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PUBLICATIONS



Authored and co-authored books


Twigger Holroyd, A., Gordon, J. F. & Hill, C. (2023). Historical Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion: Inspiration for Change (second edition). London: Bloomsbury. [more information]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2017). Folk Fashion: Understanding Homemade Clothes. London: I.B.Tauris. [more information]


Edited books


Twigger Holroyd, A. & Hill, H. (eds) (2019). Fashion Knitwear Design. Marlborough: Crowood Press. [more information]

Walker, S., Evans, M., Cassidy, T., Jung, J. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (eds) (2018). Design Roots: Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [more information]


Other edited publications


Twigger Holroyd, A., Dawney, L, Daker, E. and Figueiredo, D. (eds) (2022). We Are Commoners: Creative Acts of Commoning [exhibition catalogue]. Birmingham: Craftspace. [more information]

Shercliff, E. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (2020). Stitching Together Special Issue: Part 2). Journal of Arts & Communities 11(1-2), pp.3-11.

Shercliff, E. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (2020). Stitching Together Special Issue: Part 1). Journal of Arts & Communities 10(1-2), pp.5–18.


Journal articles


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Twigger Holroyd, A. (2022). Crafting and Commoning. Resurgence & Ecologist 331, pp.40–1. [access online]

Shercliff, E. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (2020). Stitching Together: Ethical dimensions and innovative approaches to participatory textile making. Journal of Arts & Communities 11(1-2), pp.3-11. [access online - subscription required]

Shercliff, E. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (2020). Stitching Together: Participatory textile making as an emerging methodological approach to research. Journal of Arts & Communities 10(1-2), pp.5–18. [access online - subscription required]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2018).  Reknit revolution: knitwear design for the domestic circular economy. Journal of Textile Design Research & Practice 6(1), pp.89–111. [access online - subscription required / free post-print version]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2018). Finding distinctiveness in the dustbin: engendering a sense of place through waste. The Journal of Resourcefulness 1, pp.70–9. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A., Cassidy, T., Evans, M. & Walker, S. (2017). Wrestling with tradition: revitalising the Orkney chair and other culturally significant crafts. Design & Culture 9(3), pp.283–99. [access online - subscription required / free post-print version]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2017). Express yourself. Crafts September/October 2017, p.32.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2017). From stitch to society: a multi-level and participatory approach to design research. Design Issues 33(3), pp.11-24. [access online - subscription required / free post-print version]

Sakalyte, V., Cassidy, T. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (2017). Designing an educational tool to revitalise woven textile mending. Research Journal of Textile and Apparel 21(4), pp.242–62. [access online - subscription required]

Shercliff, E. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (2016). Making with others: working with textile craft groups as a means of research. Studies in Material Thinking 14. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2015). Perceptions and practices of dress-related leisure: shopping, sorting, making and mending. Annals of Leisure Research 19(3), pp.275–93. [access online - subscription required]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2015). Striking a balance: openness in research through design (Open Peer Commentary). Constructivist Foundations 11(1), pp.36-7. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2015). Re-knitting: the emotional experience of opening knitted garments. The Journal of Design Strategies 7(1), pp.112-9. [access online]

Gauntlett, D. & Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014). On making, sustainability and the importance of small steps: a conversation. Conjunctions: Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation 1(1). [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014) Unravelling the power of knitting. In: O. von Busch (ed) In the making: the 'Power to the People' workshop track at Crafting the Future. The Design Journal 17(3), pp.379-401. [access online - subscription required]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014). Why it's important to be open. Crafts May/June 2014, p.27. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014). Not the end of the journey: exploring re-knitting as a 'craft of use'. Making Futures 3. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2011). Fashion Diggers: transgressive making for personal benefit. Making Futures 2. [access online]


Book chapters


Twigger Holroyd, A. (2023). Designing the commons. In: W. Jennings (ed.), Design for Planet 2022 zine. London: Design Council, p.15. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2022). Crafting and commoning: points of connection. In: We Are Commoners: Creative Acts of Commoning [exhibition catalogue]. Birmingham: Craftspace, pp.41–2. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2018). Forging new futures: cultural significance, revitalization, and authenticity. In: S. Walker, M. Evans, T. Cassidy, J. Jung & A. Twigger Holroyd (eds) Design Roots: Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp.25-37. [more information]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2018). Digital transformations, amateur making, and the revitalization of traditional textile crafts. In: S. Walker, M. Evans, T. Cassidy, J. Jung & A. Twigger Holroyd (eds) Design Roots: Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp.291-303. [more information]

