Nicola is keen hiker and fell runner and it's when she's scampering over the historic packhorse tracks of Todmorden that she comes up with some of her best ideas. There's something about the beauty of the Pennine landscape with its stretching moorland and craggy rocks that brings a feeling of freedom and happiness that sparks creativity. When she arrives home from a run she quickly sketches her ideas while they are fresh in her mind. Then the next time she sits  at her knitting machine she translates the ideas into knitted fabric. She usually finds that many more ideas stem from that one swatch, her work is an ongoing story of ideas. Sat at her vintage knitting machine in her quiet studio over looking the garden with the sound of the birds tweeting is where all the creativity and magic happens!

Nicolas work has a distinctive look about it and many people say they can recognise one of her designs straight away. Her design style is timeless with soft lines and key details. She concentrates on silhouette to enhance and flatter the female figure. She uses the natural structure of the knit in unexpected and clever ways to create truly unique pieces.