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Helen Delany: While I was in college I spent a lot of time doing hand printing and lithography so always liked the canada goose uk idea of printing my drawings or designs on clothing. It was Brenda who asked me to do canada goose outlet ottawa that first when we did a series of T shirts. Then we decided to translate these ideas into knit, so I guess it was Brenda who brought me into the world of knitwear!

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There is a recurring element in your knits, geometrical figures and shapes, would you ever use your knitwear designs to maybe teach geometry to kids?

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