About

Whymsi Row, purveyor of fantastical costumery, crochet & millinery, can be found nestled in the foothills of the Peak District in Northern England.

Amidst rocky crags and forests of sweet chestnut and sycamore, I look to both the natural world outside my window and the worlds of words in my bookcases to weave together magical visions, which I present to you here.

Here on Whymsi Row, I believe life is short, so let's make believe. I am here for the dreamers, the readers, the cosplayers, the explorers and the adventurers. For everyone who never stopped playing dress up. Whether you are a woodland fae idling under a mushroom's canopy, or a fearless dragon rider soaring through the valley, or a vexatious witch alighting on a gothic castle's balcony- I got you!

My name is Row (yes, really!) and I am a PhD drop-out turned full-time writer, climber and crochet pattern designer. I grew up reading every book I came across and trying every craft I could get my grubby little mitts on, but I found crochet later on.

I love crochet because of the endless possibilities it presents. Take a varied medium like fibre, add to it the single point of contact that is your hook, and you can quite literally construct anything you can imagine... with enough frogging and swearing, of course! 

In my crochet imaginings, I focus on using our most beloved fibre medium to design structural, quirky oddities which capture the imagination and transgress the boundaries of time and tradition. I hope you enjoy transgressing them with me.

"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau