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| Season 5, Episode 1: Welcome Back to the SweetGeorgia Show | 12 Mar 2025 | 00:08:16 | |
The SweetGeorgia Show is set to return with a fresh perspective, aiming to explore the deeper intentions behind crafting. This isn't just a podcast about textiles and handcrafts; it's a conversation about the innovation and identity that these crafts represent. We want to understand how the act of making things shapes our identities and how these identities transcend geographical boundaries. In this episode of The SweetGeorgia Show, Felicia Lo reflects on her journey as a maker and the evolution of her brand, SweetGeorgia. She discusses the importance of community in crafting, the challenges and joys of creating, and the renewed focus of the podcast on meaningful conversations about the act of making. With a commitment to fostering connection and creativity, Felicia invites listeners to join her on this new adventure in exploring the stories behind crafting. Takeaways
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| Episode 097: The Encouraging, Passionate Spinning Teacher with Debbie Held | 17 Dec 2019 | 00:49:27 | |
This week Felicia is talking with writer and spinner: Debbie Held from Atlanta, Georgia. If you've been following our news at SweetGeorgia this year we created a brand new Ambassador Program this past August and introduced nine people in the knitting and fibre arts world to help SweetGeorgia share the love of colour and craft and Debbie is one of those ambassadors. Debbie was chosen as an ambassador due to her passion for handspinning and her ability to share it with the community in such an encouraging and inviting way. She has written for Interweave, Schacht Spindle Company, Spin Off, Ply magazine, and more. And her writing has led to teaching opportunities all over the world. We hope you'll join us for the chat today! "...finding spinning has brought me an entirely new, incredibly rewarding life... I just feel lucky." - Debbie Held on how her life drastically changed when she was introduced to the art of spinning In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Debbie: Website: www.debbieheld.com Instagram: @doodler01 Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/doodler01 Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so we welcome your comments. Thank you all so much for your continued support of our show! Until next time, enjoy colour! Music Credits: Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic | |||
| 088: Textile Art with Mariana Frochtengarten | 13 Aug 2019 | 00:39:04 | |
This week, Felicia is joined on the show by Mariana Frochtengarten: a textile artist and art educator with an extensive background in dyeing. Specifically, she's had more than 20 years of experience in resists dyeing techniques like batik and shibori. A few years ago, Mariana worked at SweetGeorgia as one of the dyers in our dye team but now has begun teaching art. This past summer, Mariana has once again been reunited with us as we recorded a course for The School of SweetGeorgia all about shibori dyeing techniques. Join Felicia and Mariana as they chat about textile arts and it's many different values in our society. "...focusing on technique, teaching technique but also just... approaching textiles as a language, as a form of expression, as a way of doing something that... is in a way... is so present in every culture and in everybody's life so that was really a way for me to... link with community, link with people..." - Mariana on why she enjoys being an art educator In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Mariana: Instagram: @nanafro Email: nanafro@gmail.com Shibori Dyeing Basics Course Forum Page: www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/community/forum/shibori-dyeing-basics Enter the Giveaway for a Free 3-Month Subscription to The School of SweetGeorgia:If you want to check out Mariana's course on shibori dyeing and all of our other fibre arts courses in The School of SweetGeorgia, enter our contest to win a free 3-month subscription! Click here to enter the giveaway » Thanks for Listening!Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, | |||
| 087: Exploring Norwegian Colourwork Knitting with Eli of Skeindeer Knits | 30 Jul 2019 | 00:38:49 | |
On this week's episode, Felicia is chatting with Eli: a London-based Norwegian knitting pattern designer highly influenced by traditional Norwegian knitting. She is also the hostess of the Skeindeer Knits podcast and has published over 100 episodes! Join Felicia and Eli as they chat about colourwork knitting! "...me personally I think you can change things that have been a certain way and it will still be that thing and ok but even if it's not that thing anymore... that's how things take on new forms and become interesting and new things... either way I think that's cool" - Eli on wether a design is truly considered a traditional Selbu mitten or not In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Eli: Website: www.skeindeer.com YouTube Podcast: www.youtube.com/skeindeerknits Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/designers/skeindeer-knits Ravelry Group: www.ravelry.com/groups/skeindeer-knits Instagram: @skeindeer Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so we welcome your comments. Thank you all so much for your continued support of our show! Until next time, enjoy colour! Music Credits: Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic | |||
| 086: Benjamin Krudwig on the Millenial Myth | 16 Jul 2019 | 00:30:31 | |
This week Felicia welcomes Benjamin Krudwig: a textile and fashion designer from Lafayette, Colorado. Benjamin teaches tapestry and rigid heddle weaving in shops along the Colorado front range. When he isn't designing, he's spending time with his wife and two cats! Join Felicia and Benjamin as they discuss how to welcome more people into the fibre arts world!
