Marie Wallin

Marie Wallin is a British fibre artist and fashion designer known for her colourful fair isle designs. After working as a head designer for Rowan (yarn company) for many years, she became a freelance knitwear designer.

Education Wallin got a first class degree in textiles at Leicester Polytechnic, now DeMontfort University in 1986. Her final collection was inspired by artist Piet Mondrian.

Career After finishing her education, Wallin worked for a small knitwear company in Nottingham. A year later she started her own business selling machine knitted designs internationally. All of the designs in her books are modelled by actress/model Georgia Scarlet Waters. Wallin says that she "doesn't really stop working" and knits something work-related every night.

Wallin's designs have been praised by designer Kate Davies and she was interviewed three times by the podcast Fruity Knitting. According to the knitting pattern database Ravelry, her patterns have been published in at least 290 different magazine issues, including Simply Knit, Simply Crochet, Rowan Magazine, Suuri Käsityö, Stitches and The Knitter.

Personal life Wallin grew up in an artistic family and was taught to draw and paint by her father as a child.

Published works

Wallin, Marie (2013). Windswept: Collection One, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2014). Lakeland: Collection Two, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2015). Filigree: Collection Three, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2015). Once Upon a Time: Collection Four, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2015). Autumn: Collection Five, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2016). Spring Time: Collection Six, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2016). Winter Crochet: Collection Seven, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2017). North Sea: Collection Eight, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2017). Shetland, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2018). Bloomsbury: Collection Nine, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2018). Wildwood, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2019). Meadow, Marie Wallin Designs. Wallin, Marie (2019). Gentle, Marie Wallin Designs.