Margaret Lewis

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Name: Margaret Lewis
A bit about: Its not just about fashion. I live a life surrounded by textile - in particular wool. Its in my room, in my car, on my desk at work... Designing handknits and selling them is not my sole source of survival but it is what I love. I'm lucky that this love is supported by other things that I love, including working for The Big Idea and also helping to facilitate the careers of emerging artists. I feel truly blessed.

Wanna be in my gang?
For sale
Yes
Anyone can belong – just be a kiwi – the idea of belonging to a gang or tribe of kiwis is interpreted in twenty different languages on the front
Tangatawho?
For sale
No
These pieces are part of my on-going inner conversation about who I am in my own land – pakeha [different] or maori [although I have no maori ancestry
She was a skater girl
For sale
Yes
Inspired by Harajuku but meeting recycling, upcycling and repurposing...
Rattle your daggs in a kiwi kilt
For sale
Yes
Remembering cold winters in the hills above Hokitika and Greymouth picking bits of wool off fences while out blackberrying with my nana and grandad
All a bustle about nothing
For sale
No
When this guys comes down from town, there's this girl...
Wavy Rib for him or for her
For sale
No
A chunky wool scarf for anyone - just what we need in this cold snap
Chain Mail
For sale
No
The kindest chain of all - hardly a labour to wear, more of a comfort instead.
Wrapped in mystery
For sale
Yes
Every girl wants to hide from the world at times and with a hood this size you certainly can
Ticked Off
For sale
Yes
it doesn't really do to tick off anyone but ticking fabric is a different matter
Urbanitis
For sale
Yes
so this guy I know from town offers to come down and help out...
FANTAstic
For sale
No
Could be fanta
too much cafe culture
For sale
Reduce your carbon footprint...and reuse the coffee sacks

Pigeonholed in Threaded
For sale
Yes
Pigeonholed in Threaded Ed.XI, 'Worldly Wise, The Cosmopolitan' issue

07 February 2012

Getting started - a piece of chaos and somewhere in there will appear some order.

Well that's the way it feels at the beginning of something new.

So what is What the Frock all about? Read More »

Submitted by Margaret Lewis on Tue, 07/02/2012 - 1:20pm.

15 May 2011

My father has a saying - how do you eat an elephant? Simple. One bite at a time. Just chew fast.

So I have decided my elephantine project is to take my work to London and sell my socks off. I'm prepared to go public and share my journey.

So chewing fast begins here Read More »

Submitted by Margaret Lewis on Sun, 15/05/2011 - 5:24pm.

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