"What I've figured out that works best for me is scheduling it into my life... from this time to this time I'm going to be in my studio. And whatever the means it could be weaving, could be sewing, could be sketching... I've carved out that time for me... there isn't really a magic wand except for try to make it a priority... if we don't put that into our schedule then it's never going to happen... I think... allowing yourself to have that is important. " - Benjamin Krudwig on finding the time for fibre arts projects In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Benjamin: Website: www.benjaminkrudwig.com Fashion Website: www.benjamincollyn.com Fibre Arts Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/BenjaminKrudwig Fibre Arts Instagram: @benjamin_krudwig Fashion Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/BenjaminCollyn Fashion Instagram: @benjamin_collyn YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/benjaminkrudwig Enter the Giveaway for a Free Custom Made T-shirt from Benjamin's Fashion Line: Benjamin is generously offering a custom made t-shirt from his fashion line in his printed branch or mountain fabric! Click here to enter the giveaway » Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for t | |||
| 085: Weaving with Meaning with Sarah Resnick of GIST Yarn & Fibre | 02 Jul 2019 | 00:33:10 | |
This week, Felicia is talking with Sarah Resnick, the founder of GIST Yarn & Fibre: a little shop dedicated to providing beautiful and unusual yarn and weaving supplies to inspire the community of weavers. Join Felicia and Sarah as they discuss the resurgence of weaving within the crafting community! "I... like the process of... making it but... one thing I love about weaving is that it's so tangible... and it's so great for making things that people will have for a long time... the Jewish prayer shawls that I have woven... stay in their lives for a long time and I like the fact that... through a process that comes with a lot of love... there is a finished project that really... can have a meaning in someone's life or in my own " - Sarah Resnick on wether she is process-driven or project-driven In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Sarah and GIST Yarn & Fibre: Website: www.gistyarn.com Podcast: www.gistyarn.com/podcast Instagram: @gistyarn Facebook: www.facebook.com/gistyarn Enter to win 3 cones of Gist Yarn & Fibre's Duet Weaving Yarn: Sarah is giving one of our lucky winners a chance to win 3 cones of Gist Yarn & Fibre's newest weaving yarn: Duet! Duet is a beautiful cotton linen blend yarn that is perfect for your next weaving project! Click here to enter the giveaway » Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so we welcome your comments. Than | |||
| 084: Slow Fibre in a Fast World with Katrina Stewart | 18 Jun 2019 | 00:54:08 | |
This week, Felicia has a special in-studio guest: Katrina Stewart of Crafty Jak's. Crafty Jak's was founded by the mother-daughter team of Judi and Katrina as a way to share the things that they love about crafts and the fibre arts such as hand-dyed yarns, as well as hand-dyed and hand-carded spinning fibre. Katrina also teaches various spinning classes at our SweetGeorgia studios as well as other yarn shops in town. We have also recently released a video-based online workshop called Carding for Colourwhere Katrina teaches fibre preparation techniques. Join Felicia and Katrina as they chat about fibre, spinning, colour, and everything in between! "...When you've put so much time and energy into something... it feels like you can't just throw it away. But I think too if you can look at it from 'What did I learn from that experience?' and take that knowledge away, then it really hasn't been wasted in the same way... It's one of those things where if we look at it as a learning experience then it's not wasted." - Katrina Stewart on felted fibre and learning In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Katrina: Website: www.craftyjaks.ca Instagram: @craftyjaks Order a copy of Unbraided here: www.craftyjaks.ca/ourstore/books/unbraided-the-art-and-science-of-spinning-colour/ Order an e-copy of Unbraided here: www.blurb.ca/b/9456971-unbraided-the-art-science-of-spinning-colour?ebook=695655 Enter the Giveaway for a free copy of Unbraided: The Art and Science of Spinning Colour:Katrina and Rachel are giving away a copy of their new book: Unbraided: The Art and Science | |||
| 083: Sustainable and Slow Yarns with Nomad Noos | 04 Jun 2019 | 00:34:04 | |
This week Felicia welcomes Coty Jeronimus to The SweetGeorgia Show. Coty is one of the co-founders of Nomad Noos: a new mission-driven luxury yarn company that is dedicated to the concept of slow cloth and slow fashion. Coty and her co-founder Alessandra work to bring handspun, sustainably sourced yarn from Mongolia and Nepal to the hand knitting community. At the core of their mission is this question: What if your favourite knitted project not only gives you a good feeling but also has a positive impact on the world too? Please join Felicia and Coty as they discuss the process of making beautiful and sustainable yarn! "...I was like wow you know I like to knit and I like yarns and I... really want to do something and to show that even with a small brand you can be transparent and you can be traceable and doing good... as a knitter you take time to knit and then have a supply chain where also this is valued.. that was in fact the seed to start Nomad Noos" - Coty on the reason behind the creation of Nomad Noos In this episode, we talk about:
Website: www.nomadnoos.com Kickstarter Campaign (ends June 14th 2019): www.kickstarter.com/projects/nomadnoos/luxurious-yarns-with-a-mission-by-nomadnoos Instagram: www.instagram.com/nomadnoos Facebook: www.facebook.com/nomadnoos Thanks for Listening!Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so we welcome your comments. Thank you all so much for your continued support of our show! Until next time, enjoy colour! Music Credits:Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic | |||
| 082: Crafting a Creative Business with Hanna Lisa Haferkamp | 21 May 2019 | 00:52:02 | |
