Today, I am speaking with Francoise Danoy — a Franco-Maori American-Australia knitwear designer currently living with her husband in a small village on the southern island Kyushu in Japan. More than just designing knitwear, Francoise also strives to be a mentor to independent fiber artists, entrepreneurs, and aspiring designers. But the most shockingly impressive thing to me has been that she only started knitting in January 2014. So that’s just over a year and a half ago. She released her first pattern four months after she started knitting and quickly launched her own beautiful website soon after that. You can see her gorgeous collection of shawl and garment designs on Ravelry, or her website arohaknits.com.
Links and Things
You can find Francoise at:
- Aroha Knits website
- Ravelry
- Instagram for Aroha Knits
Pattern Giveaway
For our giveaway this week, Francoise will be giving any one of her knitwear design patterns that you like. You can see them all here. To win one of Francoise’s lovely designs, listen to the episode to find out the secret phrase then visit the giveaway page to enter. Good luck! Update: Giveaway is now closed.
Thanks for Listening!
Thank you so much for joining me this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow spinning friends. And if you like what I’m doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. I read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so I welcome your comments.
Thank you so much to Francoise for joining me this episode. Until next time!
Music Credits:
The Young and Beautiful – by Ivory Hours
Nashville – by Sawyer (on NoiseTrade)
