Steele

watch: how Dr. Martens turns leather scraps into shoes

Colèchi speaks to the global head of sustainability at Dr Martens about new range made from leather scraps: Genix Nappa

Jun 28, 2024 •

AGREENCULTURE at the Future Fabric Expo

We are at the Future Fabric Expo today and tomorrow.

Jun 25, 2024 •

Nature the Designer with Modern Synthesis

A preview from the AGREENCULTURE journal

Jun 15, 2024 •

Nature the Designer: Garden of Tomorrow Festival

Meet the speakers shaping our talk at the Garden of Tomorrow festival this Saturday

Jun 13, 2024 •

weaving

We're in Thailand

Today we're in Thailand with Kitty Wilson Brown, co-founder of Contemporary Hempery. A community project to grow industrial hemp for textile production.

Jan 4, 2024 •

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