This week Felicia is chatting with Hanna Lisa Haferkamp who runs HLH Designs: a project bag and knitting tool company. Alongside HLH, Hanna Lisa also runs a successful coaching practice for creative business owners and co-founded and currently runs Making Stories: an independent knitwear design publishing company. Join Felicia and Hanna Lisa as they discuss how to start, run, and sustain a creative business. “Starting off a production based business, starting off small and really focusing on making products that are really really good that you’re proud of… even if that’s in just really small batch numbers… that’s key and that will allow you to then gradually… make more sales and then reinvest the money… into more raw materials and then figuring out what kind of business model really works for you… wether it’s a shop update based… wether you’re doing wholesale or not… I think that can all gradually come as long as you’re really focused on making a really good product and figuring out what your unique story… your niche is. ” – Hanna Lisa Haferkamp on production based businesses In this episode, we talk about:
Here’s Where You Can Find Hanna Lisa: Website: www.hlh-designs.com Business Coaching Website: www.hannalisahaferkamp.com Making Stories: www.making-stories.com Business Instagram: @hlh.design Personal Instagram: @hannalisahaferkamp Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we’re doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, | |||
| 081: Finding Your Colour Courage with Tien Chiu | 07 May 2019 | 00:42:22 | |
Our guest this week is Tien Chiu: a master weaver and (in Tien’s own words) a “certified colour nut”. Tien’s work has been exhibited in museums and featured on the cover of Handwoven magazine. She’s the author of Master Your Craft: Strategies for Designing, Making, and Selling Artisan Work; a book about creative process in craft. She has woven hundred of handwoven fabric swatches and dyed over 2,500 yarn samples in her quest to understand colour. Tien now teaches about colour in weaving at warpandweave.com. Please join Felicia and Tien as they chat about weaving, colour, and the courage to make mistakes. “You can do so many things with weaving… There’s this thing that I think of as the ratio between head and hands… it’s the amount of design time versus the amount of time that you spend making something. So I like solving puzzles… and with knitting there’s not as much to think about… I can design something in knitting that will take a lot longer to knit than it will to design in general… with weaving I find that 80% of my time is spent in design and that’s the part that I really enjoy… It will take me months to design something that will take me about a week and a half to weave. ” – Tien Chiu on explaining her love of weaving In this episode, we talk about:
Here’s Where You Can Find Tien: Warp & Weave: www.warpandweave.com Warp & Weave Courses Page: www.classes.warpandweave.com Tien’s Blog: www.tienchiu.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/warpandweavecolor Enter the Giveaway for a free online course from Warp & Weave: Tien is giving away a free pass to her online course: Colour Courage for Weavers -Basic! If you’d like a chance to win one of this amazing course, click the link below and enter this episode’s secret word. Thank you so much to Tien for donating t | |||
| 080: Cakes, Colourwork, and Vikings with Dianna Walla | 23 Apr 2019 | 00:45:20 | |
This week, Felicia is chatting with Dianna Walla, a knitwear designer currently based in Montreal, Canada. Originally from the United States, Dianna has also lived in Northern Norway for 2 years. The nordic region continues to have a strong influence on her work and she is especially inspired by stranded colourwork in Norwegian knitting. She’s created many colourwork patterns for magazines, yarn companies, yarn stores, and her own brand: Paper Tiger. She also creates videos dealing with colourwork and related topics on the Paper Tiger YouTube channel. Please join Felicia and Dianna as they discuss revitalizing colourwork knitting in modern aesthetics. “The hardest thing is figuring out what to relinquish control of, because sometimes when you end up working for yourself it’s because you like to… have control over what you’re doing and as soon as you hand it off to somebody else you’re… trusting them with this piece of your work which matters a lot to you… But it makes a big difference… ” – Dianna Walla on the pros and cons of outsourcing aspects of knitwear design In this episode, we talk about:
Here’s Where You Can Find Dianna: Instagram: @cakeandvikings Website: www.paper-tiger.net YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/PaperTiger Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we’re doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or | |||
| 079: Street Fashion and Modern Colour in Knitwear Design with Caitlin Hunter | 09 Apr 2019 | 00:41:16 | |
This week, Felicia is chatting with Caitlin Hunter. Caitlin runs her own knitwear design company called Boyland Knitworks and lives in Oregon with her husband and three boys. Caitlin has a degree in apparel design and manufacturing and worked as a designer in the traditional fashion manufacturing industry before leaving her career to care for her children before becoming the successful knitwear designer she is today. Caitlin’s garments feature fantastic stranded colourwork and are designed to be fashionable, comfortable, and fun! Please join Felicia and Caitlin for their discussion on fashion, colour, and designing! ” In fashion for so long we women have been… stuffed into uncomfortable garments. So there’s nothing really less flattering than seeing somebody who they might look great standing still but they can’t walk in their outfit… or they’re pulling on their hem, adjusting things… it’s not fun to be that person… To try to find that happy balance between looking good and feeling good… that’s my sweet spot. ” – Caitlin Hunter on designing knitwear that’s fun to make and wear In this episode, we talk about:
Here’s Where You Can Find Caitlin: Instagram: @boylandknitworks Website: www.boylandknitworks.com Ravelry: Boyland Knitworks Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we’re doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so we welcome your comments. Thank you all so much for your continued support of our show! Until next time, enjoy colour! Music Credits: Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic | |||
| Episode 096: Finding Playful Joy and Purpose Through Knitting with Claudia Gossens | 03 Dec 2019 | 00:40:34 | |
This week on the show, Felicia is chatting with Claudia Gossens: the owner of the yarn shop Lanaphilia in Germany. Claudia has a joyful passion and excitement for yarn, fibre, knitting, and colour in everything she does and recently began sharing her experiences on her podcast: Wollinspirationen (available in German only). It’s always wonderful to be able to chat with yarn shop owners from all over the world so we hope you’ll join Felicia and Claudia for their conversation!