Evans, M., Twigger Holroyd, A., Cassidy, T., Walker, S. & Jung, J. (2018) Strategies for revitalization of culturally significant designs, products, and practices. In: S. Walker, M. Evans, T. Cassidy, J. Jung & A. Twigger Holroyd (eds) Design Roots: Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp.341-359. [more information]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2017). Reknitting workshops / Garment led interviews. In: K. Fletcher & I.G. Klepp (eds) Opening Up the Wardrobe: A Methods Book. Oslo: Novus. [more information]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2017). Making it mine: personalising clothes at home. In: I. Kuksa & T. Fisher (eds) Design for Personalisation. Farnham: Gower. [more information]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014). Openness. In: K. Fletcher & M. Tham (eds) Routledge Handbook of Sustainability and Fashion. London: Routledge, pp.253-61. [more information]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014). Identity construction and the multiple meanings of homemade clothes in contemporary British culture. In: P. Hunt-Hurst & S. Ramsamy-Iranah (eds) Fashion and its Multi-Cultural Facets. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp.295-309.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2010). Keep & Share (visual essay with accompanying text). In: J. Hemmings (ed.) In the Loop: knitting now. London: Black Dog Publishing, pp.132-9. [more information]


Reports and guides


Twigger Holroyd, A. and Shercliff, E. (2020). Stitching Together Good Practice Guidelines: Advice for facilitators of participatory textile making workshops and projects (Bournemouth: Stitching Together). [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014). Keep & Share: the first ten years. Self-published pamphlet. [access online]


Theses


Twigger Holroyd, A. (2013) Folk Fashion: amateur re-knitting as a strategy for sustainability. Unpublished PhD thesis, Birmingham City University. [access online]

Twigger, A. (2003) Reconciling Fashion with Sustainability. Unpublished MA thesis, University of Southampton.


Reviews


Twigger Holroyd, A. (2016) Amateur Craft: History and Theory by Stephen Knott [book review]. The Journal of Modern Craft 9(3), pp.367–9. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2014) Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism, edited by Betsy Greer [book review]. Crafts, November/December 2014, p.56.


Conference contributions


Twigger Holroyd, A. (2023). Fashion Fictions: telling stories of sustainable fashion systems. Suffolk Storytelling Conference, University of Suffolk, 11-12 July 2023.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2023). Fashion Fictions: visions of re-localised fashion cultures. Dress Devolution, The Fashion and Textiles Institute at Falmouth University, 6-7 July 2023.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2023). Organizing fashion differently: Fashion Fictions and post-growth systems. 13th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Nottingham, 20-22 June 2023.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2023). Fashion Fictions: dreams of radical economies. CKC 2023: New Futures for Creative Economies, Watershed, Bristol, 29-30 March 2023.

Daker, E. and Twigger Holroyd, A. (2023). Crafting and commoning: points of connection. CKC 2023: New Futures for Creative Economies, Watershed, Bristol, 29-30 March 2023.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2022). Fashion Fictions: unmaking the mainstream fashion system. Global Fashion Conference 2022 - Fashion Sustainability: From Dream to Reality, AMD – Akademie Mode & Design – Hochschule Fresenius – University of Applied Sciences, 17-18 November 2022.

Twigger Holroyd, A. and Aspinall, M. (2022). Speculating sideways: participatory enactment of parallel sustainable fashion worlds. Anticipation 2022: 4th International Conference on Anticipation, Arizona State University, 4 November 2022.

Twigger Holroyd, A. and Aspinall, M. (2022). Fashion Fictions: learning to challenge the status quo. The Future of International Fashion and Design Education, Istituto Marangoni London, 29 September 2022. [video]

Aspinall, M. and Twigger Holroyd, A. (2022). Fashion Fictions: student experiences of designing sustainable fashion worlds. Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities, University of Leeds, 7-8 September 2022.

Twigger Holroyd, A (2022). Fashion Fictions World Remix [workshop]. Practicing Solidarity, Arnhem, 30 June–1 July 2022.

