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| Jared Flood | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jared Flood |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Knitting designer; entrepreneur; writer |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Known for | Brooklyn Tweed; modern rustic knitting design |
Jared Flood Jared Flood is an American knitting designer, entrepreneur, and publisher known for founding Brooklyn Tweed and shaping contemporary knitting aesthetics. His work bridges traditional textile techniques with modern pattern publishing and yarn production, influencing designers, yarn companies, and craft communities. Flood's career encompasses design, small-batch milling, editorial projects, and collaborations across the craft and fashion sectors.
Flood was born and raised in the United States, where early exposure to family craft practices and regional textile traditions shaped his interests. He pursued studies that connected liberal arts contexts with creative practice, engaging with craft communities in urban centers such as Brooklyn and rural textile regions including Vermont and New England. Influences from historical textile movements and institutions like the Cooper Union-adjacent craft scenes informed his early development.
Flood entered the professional knitting and craft world in the early 2000s, contributing designs to independent magazines and online platforms associated with contemporary craft. He published patterns and essays that appeared alongside work from figures connected to Interweave Press, Vogue Knitting, and digital communities on platforms similar to Ravelry. Flood's patterns emphasized construction details favored by readers of magazines such as Knitting Magazine and communities organized around events like the New York Sheep and Wool Festival.
Flood founded Brooklyn Tweed, a company integrating yarn production, pattern publishing, and brand-driven retail. Brooklyn Tweed developed partnerships with US-based mills and small-scale suppliers, positioning products within markets influenced by retailers such as Etsy, independent yarn shops (IYOs), and trade shows like TNNA. Beyond Brooklyn Tweed, Flood has been involved in editorial ventures and collaborations with publishers and textile producers in contexts connected to Portland and textile-focused regions in North Carolina and Scotland for sourcing and consulting.
Flood's design aesthetic draws on rustic, utilitarian garments from nineteenth- and twentieth-century sources, referencing archival patterns and millwork traditions associated with places like Scandinavia and the British Isles, including influences traceable to Shetland and Isle of Man knitting histories. His techniques favor clear construction, seamless shaping, and textured stitch patterns such as cables and slipped-stitch motifs seen in patterns circulating among designers influenced by Elizabeth Zimmermann-derived methodologies and traditions exemplified by publishers like School of St. Matthew-adjacent crafts (contextual). He often uses worsted and aran-weight yarns and emphasizes gauge, fiber content, and finishing practices shared with milliners, tailors, and pattern authors working in similar spheres.
Flood's catalogue includes dozens of commercial patterns, books, and pattern collections distributed through print and digital channels in venues frequented by subscribers to Knitty, Interweave, and independent presses. His pattern releases have been adopted by knitting groups and bookshops, and he has edited and produced pattern anthologies and seasonal lookbooks that appear at events such as the Stitching and Craft Fair-type markets (contextual) and on online marketplaces connected to craft publishing. Many of his patterns prioritize modular construction to suit both novice and experienced makers who reference canonical texts by authors like Barbara Walker and Elizabeth Zimmermann.
Flood has collaborated with textile mills, yarn dyers, pattern designers, photography studios, and editorial teams aligned with craft media outlets and fashion publications including partnerships that echo models used by houses collaborating with Vogue-adjacent craft editors and independent design studios. His influence extends through teaching appearances, workshops at fiber festivals such as the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival and professional talks at creative conferences, shaping practices among independent designers, dyers, and small mills in regions from New England to the Pacific Northwest.
Flood and Brooklyn Tweed have received recognition within craft and small-business communities, including features in craft magazines, design roundups by editors associated with Vogue Knitting-style publications, and nominations for industry awards given at trade events comparable to TNNA showcases. His work is frequently cited in discussions of contemporary knitting revival by commentators affiliated with textile history programs and craft journalism outlets connected to institutions such as the Cooper Hewitt collection and regional craft councils.
Category:American designers Category:Knitting