"...the feedback is enormous and I love it, it's just like having a huge amount of good knitting friends." - Claudia Glossens on how her podcast, Wollinspirationen enhances her fibre arts world In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Claudia: Website: www.lanaphilia.de Podcast: https://wollinspirationen.de Instagram: @lanaphilia Ravelry Group: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/lanaphilia Enter to win a Copy of the Taurus Shawl Pattern: Claudia is giving our listeners a chance to win a copy of her pattern: Taurus a triangular shawl that plays with slipped stitches. Thank you Claudia! Click here to enter the giveaway » Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, | |||
| 078: Creating Colour Systems with Alanna Wilcox | 26 Mar 2019 | 00:42:49 | |
This week’s guest is Alanna Wilcox: a Master Spinner, art educator, weaver, knitter, artist, author, and teacher! Alanna has also written an incredible book on spinning, A New Spin On Colour and a dyeing guide, Dyeing To Get The Colours You Want. Please join Felicia and Alanna as they discuss spinning and Alanna’s massive dye formula project she is undertaking! In this episode, we talk about:
Here’s Where You Can Find Alanna: Instagram: @spinnybuns Website: www.alannawilcox.com Colour Matching Dye Formulas: www.alannawilcox.com/colormatchingdyeformulas Facebook: Alanna Rothschild Wilcox Enter the Giveaway for a copy of A New Spin on Colour and 5 Free Dye Formulas: Alanna is giving our listeners a chance to win an e-copy of her book A New Spin on Colour and 5 free dye formulas! If you’d like a chance to win this awesome prize pack, click the link below and enter this episode’s secret word. Thank you so much Alanna! Click here to enter the giveaway » Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we’re doing here, please le | |||
| 077: Knitting Design and Life Through the Lens with Sylvia McFadden | 12 Mar 2019 | 00:52:40 | |
Sylvia is a knitwear designer who has self-published several knitwear design collections. She is well-known for her Waiting for Rainshawl which is one of the first shawls of this design to use short rows and lace together. Sylvia is also a photographer and does all the photography for her gorgeous collections. Please join us this week as Felicia and Sylvia discuss photographing knitwear! In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Sylvia: Instagram: @softsweater Website: www.softsweaterknits.com Ravelry: softsweater Ravelry group: www.ravelry.com/groups/softsweater-knits YouTube: The Wrong Side Podcast Facebook: Softsweater Knits Enter the Giveaway for a copy of Gentle Armour: Sylvia has generously offered our listeners a chance to win a hard copy of her shawl collection Gentle Armour: Five Shawls for Sensitive People! If you'd like a chance to win these gorgeous patterns click the link below and enter this episode's secret word. Thank you so much Sylvia! Click here to enter the giveaway »
Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please | |||
| 076: Zombies, Skulls, and Sheep - Extraordinary Colourwork with Andrea Rangel | 26 Feb 2019 | 00:55:30 | |
This week Felicia is chatting with Andrea Rangel: a prolific and popular knitwear designer living in Victoria, British Columbia. She is the author of two books: Alterknit Stitch Dictionary and Rugged Knits. Although creating knitting patterns and planning workshops keeps her busy most of the time, Andrea also loves cycling and hiking when she can. She also has a great passion for sewing and dreams of having a wardrobe that is entirely handmade! Please join us as Felicia and Andrea discuss colourwork motifs and how to modernize them. “I think the thing about knitting is that it’s so infinite… I never stop learning, there’s always more… That is really exciting.” – Andrea Rangel In this episode, we talk about:
Here’s Where You Can Find Andrea Instagram: @andrearangelknits Website: www.andrearangel.com Ravelry: Andreakr Ravelry group: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/andrea-rangel-knits Twitter: AndreaRKnits Facebook: Andrea Rangel Knits Enter the Giveaway for a copy of Alterknit Stitch Dictionary If you’ve been inspired by Felicia and Andrea’s conversation and want to give stranded colourwork knitting a go, enter our contest to win a free copy of Andrea’s book: Alterknit Stitch Dictionary! Click here to enter the giveaway » Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we’re doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether i | |||
| 075: Kicking off with Questions about Creativity, Art, and Fear with Felicia Lo Wong | 12 Feb 2019 | 00:09:09 | |
Welcome to the first episode of season four of The SweetGeorgia Show! Thank you all for your patience in waiting for this season as it’s been a long time coming. Last year was a busy one of new challenges as we worked diligently to grow my online fibre arts school: The School of SweetGeorgia. Now that the school is off the ground, it’s time to get back to having great discussions with some amazing artists. Please join Felicia this week as she kicks off the fourth season of The SweetGeorgia Show! In this episode, Felicia talks about:
Every Friday Felicia posts an episode of my vlog “Taking Back Friday” on the SweetGeorgia YouTube channel! In this vlog, Felicia discusses what current project she’s working on, happenings at the SweetGeorgia studio, and how to organize life more efficiently to have more time for the crafts we love. Thanks for Listening!Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre arts friends. And if you like what we’re doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so we welcome your comments. Thank you all so much for your support of the fourth season of The SweetGeorgia Show! Until we meet again, enjoy colour! Music Credits:Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic | |||
| 074: Seasons of Craft with Felicia Lo | 23 Jan 2018 | 00:20:29 | |
Thank you for joining us this season on The SweetGeorgia Show! This is the last episode this season and we are doing things a little differently from usual. This week, Felicia is by herself and wants to share with you the idea of “seasons”, why we do this podcast, and why we make it in the way that we do. Perhaps this discussion of seasons will inspire you to think differently about your own crafting life. Please join Felicia this week as she discusses the Seasons of Craft! In this episode, Felicia talks about:
Thank you so much for joining me this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow knitting friends. And if you like what I’m doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. I read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it’s on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so I welcome your comments. Thank you all so much for your support of the third season of The SweetGeorgia Show! Until we meet again, enjoy colour! | |||
| 073: Weaving What Makes You Happy with Jane Stafford | 16 Jan 2018 | 00:55:40 | |
