Knitted Fish & Chips 

Brighton-based Cardigan, was set up by Kate Jenkins in 2003 after working with some of the world's most prestigious fashion designers including Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Missoni and Sonia Rykiel. It fulfils her philosophy that anything can be created from yarn as long as it is made with love.

With a strong emphasis on colour and innovative, witty details, Cardigan has become synonymous with the creation of amazing knitted and crocheted works of art as well as beautiful knitwear and accessories.

One of Kate's most famous art collections is ‘Comfort Food', which contains some of the nation's best-loved food including fried breakfasts, sausage and mash and sardines on toast, each ‘dish' knitted and framed to create an original piece. Especially for the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival, Kate is putting together an exclusive menu of her unique interpretations of everyone's favourite, fish and chips.

As a result of ‘Comfort Food', Kate is working with The Art Group and has designed a range of greetings cards that will be on sale in outlets such as Paperchase and WH Smith's later in the year.

For her recent Open House show, Kate created Cardigan in Bloom, an inspired celebration of nature, it turned her showroom into a magical knitted garden. The show included a limited art collection inspired by an old Victorian specimen, featuring crocheted butterflies, beetles, bees and all kinds of bugs, glistening with sequins, captured in box frames and pinned to canvas.

She also collaborated with Jon Link and Mick Bunnage the authors of Modern Toss to produce a knitted book cover which was displayed at Ink'd Gallery, 96 North Road, Brighton during the festival.

To see Kate's full range, either call into her shop/showroom at Unit 5 Arundel Mews, 13-18 Arundel Place, Kemp Town, Brighton or visit the website at www.cardigan.ltd.uk

For more information, please contact
Kate Jenkins kate@cardigan.ltd.uk - 01273 671 390