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Woolspiration: Knitting Pretty c.1955
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted a Woolspiration post. I’ve been gathering an archive over the past year and am looking forward to sharing these videos, articles and books with you more...
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Jude’s birth story: Part 1
This is part one of Jude’s birth story, you can read Coltrane’s birth story here It’s been a journey to get here and one I know so many woman find themselves on. A year ago we were mourning yet another...
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Woolspiration: Sheep to Shop 1924
Another charming Woolspiration video for you this week, this time of the various stages of yarn manufacturing intended for hosiery and knitted goods. You’ll find machines very similar to this still in...
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Episode 77: Maura Grace Ambrose – Grandma’s attic, Americana, Family...
Sponsor: Making is a bi-annual handcrafts publication created by Carrie Bostick Hoge of Madder, that brings crafts people from different areas of focus to one publication. The act of making helps to...
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Episode 78: Emily Chamelin-Hickman – Shearing life, Wool business,...
Sponsor: Sunday Knits has quickly become one of my new favorite yarns to knit with. Started in 2008 by Carol Sunday, Sunday Knits is a collection of 4 merino and merino blend yarns and beautiful...
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Episode 79: Jessica Lewis Stevens – Librarianship, Natural Dyeing,...
Sponsor: The Sated Sheep opened in February of 2015 in Dripping Springs Texas by Allison Wilcox. After practicing as a clinical psychologist for 30 years, Allison began looking to do something...
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Episode 80: Beatrice Perron Dahlen – Making a creative living,...
Sponsor: Taproot Magazine, is a quarterly print magazine full of delightful stories and photos written by and for people living fuller and digging deeper. Each issue is created around a subtle theme,...
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Episode 81: Melanie Berg – A career in IT, Germany, Yarn Weights and...
Sponsor: Shibui Knits was born in 2007, in the basement of Darcy Cameron’s yarn store Knit Purl in Portland, Oregon. Faced with the limitations of yarn from big-brand companies, she started her own...
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Episode 82: Rebecca Burgess – Natural dyeing, Regional fiber systems,...
Sponsor: My Sister Knits is a locally owned and loved yarn shop located in For Collins, CO, minutes away from Historic Old Town and located in a carriage house. What started out as a small venture for...
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Episode 83: Olga Buraya-Kefelian – Improvisation, linguistic studies,...
Sponsor: Texture, fit, technique, style. Just a handful of elements that inspire today’s knitter to pick up needles and cast on. When it comes to men who knit or those who wish to knit for them,...
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Episode 84: Sarah Sunshine – A wool love story, natural parenting, wool...
Sponsor: The Yarn Collective is a new fibre and design company focused on working with the best independent designers to bring you luxurious hand-dyed yarns in a range of inspiring colorways. The...
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Announcing Making + Woolful
This week is a big week, as it marks the joining of forces between two amazing companies, Making + Woolful. Together we are stronger and can bring more to this community that we love so much. Making...
View ArticleComing next Friday: The Making Podcast
For the past few months we’ve been busy getting the new Making podcast off the ground. As many of you know, Carrie and I joined forces last October and the Woolful podcast is now known as the Making...
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No. 1 / COLOR – Making a discovery with Carrie Hoge & Ashley Yousling
For the past few months we’ve been busy getting the new Making podcast off the ground. As many of you know, Carrie and I joined forces last October and the Woolful podcast is now known as the Making...
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No. 2 / COLOR – Connecting with Mexico through handcrafted beauty, with...
Collectivo began as an idea in 2016 and was founded by Vail Fletcher, a professor of gender and environmental studies with a fascination for the handmade, Jessica Helgerson, an interior designer with a...
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No. 3 / COLOR Re-envisioning the fiber landscape with Jared Flood
Sometimes we forget that those behind some of the biggest names and companies in the industry are just that; people with a vision, makers with a mission and entrepreneurs with a passion and will so...
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No. 4 / COLOR – Sewing with purpose, with Anna Graham
Anna Graham has her hands in a lot of sewing goodness these days and if you’re a Making magazine reader you may be familiar with her work, from petal pouches and totes, to wallets and her newest...
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No. 5 / COLOR – Discovering your craft with Cal Patch
Cal Patch is a celebration of color, of crochet, of sewing and the confidence it takes to explore such crafts. If you’re a Making magazine reader you may be familiar with her work, from posies and...
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No. 6 / COLOR – Sewing Happiness with Sanae Ishida
I love hearing people’s stories, the journey, the deep and the not so deep. It’s the very reason I started the podcast back in 2014, because hearing someone’s story, their creative story, is inspiring...
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No. 7 / COLOR – Knitting Narratives with Anna Maltz
Anna Maltz is charming and delightful, and her voice is strong…as an artist, designer, entrepreneur and story-teller. If you follow her on Instagram, you’re probably familiar with her sweater spotting...
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