Katie Allen of Loopy Ewes is a knitwear designer-maker based in Wiltshire. As well as handcrafting a collection of garments, accessories and homewares, she is also a farmer - looking after a flock of rare breed sheep to produce all the raw fibre for her work. Katie's design aesthetic is contemporary with bold patterns, and colour is integral to her design process. This year she started cultivating dye plants on the farm to grow her own colour, as well as fibre. Loopy Ewes' knitwear tells the story of how textiles can be produced in harmony with the rhythms of nature. It connects customers to the rituals of making and heals the disconnect with the reality that so much of what we use and take for granted, comes from the land.