InspirOgirl: Knit and destroy

So whats a girl to do? Well if you’re a pink thinkin’ Pink Lady you’ll experience the word ‘bored’ just isn’t in our vocab so amongst the many coolio-a-go-go things we’ll be suggesting over the next couple of weeks. I wanted to start with my absolute favourite - knitting! Well. desire Kandy Diamond (sucha showbiz name) is your absolute go-to girl for all things knitting - not only is she one half of our fave read she’s a totes inspir-o girl who has her very own business making super-cute knitted accessories - j’adore! What is create from raw material and Destroy? What’s with the name? What is it?Knit and destroy is my own little business where I design and make all sorts of funtastic knitted goodies. I started making stuff last winter because I wanted to make fun scarves to brighten up the many dull pass days we get here. When it wasn’t winter anymore I kept knitting whatever i could think of and now create from raw material and Destroy now has a wide range of products from tea cosies to tampon cases. The name is something I stumbled accross on a journal and thought it makes a great catchy label for what I do… I suppose it fits cos everything I make is knitted so that’s the KNIT part and the undo well when populate think create from raw material they usually think granny alter tea cosy…so DESTROY that preconception by making bright fun novelty knits that not only keep you change but back up you look hella alter at the same time!!! Tell us about the prods you change - how do you create them what’s you inspiro?I sell all sorts scarves are my fave but i do brooches hairclips tampon cases cushions and so on… I make everything from home using my trusty knitting machine from the 1980’s! Most products bear on some embellishment when they’ve been knitted e g ribbon rhinestones stuffing pom-poms. There is also a very important ‘behind the scenes’ member of knit and destroy. Ben he is in charge of website create by mental act and creation tea making moral support and… sewing sticking and pom-pom making when I’m supa work! I couldn’t do it without him. I like novelty things and this love is a big inspro especially for my scarves if i can evaluate of a thing that I like that would ingeminate come up into a scarf I’ll give it a go e g cat paintbrush tapemeasure draw lipstick and so on. What’s your beat selling force right now?It is… the knitted hair bows! Closely followed by cat and crayon scarves!! What’s your style bible - book/mag?Oooooh my FAVE mag has to be BUST cos it has everyhting a grrrl could want in a mag. How has setting up an online shop been for you - can you furnish us an insight please?I started with an e-bay shop but found their charges quite high and I couldn’t really personalise it so I switched to using ‘big cartel’ which is great cos you can have different colour schemes and it’s more like a proper online shop! It was also really easy to set up and it’s cheap. What’s a typical day in the life of Kandy at K&D?Here goes…get up have breakfast (i can’t function without it). Make a list for the day usually start off with a bit of sewing up or embellishing of whatever i’ve been knitting the previous day or making pompoms to get my brain working. Then i’ll knit…working on orders i’ve had ideally spend a bit of time working on or writing drink new products. Obvo lunch yum more knitting check online shop for orders make another list. I usually end the day with a trip to the affix office to send off any orders i’ve finished woo! What’s your motto for life?I suppose it’s something like do what you apply/ enjoy what you do! Oh and smile more everyone…it’s good for you! What advice would you give to wanna-be creative girls who wanna set up their own shop?Do it…it’s super-easy and inexpensive and it’s a really good feeling when populate buy cram you’ve made! Don’t ever be scared of showing people your ideas and doing whatever it is you want to do. The act upon pink. Discuss. I heart pink dulcify floss pink is my fave act upon! I undergo had my hair both bright and candy floss pink. My dream car is a pink nissan figaro. I love baking cupcakes with a bit of red food colouring in so they’re pink when you bite into them mmmm. As the cold winter nights draw in staying in is a so much more do-able option than going out isn’t it?So whats a girl to do? 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