fredbutlerstyle: Tues 2nd June: Craig Lawrence Part 2

Whilst at a recent sponsorship seminar Craig, Piers Attkinson and I had a good old rant about being bogged under by blog interviews and not having time to actually get round to designing...............before we had time to set the world to rights, I was immediately thinking up questions to ask Craig myself !.............

Ha, ha, sorry Craig! He has very, very kindly relinquished to my request to get a glimpse into his wooly workings..........listen up Swarovski, the boy is a genius............

1) You have a magic wardrobe of knitted jumpers that I love. What was your favourite jumper/knitted item when you were a kid?

it was one gran knitted, green with rows of red apples and then 1 on the top row eaten, me and my bro had both had one.

2) When I was at primary school there was a girl who knitted her own jumpers. That blew my mind, I could just about manage a scarf with the intervention of the WI knitting circle. Can you remember the first thing you knitted that was actually a wearable piece?

it was my salmon pink scarf i knitted at my grans, it was my favourite and i never washed it, but i lost it on the train on the way up to london, sucks!

3) You are known for pioneering "knitting" with unconventional materials. What is your absolute dream material?

i would love to knit with leather again and crystals as well, perhaps pink crystals!

4) Your last collection was inspired by cocktails. Can you give the readers a recommendation of making and decorating your favourite tipple?

ok so the last one i made was watermelon daquiris, grab a big chunk of watermelon, put 4 spoons of sugar in, with half a lime, as much rum as you can handle, then blend with half a bag of ice, its amazing and not really that expensive, double fun!

5) A dress from your graduate collection featured on the front cover of Another Magazine modelled by Tilda Swinton. Who else would you like to see wearing your work / who is your favourite dressed person?