012: Jane Richmond on Designing and Collaboration

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012: Jane Richmond on Designing and Collaboration

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Sep 22, 2015

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Jane Richmond is a knitwear designer and fellow Canadian living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. She has been self publishing her designs since 2008 and today Felicia chats with Jane about her designs and collaborating on her latest collections.

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Sep 22, 2015

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Join Felicia Lo, founder of SweetGeorgia Yarns, as she explores the sweet spot between craft, creativity, and colour together with some of the most inspiring knitters, spinners, designers, shop owners, and makers in this handmade community.

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012: Jane Richmond on Designing and Collaboration

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