FROM RUSTY METAL TO WORKS OF ART with Tracy Fox ~ Dyer, Print Maker & Artist
There are many strings to Tracy Fox's bow, she describes herself as a dyer, print maker and artist creating the most beautiful art fabrics in her home studio in Manchester. She also uses her fabric t…
YARNDALE 2022 : A Festival of Yarn & Friendship
It hardly seems a year ago that I last followed the Yarn Walk to Skipton Auction Mart for Yarndale 2021. Last year saw the yarn festival based in North Yorkshire return after Covid, and this year it'…
MAKING STITCHES PODCAST SERIES 6 TRAILER
Hello there! Making Stitches Podcast will be returning to your podcast feed again very soon with a brand new series. I'm looking forward to bringing you some more inspiring maker stories with guests …
COLOURFUL SOCKS & JUMBO CROCHET HOOKS with Winwick Mum & Juey Jumbo Craft Tools
Hello and welcome to Episode 50 of Making Stitches and the last episode in this series. As it's the end of the current series, I thought I'd reconnect with a couple of friends of the podcast and catc…
KNITTING, CROCHET & THE ONLINE CRAFT COMMUNITY with Emmaknitty
Hello and welcome to this, the penultimate episode of this current series of Making Stitches Podcast! This time, Emma Munn AKA Emmaknitty is my guest sharing the story of her creative journey into kn…
YARN, FOOD, NATURE & THE UNIVERSE with Kitey from the Yarn Whisperer
The last couple of years have seen many of us take a step back and reconsider what it is we want to do with our lives. The pandemic gave us a new perspective and often forced us to change paths. Kite…
FROM LAW TO CROSS STITCH with Sally Wilson from Caterpillar Cross Stitch
Like so many makers, despite loving all the creative subjects at school, Sally Wilson took a traditional route of study and then a 'conventional' career which for her was as a lawyer. However, whilst…
A NEW VENTURE FOR THE CROCHET PROJECT with Joanne Scrace
This time on Making Stitches Podcast, crochet is under the spotlight and Joanne Scrace from The Crochet Project in particular.
The Crochet Project was set up to design and write beautiful crochet pat…
PRESERVING THE FABRIC OF OUR HISTORY with The People's History Museum
This time on Making Stitches Podcast, I'm taking you out on the road with me to the People's History Museum in the centre of Manchester. It is the national museum of democracy and home the world's la…
CROCHET & KNITTING AT THE WOOLNEST with Lynne Rowe
Crochet & Knitting designer Lynne Rowe is my guest for this episode of Making Stitches Podcast.
Lynne first learned to knit and crochet as a child, but it was after the birth of her own children that…
COLOUR, CREATIVITY & A COMMUNITY KICK-STARTER with Clare Albans from hellohooray.com
Hello and welcome to this episode of Making Stitches Podcast celebrating the joys of colour and creativity as well as community support.
When Clare Albans left a career in music behind, hand embroide…
CROCHET-TASTIC with Hannah Cross from Hanjan Crochet & Amanda Bloom from Little Box of Crochet
Welcome to a crochet-tastic double bill of Making Stitches featuring not just one, but two inspirational makers; Hannah Cross from Hanjan Crochet and Amanda Bloom from Little Box of Crochet.
My first…
FROM UKRAINIAN EMBROIDERY TO CANADIAN QUILTING with Olesya Lebedenko
Hello and welcome to the first episode in this new series of Making Stitches Podcast!
Kicking off the series is a chat I had with Ukrainian artist Olesya Lebedenko. Olesya first got creative as a youn…
MAKING STITCHES PODCAST SERIES 5 TRAILER
Hello there! Making Stitches Podcast will be returning to your podcast feed very soon with a new series. I'm looking forward to bringing you some more inspiring maker stories with guests from the wor…
FORGIVENESS, HOPE & KNITTED BEARS with Figen Murray
Figen Murray first took up knitting seriously to help her cope with hearing loss. At the time, she was working as a psychotherapist, and decided to practice what she preached and turned to creativity…
CELEBRATING FREEDOM & CRAFTY RESOLUTIONS FOR 2022 : The Making Stitches Podcast Review of the Year (Part 2)
I hope you've had a lovely Christmas! I have one last gift for you this year before the clock strikes midnight again and we begin another year. Following on from the Happy Stitchmas episode published…
HAPPY STITCHMAS 2021! The Making Stitches Podcast Christmas Special & Review of the Year (Part 1)
It's Christmas Eve, so here's my Christmas gift to you dear listener! This year I'm splitting my Christmas Special into two halves, the first one is here for you today, and the second one will be out…
MOORIT AND THE WONDERS OF CROCHET with Alyson Chu
When Alyson Chu spotted a gap in the market for a high-end crochet magazine, she decided to draw on her publishing experience and put one together herself. With Kick-Starter backing of over 600 indiv…
CRAFTING A DREAM SEWING BUSINESS with Freya Gilbert and Sarah Wadey of Crafty Sew and So
When Freya Gilbert and Sarah Wadey met at a sewing workshop in 2014, they knew they had met a kindred spirit. Within months they followed their dreams of setting up a sewing business and opened their…
THE POWER OF THE CRAFT COMMUNITY with Sara Mulvey of Black Sheep Wools
I have been wanting to share this episode with you for a very long time. Back in the darkest days of Covid and lockdown in the Spring of 2020, one of the things which kept me going was watching the s…