This week Felicia is joined by Jane Stafford: production weaver, teacher, and business owner behind Jane Stafford Textiles on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia. For over 35 years, Jane has been exploring weaving and has built the most extraordinary career in textiles. Jane is the instructor for Louet dealers in North America and you might recognize her from her teaching on Louet’s instructional DVDs and videos. It’s also no coincidence that Jane shares her name with Louet’s newest table loom. The Jane loom is an acknowledgement of Jane Stafford’s years of contributions towards weaving loom design. Seriously, how many people can say that they have a weaving loom named after them? Jane is also the recipient of teacher of the year award from Handwoven Magazine and now teaches exclusively from her studio on Salt Spring Island and her online weaving guild. Join Felicia and Jane this week as they discuss Jane's humble beginnings of weaving her first piece of fabric to creating an online guild so she can reach weavers all over the world! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 072: Exploring Sustainable Fibre Farming with Anna Hunter | 09 Jan 2018 | 00:49:33 | |
This week Felicia is joined by Anna Hunter: knitter, business owner, entrepreneur, community leader, and now shepherdess and homesteader. For some of our listeners in the audience who are from our local Vancouver, BC area, you’ll recall that Anna was the founder of the Baaad Anna’s yarn store in East Vancouver. About two and a half years ago, she sold the store to a longtime friend and customer Paula who has continued to build the store. Since that time Anna, her husband, and her two young sons have had some big adventures on their new farm Long Way Homestead. Please join us as Felicia and Anna discuss the challenges one faces when starting your own farm! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 071: Finding What Sings to You: Romi Hill on Shawl Design | 02 Jan 2018 | 00:44:00 | |
This week Felicia is joined by Romi Hill, a knitwear and jewelry designer. Romi is an inspiration as a knitwear designer who has been working in a very specialized niche in the knitting world. She designs gorgeous shawl pins that go with her equally gorgeous lace shawl patterns. Romi’s work is breathtakingly delicate and awe-inspiring so it’s no surprise her Ravelry group is over 9,000 members strong! Please join us today as Felicia chats with Romi about how she found her passion in designing lace shawls and crafting exquisite shawl pins. In this episode, we talk about:
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| 070: Regal Beading in Knitting with Sivia Harding | 26 Dec 2017 | 00:41:33 | |
This week Felicia is joined by Sivia Harding, a knitwear designer who has been working with fiber and art ever since she can remember. As a youth she became obsessed with the fiber arts and dabbled in weaving, spinning, and dyeing as well as other activities. She finally came to knitting in the year 2000 and almost immediately began to design. Sivia is best known for exceptional lace and bead designs. Her patterns also include accessories, garments, and Möbius creations. Sivia has been widely published in books and collections including Jared Flood’s Wool People series, Twist Collective, and Knitty. She also self-publishes as Sivia Harding Knit Design. Since 2009 Sivia has also been travelling and teaching at larger venues and shows. Please join us as Felicia and Sivia chat about how to add a little extra splendour to your knits with beads! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 069: Preserving Natural Dyeing Traditions with Kristine Vejar | 19 Dec 2017 | 00:51:29 | |
This week Felicia chats with one of her personal heroes in the world of hand-crafted colour: Kristine Vejar. Kristine is a natural dyer, teacher, owner of A Verb for Keeping Warm and the author of The Modern Natural Dyer. She is also the founder of many thoughtful projects including The Seam Allowance and The California Wool Project. Please join us as Felicia and Kristine discuss Kristine’s rich and fascinating journey through textiles, yarn, and colour. In this episode, we talk about:
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| Episode 095: Organizing your Knitting and Life with the Knitter's Planner | 19 Nov 2019 | 00:39:58 | |
This week, Felicia is joined by Kara Gott Warner and Stephanie Palmer of The Knitter's Planner. Kara has been on our show not once, but twice before, as she is the former editor of Creative Knitting Magazine and is now the host of the Power Purls Podcast. She is also a coach for creative women and entrepreneurs and is now the editor of The Knitter's Planner. If you want to listen to Kara's previous episodes with us they are Episode 24 and Episode 50. We are also joined by Stephanie who is the creator and publisher of The Knitter's Planner. Please join us this week and get ready to nerd out about planning and time management!
"...we live in a hybrid time... we are in between two worlds in a sense... I do love my digital planners... but I think that there is just no replacement for putting a pen to paper... there's something meditative about it that you don't get with digital planning and there's a peaceful calming portion and there's a different level of commitment when you're thinking of your own goals and how you're structuring your time with pen to paper... that I just don't think digital can replace." - Stephanie Palmer on analog planners in a digital age In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find The Knitter's Planner: Website: www.knittersplanner.com Instagram: @theknittersplanner Facebook: www.facebook.com/KnittersPlanner Enter the Giveaway to win a Free Knitter's Planner: Stephanie and Kara are giving one of our lucky listeners the chance to win a free custom Knitter's Planner! This is a giveaway you certainly don't want to miss! Click here to enter the giveaway » Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episo | |||
| 068: Creating a Community Through Colour with A Yarn Story | 12 Dec 2017 | 00:39:47 | |
Today Felicia welcomes another yarn shop owner to the show: Carmen Schmidt. Carmen is the owner of A Yarn Story, a knitting shop in Bath, England. She’s also begun a new venture called Walcot Yarns, with the goal of producing luxurious yarns and fabulous patterns for knitters and crocheters alike. A Yarn Story opened almost 3 years ago in 2014 and has become a destination shop for knitters and yarn lovers. Please join us this week as Felicia and Carmen discuss creating a knitting community through colour! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 067: Publishing for a New Generation of Knitters with Pom Pom | 05 Dec 2017 | 00:29:54 | |
