Instead he spent his time designing fabrics and wallpaper.
He also did book illustrations, designed wallpaper and fabrics and created ceramics.
What next, I am often asked - well, the latest 'Knitting revolution' is the use of the computer for designing fabrics and garments.
Before the year is out she hopes to design hand-woven fabrics, hand-printed wallpapers and curtains.
This is a single volume with lots of facts and inspiration for the creative knitter to design magnificent fabrics on a knitting machine.
The couple moved to Suffolk in East Anglia where they both painted and designed fabrics.
Constructed from electrically conductive fabric, designed to control electrostatic charges by grounding.
We've been designing fabrics and ornaments and jewels and things.
Eva turned into a designer, and went on to become creative director, designing interiors, fabrics and furnishings at their resorts.
Another type is the Stay Put collection, as it contains rubber strands woven into the fabric designed to grip on to hair painlessly.