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Lynn Gray Ross has been a textile artist on the Isle of Arran in Scotland for the past 33 years and a knitter since she was five.

Lynn is an expert in knitting with handspun wool and has published two books on the subject “Knitting Patterns for Handspun Wool” and “Knitting with Handspun” (Ross-Gill Publishers 1979 and 1984).

Lynn, her daughter and two sons have set up the Arran Knitting Pattern Company to combine the latest technology with the traditional skills which have firm roots in the island where the family has had its home for the past 30 years.

Jill Holtz is the Marketing Manager. She lives in Galway in the west of Ireland. Jill has graduate business degrees from the University of Strathclyde and NUI Galway.

Jill has set up a website for parents in Galway to find out about local activities for kids and all things related on

Christopher Ross-Gill is the Technical Director & Designer, assisted by Simon Ross-Gill.

Christopher lives in Birmingham, Alabama and Simon is based inLima working for