This week, Felicia talks with Meghan Fernandes and Lydia Gluck: the two co-founders and editors of Pom Pom Quarterly. If you aren’t already familiar with what Pom Pom is, it’s a beautiful, fresh, and modern quarterly magazine for knitting, crochet, and craft that was founded back in 2012. It’s a magazine that has lovely patterns, thoughtful articles, and useful tutorials. This past summer, they celebrated their 5th anniversary of Pom Pom. In the past 5 years, they have expanded out from magazine to also designing and publishing books, hosting awesome events, and producing a monthly podcast called Pomcast. Meghan is a former American transplant to London, where she lived for a decade. Now back in her native land, she is at the helm of Pom Pom in North America. While in London she wrote her MA dissertation on knitting in 20th century women’s literature and worked for a publisher, a gallery, and a knitting shop, leaving her with a random but particular set of skills that could really only lead to running a knitting magazine. Meghan now lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and baby daughter. Lydia was born in London, grew up in Wales, studied in Manchester, and left her heart in Mexico. Lydia has a background in linguistics, and spends a lot of time trying to draw parallels between knitting and grammar. Now she heads up the London Pom Pom office, which is pretty much her favourite job ever. Please join us this week as Felicia and the Pom Pom ladies discuss creating a new and unique voice for fibre artists! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 066: Ambitious Artistic Knits with Linda Marveng | 28 Nov 2017 | 00:35:23 | |
Today Felicia is joined by Norwegian knitwear designer Linda Marveng. With a background in architectural history, Linda’s design work is stunningly sleek, fashion-forward, and often highly textured with intricate cables. Linda has had several dream jobs in the yarn industry including working for Rowan as a design consultant and also at Loop (a heavenly yarn shop in Islington, London). In 2012, Linda published a Norwegian knitting book of patterns called To rett en vrang Designstrikk. Please join us today as Felicia chats with Linda about how she transitioned from working for various yarn companies to designing her own knitwear visions. In this episode, we talk about:
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| 065: Slow Fashion and Mindful Making with Emma Welford | 21 Nov 2017 | 00:35:47 | |
This week Felicia is joined by knitwear designer, Emma Welford. Emma lives in Western Massachusetts and has been knitting since 2007 and designing since 2011. She is a fellow multi-craftual maker who also sews her own clothes, crochets, and spins on her Lendrum spinning wheel. Emma is no stranger to SweetGeorgia as she has designed two amazing patterns for us in the past: her Fall Break socks and the adorable Ribbonscardigan. Please join us this week as Felicia and Emma discuss slowing down and enjoying the process of creation! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 064: Masterful Weaving with Laura Fry | 14 Nov 2017 | 00:56:30 | |
When you think of mastery in the fibre arts, a few names may spring into your mind. You might think of experts in the field who are working professionally, proficiently, and prolifically. In the field of weaving, you may think of Laura Fry. Laura Fry is a full-time professional hand weaver who started weaving in 1975. In her 40+ years of her weaving career the focus of her weaving has evolved and, in addition to still being a production weaver, she is a dedicated teacher in the field and currently teaching the master weavers certificate program at Old’s College. Laura herself earned certification as one of Canada’s master weavers in 1997 and was the 27th weaver to achieve this honour. Laura has also created two series of videos with Interweave: The Efficient Weaver and Wet-Finishing for Weavers. Please join us for this week’s discussion as Laura chats with Felicia about her journey to becoming a master of her craft. In this episode, we talk about:
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| 063: Planning Your Knitting Life with Martina Behm | 07 Nov 2017 | 00:33:33 | |
This week Felicia is talking with knitwear designer Martina Behm. Martina, a mother of two who currently resides in Northern Germany, has been knitting since she was 12 but started getting serious about it in 2006. Since that time she has developed many fun and well-loved knitting patterns including the Trillian shawl, theBrickless shawl, and the Hitchhiker shawl (which has been knit nearly 28,000 times on Ravelry alone!). In addition to designing knitting patterns, Martina has expanded her online store to include new items such as a paper planner for knitters. Please join us for this week’s conversation about keeping your “knitting mojo”, massive yarn stashes, and utilizing organization tools to make more time for knitting! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 062: Leah Churchley on Combatting Chronic Illness with Crafting | 31 Oct 2017 | 00:38:10 | |
Today Felicia once again chats with Leah Churchley. You might remember Leah from episode 16 of the podcast where she talked her about her experiences with anxiety and how she managed it with knitting. That was back in October 2015, so it’s been about 2 years since we’ve heard from her. Since that episode, lots has happened in Leah’s life, including coming to work at SweetGeorgia as our Digital and Educational Media Assistant. Please join us for this week’s episode as Felicia and Leah catch up and discuss how craft and the community around it can help us face life’s most difficult challenges. In this episode, we talk about:
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| 061: Evolving your Creativity and Craft with Jean Chung | 24 Oct 2017 | 00:28:18 | |
On this week’s episode, Felicia is chatting with Jean Chung, a knitwear/clothing designer who has been knitting since 1992 and designing since 2011. She has been published in Twist Collective, Knitscene, and Holla Knits. Jean is now focusing on publishing her designs only on her blog, Candy and Bagel, and designing and selling dancewear locally to have more time for her family and her full-time legal career. Please join us as Felicia and Jean discuss expanding and exploring new creative ventures! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 060: Patty Lyons on Teaching the Mindful Knitter | 17 Oct 2017 | 00:50:27 | |
Today Felicia is chatting with Patty Lyons: a nationally recognized knitting teacher and technique expert who is known for teaching the “why” not just the “how” in the pursuit of training the mindful knitter. She specializes in sweater design and sharing her love of the much maligned subjects of gauge and blocking. Patty teaches at knitting shows around North America including Vogue Knitting Live, Stitches, and more. She can also be found teaching online through Interweave, Annie’s, and Craftsy. Patty’s “Improve your Knitting” Craftsy class was named “the most popular Craftsy class” in 2013. These days, Patty is also sharing a lot of her knowledge and instruction through her knit alongs on Ravelry. Please join us today as Felicia chats with Patty about her experiences teaching in the knitting industry! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 059: Starting a Weaving Movement with Maryanne Moodie | 10 Oct 2017 | 00:57:34 | |
