Kate Davies is a knitwear designer you might have heard of before, who uses traditional Scottish patterns in her designs, but what you might not know is that she had a stroke at a young age and had to work hard to learn to knit again — not to mention all the normal regular stuff of daily life.
She had a stroke five years ago that was caused by an undiagnosed congenital heart defect, and spent six months in the hospital regaining function. She says people thought she was crazy when she said she was going to start knitting and designing patterns to sell, but now she’s sold patterns more than 40,000 times and has her own line of yarn.
Before the stroke she was a lecturer and had earned a PhD in 18th century history. She uses her knowledge of historic knitting patterns and her love of the Scottish landscape as inspiration for her designs.
Check out the full story at the Daily Record.
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