Rosie Fletcher is a former yarn shop owner, a knitting teacher, pattern designer, and author of You Will Be Able to Knit By the End of This Book. You can find her on Instagram and YouTube as @slipstitchldn, where she mainly posts photos of her cat.

unravel ... autumn 2026 talk: Sat 12 Sept at 2pm

What knitter hasn’t walked into a yarn shop and dreamed of owning one themselves? Choosing all the colours, hosting groups, knitting all day? Rosie Fletcher lived that dream…and then closed it. Not before writing a book, teaching hundreds of people to knit, and having the police round more times than you might expect. A year on from closing her shop, Rosie shares her light-hearted perspective of the yarn industry and why quitting your dream job can be even better than getting it.

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