This week Felicia chats with Maryanne Moodie: a weaver, creative artist, and instructor. Maryanne is a fibre-obsessed maker working between Melbourne and New York. She divides her time between designing woven wall hangings, developing weaving kits, and teaching sold out workshops around the world. She has published a book On the Loom: A Modern Weaver’s Guide as well as two online weaving courses. Her designs are lush, tactile, and gorgeous and have been featured in New York Magazine, Anthology, O Magazine,and Design*Sponge. In this episode Felicia and Maryanne discuss balancing life and art and how our craft can aid us in expressing our emotions in a healthy outlet. Please join us for this week’s conversation! In this episode, we talk about:
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If you are interested in keeping in the loop with what Maryanne is up to, please sign up for her monthly newsletter on her website! | |||
| Episode 094: Building the Craft Industry Alliance with Abby Glassenberg | 05 Nov 2019 | 00:48:14 | |
This week on the show, Felicia is chatting with Abby Glassenberg: a sewing pattern designer, craft book author, writer, and teacher. Since 2005 she's been writing a blog called While She Naps: which is about the home sewing industry and creative entrepreneurship with a focus on craft publishing, fabric manufacturing, feminism, and social justice. Ten years after she started the blog in 2015 she co-founded Craft Industry Alliance and now serves as its president. Join Felicia and Abby as they chat about the crafting industry and the challenges makers have as they pursue the dream of turning their passion into a sustainable business. "...I want to be where people are... and see what it's all about and not... live in fear... when I posted that there were a lot of people who were... really scared of Tik Tok... this is going to steal my privacy... and I understand the fear... about it but I just also feel like... get in there and play... see it with [your] own eyes... I would rather take a look myself than... believe the hype and... not make my own decision" - Abby Glassenberg on crafters being on the new social media app, Tik Tok In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Abby: Abby's Blog: www.whileshenaps.com Craft Industry Alliance Website: www.craftindustryalliance.org Abby's Instagram: @abbyglassenberg Abby Glassenberg Design Facebook: www.facebook.com/pg/AbbyGlassenbergDesign Get a Special Discount for Craft Industry Alliance Membership: If you are a small business owner and are interested in joining the Craft Industry Alliance, Abby has created a special discount code for our listeners to receive 20% off the membership fee! Use the code: SWEETGEORGIA at checkout to receive your discount. Thank you so much Abby! Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every emai | |||
| 058: Fall with SweetGeorgia Vol 3 Launch with Tabetha Hedrick | 03 Oct 2017 | 00:33:29 | |
This week Felicia chats with SweetGeorgia’s Design Director, Tabetha Hedrick about the new Fall with SweetGeorgia collection. The ladies discuss their hectic fall schedules and reveal the inspiration behind the 12 new patterns released just in time for the fall season. So grab yourself a pumpkin spice latte, snuggle under a chunky knit wrap, and enjoy a lively discussion about the latest pattern collection from SweetGeorgia yarns! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 057: A Conversation on Colour with Kaffe Fassett | 26 Sep 2017 | 00:41:15 | |
This week, Felicia speaks with Kaffe Fassett, a leading textiles designer and practitioner of contemporary crafts. He has a loyal following of patchworkers, knitters and embroiderers all over the world. A Californian by birth, he moved to the UK in 1964 where through a series of collaborations, he built his name and reputation. He began by creating knitwear designs for Bill Gibb and Missoni. He became a leading light in the knitwear revival of the 80s. Further explorations led him to needlepoint, mosaics, rug-making, tapestries, fabric design, theatre design and quilting. Kaffe Fassett’s first needlepoint design was commissioned by Pamela Lady Harlech for Lord Harlech. His work has been collected by Barbra Streisand, the late Lauren Bacall, Ali McGraw, Shirley Maclaine and H.R.H. Princess Michael of Kent. In 1988 he became the first living textile artist to have a one man show at the V&A Museum. He has exhibited in countries including Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Canada, the USA and Iceland. His autobiography was released in 2012 (Kaffe Fassett: Dreaming in Colour) followed by a retrospective of his work at the Fashion & Textiles Museum, London in 2013. Kaffe has written many books on colour and design in craftwork. Known and loved by quiltmakers across the world, his masterclasses are attended full to brimming. He inspires people to work with colour in an instinctive way. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://sweetgeorgiayarns.com/podcasts/ Did you like this episode and want to hear more? If so, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and I would be ever so grateful if you shared this with your knitting and crafty friends. If you'd like to experience passionate, relentless, and unapologetic colour for knitters, spinners, crafters, and makers, please visit us at http://sweetgeorgiayarns.com or find us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sweetgeorgia/. | |||
| 056: What I Did This Summer by Felicia Lo | 19 Sep 2017 | 00:16:15 | |
In this episode, Felicia gives a little preview into the upcoming episodes of Season 3 of this podcast and reviews her summer spent building the School of SweetGeorgia, an online video-based fibre arts school for colour-obsessed crafters. Hear about the details about the upcoming "Dyeing Intentional Colour" course as well as the "Colour Play" mini colour theory workshop. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at http://sweetgeorgiayarns.com/podcasts/ Did you like this episode and want to hear more? If so, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and I would be ever so grateful if you shared this with your knitting and crafty friends. If you'd like to experience passionate, relentless, and unapologetic colour for knitters, spinners, crafters, and makers, please visit us at http://sweetgeorgiayarns.com or find us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sweetgeorgia/. | |||
| 055: Minisode! School of SweetGeorgia // putting it in the universe and on Patreon | 09 May 2017 | 00:16:15 | |
It's only been a couple weeks since we closed up Season 2 of The SweetGeorgia Show, but I'm back today with a little tiny minisode about my Patreon and School of SweetGeorgia announcement yesterday.
