Welcome to La Purple Penguin - home of designer & tech editor Bronagh Miskelly
La Purple Penguin is about making and designing, great editorial about craft and about supporting designers in creating great, easy to use patterns and other content.
I have been a crafter for as long as I can remember. Everyone around me made things - Dad took photos, made animations, built model ships and full-size staircases, for Mum it was dressmaking, toy making and painting, Gran liked socks and rugs, Auntie Betty had her tapestries, etc – so I did it too. These days I concentrate mainly on knitting and jewellery, but that’s not to say my crochet hooks, embroidery threads and sewing machine languish in cupboard for long.
After a stint in TV and theatre production, I became a journalist and then, for a decade or so, a magazine and web editor. I’ve been at the helm of a range of high profile publications, specialising in understanding each publication’s audience and how to produce the right articles, guides or any other information for them.
I now divide my time between creating my own designs, helping other designers as a pattern writer and tech editor and writing everything from a range of articles to social media content for a range of clients.
I have been a crafter for as long as I can remember. Everyone around me made things - Dad took photos, made animations, built model ships and full-size staircases, for Mum it was dressmaking, toy making and painting, Gran liked socks and rugs, Auntie Betty had her tapestries, etc – so I did it too. These days I concentrate mainly on knitting and jewellery, but that’s not to say my crochet hooks, embroidery threads and sewing machine languish in cupboard for long.
After a stint in TV and theatre production, I became a journalist and then, for a decade or so, a magazine and web editor. I’ve been at the helm of a range of high profile publications, specialising in understanding each publication’s audience and how to produce the right articles, guides or any other information for them.
I now divide my time between creating my own designs, helping other designers as a pattern writer and tech editor and writing everything from a range of articles to social media content for a range of clients.
So I’m:
• An editor who really understands what crafters need from publications, websites and books.
• A knitter who knows how to write patterns and instructions clearly.
• A journalist who is passionate about handmade objects, making and designer makers.
• A jewellery maker who mixes knitting, crochet and embroidery with more traditional jewellery materials
• A pattern tech editor who combines a real knowledge of knitwear construction with editorial skills and professional publishing standards.
• Someone who has taken the step from creating for herself to sharing her designs.and who understands the challenges of creative business.
La Purple Penguin brings these part of my life together. If you are looking for help with a knitting pattern, great craft editorial or just some pretty beaded earrings, have a look around.
Bronagh
Photograph by Chiara MacCall featuring Electric Storm shawl
• An editor who really understands what crafters need from publications, websites and books.
• A knitter who knows how to write patterns and instructions clearly.
• A journalist who is passionate about handmade objects, making and designer makers.
• A jewellery maker who mixes knitting, crochet and embroidery with more traditional jewellery materials
• A pattern tech editor who combines a real knowledge of knitwear construction with editorial skills and professional publishing standards.
• Someone who has taken the step from creating for herself to sharing her designs.and who understands the challenges of creative business.
La Purple Penguin brings these part of my life together. If you are looking for help with a knitting pattern, great craft editorial or just some pretty beaded earrings, have a look around.
Bronagh
Photograph by Chiara MacCall featuring Electric Storm shawl