Jeanette Sloan

Jeanette Sloan is a British knitwear designer who lives in Bristol, England. Her fresh lace designs are featured in MDK Field Guide No. 15: Open.

With more than 170 designs in her Ravelry portfolio, Jeanette has been working at a peak of imagination and skill for a very long time. Along with many contributions to The Knitter and Knitting magazines, she co-edited a collection with Kate Davies, Warm Hands.  Jeanette is a mentor in the BBC/Britbox television series Make It At Market.

Jeanette is a powerful voice in the ongoing conversation about diversity in the knitting world. In 2018, her article for Knitting magazine, “Black People Do Knit,” set her on a path to increase the visibility and promotion of BIPOC makers in the fiber world. She worked tirelessly to create BIPOC in Fiber, a website that celebrates a huge number of designers, yarn makers, and artists.

In 2023, Jeanette was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to knitwear design and improving diversity in the fiber arts.