Pleased that Theo appeared to think the idea positive, Alvin shrugged a little "I can still design," he waggled the fingers on his good hand. It was fortunate it was his dominant hand that hadn't been injured. Not having both was the struggle with actually fashioning the brooms themselves, but he could still draw. Alvin couldn't even lift his pint with his bad hand, the grip was far too weak and the glass too heavy, which also attributed to an inability to old onto a broom to carve or sand, or even hold a gauge for that matter.

"Sort of struck up a partnership with Miss Penelope Fawcett." Penny had been the year ahead of him, so two years ahead of Theo, but she was no stranger to the quidditch world either. "She was abroad apprenticing for a while." Just like he had been before he'd accidentally imploded his career. "She's been working with Grimstone too, but we've struck up a sort of agreement. I can do everything but the actual crafting." Which was better than nothing, he'd come to realize after a long bout of self-loathing and hopelessness. "I've been painting to get by financially," which was slightly embarrassing, but anything to have his own income. "But finding I still prefer sketching and now I can do something with it again." Even if crafting and creating had been the part he'd enjoyed the most, having anything to do with the process these days was enough.

Being on the design end wasn't so bad, especially when he had Penny to bounce ideas off of. Not to mention they could piece out the charmwork together. He'd always been pretty good at it, but was finding two heads were better than one.