Olive Pearson Designs

stack of 2019 collection short cowls - WREN, PEAK, WEB

2019 collection designs were inspired by the 30th birthday of the World Wide Web and its abbreviation to www., the detail of a wren's birdsong on a spectrogram as part of the Aural Textiles Project and the abundance of circular millstones found in Derbyshire and the Peak District.

stack of National Library of Scotland THISTLE design scarves

This design was commissioned by the National Library of Scotland to celebrate the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The design was inspired by endpapers of an edition of the EB held at the library.

ZIP design long scarf

This design was inspired by the simple zip - the ingenious

everyday device originally patented as the ‘separable fastener’ in 1917

WEAVE design cushions

Three different WEAVE inspired knitted designs created to celebrate all things weave for Sma' Shot Day in Paisley as part of Paisley Make festival.

WAVERLEY design long cowl

An archive design still popular with Edinburgh customers as the contemporary herringbone pattern was based on the roof of Waverley Railway Station. Five new designs are created each year and all these archive designs are available to order.