There’s nothing quite like seeing the many lives a pattern lives once it’s out in the world. As a designer or collaborator you may have ideas in mind for colour, texture, fibre, gauge, but you can never truly predict where the wonderful community of knitters will run with your stitches.

As crafters, we know it’s the detail that makes a project stand out. Little touches and subtle additions can take a piece of stitch work from mundane to artful. Atsumi knows that too, and in her book Embroidered Emblem she showcases a range of embroidery stitches and motifs that can make all the difference.