The first Hookmade piece was a lopsided orange cat made for a friend’s new baby. A second friend asked for one, then a third, and the kitchen table slowly disappeared under yarn.
Today the studio is a bright room in an old mill, but the method has not changed. Every piece is worked in tight, even stitches so it keeps its shape, every face is embroidered so nothing can come loose, and every order is checked twice before it is wrapped.