Episode 51: my first shawl design!

Knitting and crochet podcast on Youtube about craft, culture, making & fun modern projects

Welcome back to my knitting podcast! I’ve been busy exploring knitting and herbal remedies, healing through making and nature and food… In this episode, I share the inspiration behind Hawthorn Tincture, my latest design and first shawl knitting pattern! I hope you enjoy listening to the connections I’ve made between knitting, the outdoors, friendships, and […]

Sheep Skein Sweater 2: Exploring the yarn

A sheep in a field in Scotland, part of the knitting design process

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Sheep-Skein-Sweater: behind the scenes of knitting design

Sketches, wool yarn and knitted swatches for designing a modern knitting pattern

Since last summer, I’ve been intermittently working on a sweater design collaboration with Black Isle Yarns in conjunction with the relaunch of their Killen sock yarn. In addition to this sweater project, I ended up creating the Oregano socks pattern, which actually uses an older batch of this yarn. But this larger project has been […]

Interview with Natalie Warner, knitwear designer

Natalie Warner, London based knitting teacher and knitwear designer interview

On a very sunny summer afternoon, I visited knitwear designer, teacher and writer Natalie Warner in her garden. In this interview edition of my knitting podcast, I chat with Natalie about all things knitting, design and history. A fascination with makers and making Natalie is a lifelong maker who grew up in a vibrantly creative […]