Twigger Holroyd, A and Aspinall, M. (2022). Fashion Fictions Worlds Tour [workshop]. Fashion Reimagined: International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) 2022, Nottingham Trent University, 1-4 April 2022.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2021). Writing alternative fashion worlds: frustrations, fictions and imaginaries. Responsible Fashion Series, University of Antwerp [hybrid], 14-22 October 2021. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2021). Prototyping fictional fashion worlds: how can textiles help us to imagine realities beyond the present? Textile and Place, Manchester Metropolitan University [online], 11-15 October 2021.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2021). Fashion Fictions Secondhand Safari [workshop]. Secondhand Cultures, Cardiff University [online], 15-16 June 2021.

Howell, N., Schulte, B.F., Twigger Holroyd, A., Fatás Arana, R., Sharma, S. and Eden, G. (2021). Calling for a plurality of perspectives on design futuring: an un-manifesto. alt.chi, CHI 2021 [online], 8-13 May 2021. [access presentation video online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2020). Fashion fictions: exploring alternative fashion worlds together. Pivot 2020: Designing a World of Many Centers, Tulane University [online], 4 June 2020.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2019). Designing fashion fictions: speculative scenarios for sustainable fashion worlds. The Design After, Cumulus Conference, Bogota, 30 October-1 November 2019, pp.341-51. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2019). Folk fashion, reknitting, identity and wasting time (part of ‘Sustaining through making’ panel, convened by Professor Susan Kaiser and Professor Carol Tulloch). Sustainability in Fashion, Regent’s University London, 30 July-1 August 2019. 

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2017). Prototyping a new tomorrow: crafting leadership in fashion and sustainability. Making Futures 5: Crafting a sustainable modernity towards a maker aesthetics of production and consumption, Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth College of Art, 21-22 September 2017.

Twigger Holroyd, A. & Brown, V. (2017). Can sustainable fashion be cool? Connecting with a low-carbon future – the challenges for the arts and humanities, Stirling, 19-20 April 2017.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2016) Shifting perceptions: the reknit revolution. Circular Transitions, A Mistra Future Fashion Conference on Textile Design and the Circular Economy, London, 23–24 November 2016, pp. 57–67. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A., Cassidy, T., Evans, M., Gifford, E. & Walker, S. (2015) Design for ‘domestication’: the decommercialisation of traditional crafts. The Value of Design Research, 11th European Academy of Design Conference, Paris, 22-24 April 2015. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2015) Re-knitting: exploring openness through design. Research Through Design 2015, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, 25-27 March 2015. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. & Shercliff, E. (2014) Making with others: working with textile craft groups as a research method. The Art of Research 2014: experience, materiality, articulation, Aalto University, Helsinki, 26-27 November 2014. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2013) Not the end of the journey: exploring re-knitting as a 'craft of use'. Making Futures 3: Interfaces between craft knowledge and design, new opportunities for social innovation and sustainable practice, Mount Edgcumbe, Plymouth College of Art, 26-27 September 2013. [see journal article above]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2013) Identity construction and the multiple meanings of homemade clothes in contemporary British culture. Fashion: exploring critical issues, 5th global conference, Oxford, 9-12 September 2013.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2013) Satisfaction and frustration: the well-being experience of homemade knitwear. Well-being 2013, 2nd international conference, Birmingham City University, 24-25 July 2013. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2013) Unravelling the power of knitting. Crafting the Future, 10th European Academy of Design Conference, Gothenburg, 17-19 April 2013. [access online]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2013) Rethinking the designer's role. Futurescan: Collective Voices, Association of Fashion and Textile Courses Conference, Sheffield, 10-11 January 2013.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2012) Re-knitting: emotional mending. 1st Mend*rs Research Symposium, Docker, Kendal, 29 June-2 July 2012.

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2011) Fashion Diggers: transgressive making for personal benefit. Making Futures 2: the crafts as change maker in sustainably aware cultures, Dartington, Plymouth College of Art, 15-16 September 2011. [see journal article above]

Twigger Holroyd, A. (2010) Stitch-hacking and pattern-blagging: a manifesto. In The Loop 2: knitting, origins and evolution, Lerwick, Shetland Museum & Archives, 1-5 September 2010.