Mary Martin is a knitwear designer based in Toronto, Canada, creating innovative fabrics. She has pioneered two reversible techniques: Fission Knitting and Fusion Knitting and is developing Woven Knitting. She draws on her engineering background as she “builds” her fabric. Her computer experience was

applied to creating flexible knitting notation to describe her unique use of cables. When Mary designs

it feels surprisingly like her work building financial structures on Wall Street. Mary started designing when she was knitting chemo caps for a friend with breast cancer. She wanted to

make a reversible hat for her friend but was unable to. This sparked her curiosity about whether it was

possible to place cabled motifs on both sides of the fabric. Her designs reflect what she has learned about

creating reversible fabrics.