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| 054: The Season 2 Q&A Finale with Felicia Lo | 18 Apr 2017 | 00:33:59 | |
This is our first ever Q&A episode and Felicia answers YOUR questions! I received nearly 750 question suggestions and finally picked a few popular questions to answer... Questions about craft and creativity, getting creatively unstuck, starting and growing an indie yarn dyeing business, and how I feel about the future of fibre arts, to name just a few! I absolutely loved being able to answer your questions and I hope you enjoy this episode! In this episode, we talk about:
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| 053: Jen Lucas on Stunning Stitches and being an knitwear author | 11 Apr 2017 | 00:37:09 | |
This week, Felicia speaks with Jen Lucas, a knitwear designer who has been knitting since 2004 and designing since 2008. Her designs have been published in several knitting magazines, including Interweave Knits, Knitscene, and Love of Knitting. In fact, you can find all of Jen's nearly 200 knitwear designs on Ravelry. She is the author of two very popular books, called Sock Yarn Shawls and Sock Yarn Shawls II. And as well, she is releasing a NEW book, called Stunning Stitches, which will be available in May 2017. On transitioning into a full-time knitwear design career: "If you want it bad enough, you'll figure out a way to make it work, even over 5 years or 10 years... you can get there eventually, for sure." — Jen Lucas Felicia talks with Jen about her prolific knitwear design career and how she has been able to be so productive and successful with her work. Jen's attitude towards hard work, organization, and focus is so very inspiring and I hope you will join us for this conversation! In this episode, we talk about:
LET'S CONNECT https://www.facebook.com/SweetGeorgiaYarns https://instagram.com/sweetgeorgia
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| 052: Barbara Benson on Mosaic & Lace Kntting | 04 Apr 2017 | 00:48:58 | |
Meet knitwear designer, Barbara Benson, who has just released a new book that combines two-colour mosaic knitting with lace knitting... and this technique and the projects in this book are seriously awesome and I can't wait for Barbara to tell you all about this book. Barbara lives in Tucker, Georgia and this book, Mosaic & Lace Knits: 20 Innovative Patterns combining Slip-Stich Colourwork and Lace Techniques was published in March 2017 and is her very first book. She has also previously had her knitwear designs published in Interweave Knits, Twist Collective, Knitscene, and Knit Now magazines.
ABOUT THE SWEETGEORGIA SHOW Join Felicia Lo, founder of SweetGeorgia Yarns, as she explores the sweet spot between craft, creativity, and colour together with some of the most inspiring knitters, spinners, designers, shop owners, and makers in this handmade community. New episodes are published in seasons every Tuesday so be sure to subscribe on iTunes!
LET'S CONNECT http://www.sweetgeorgiayarns.com https://www.facebook.com/SweetGeorgiaYarns https://instagram.com/sweetgeorgia/
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| 051: Erica Jones of Weavolution on Weaving Community | 28 Mar 2017 | 00:30:09 | |
Today's guest, Erica Jones, runs Weavolution.com together with her husband, Oliver. Weavolution is an online international handweaving community that spans over a 100 different interest groups from rigid heddle to backstrap weaving to tapestry weaving. There are groups for people who own Glimakra looms vs people who own Schacht looms or Kromski looms. Whatever your weaving interest, there is a deep level of conversation happening on Weavolution.com. | |||
| 050: Kara Gott Warner on a new creative chapter & a podcast announcement | 21 Mar 2017 | 00:59:10 | |
Today's guest is Kara Gott Warner, the host of the Power Purls Podcast and is the former executive editor of Creative Knitting Magazine. The Power Purls Podcast is a weekly podcast where Kara empowers newbie knitting entrepreneurs to start and grow a thriving passion-crafted business through engaging conversations with knitwear designers, industry rock stars and everyday knitters with compelling back stories. In fact, her latest episode is a conversation with our SweetGeorgia Knitwear Design Director, Tabetha Hedrick. Kara is on a new journey of creating a business in knitwear through her podcast and delivering video-based knitting education and workshops through her Patreon community. (Just a note, halfway through our conversation Kara had to switch from her microphone to her phone, so the sound quality changes halfway through, in case you were curious!) | |||
| 049 Spring with SweetGeorgia, Vol 2 Launch with Tabetha Hedrick | 14 Mar 2017 | 00:38:35 | |
(Just a note, today's episode sounds rough on Felicia's side of the conversation... almost like she's talking into a tin can, but hopefully you'll still enjoy our chat!) March is finally here and we are delighted to share with you our new Spring with SweetGeorgia, Vol 2 collection! The designs in this collection capture everything that is casual, playful, and eclectic about the spring season. From feminine silhouettes to breathtaking colour in gorgeous textures, these pieces promise ease and lightness for every knitter. See our latest blog post to view all the details as well as our lookbook » Check in with Felicia, Founder + Creative Director of SweetGeorgia, and Tabetha, our Design Director for Knitwear as we chat about each of the pieces in the collection as well as some of the behind-the-scenes stories about how it all came together! | |||
| 093: Teaching the World to Weave with Kelly Casanova | 22 Oct 2019 | 00:37:05 | |
This week Felicia is joined by weaver, teacher, and designer: Kelly Casanova, from Melbourne Australia. Kelly runs an online weaving school called: Kelly Casanova Weaving Lessons and has been working tirelessly to create ongoing weaving instruction, initially with a rigid heddle loom and now with multi-shaft looms. Kelly has been a huge inspiration for Felicia because Kelly was creating online weaving tutorials when there weren't any available. Join Felicia and Kelly as they chat about the involvement and control that weaving offers a fibre artist and how to encourage others to start weaving. "...I felt like I was always looking for something really authentic, like I could do it from start to finish and have as much involvement in the process as I possibly could. And weaving was it for that because I could get the fibre, I could spin it, I could dye it, and then I could weave it, and then I could sew it..." - Kelly Casanova on her love of weaving In this episode, we talk about:
Here's Where You Can Find Kelly: Website: www.kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com Online School: www.kelly-casanova-weaving-lessons.teachable.com YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/kellycasanova Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/kellycasanovaart Facebook: www.facebook.com/kellycasanovatextileandfibreartist Instagram: @casanova_kelly_weaver Enter the Giveaway for 5 Free Weaving Patterns from Kelly's Etsy Shop: If this week's conversation has inspired you to give weaving a try, then enter down below to win 5 free weaving patterns from Kelly's Etsy Shop! | |||
| 048: Angela Tong on Being a Multi-Passionate Crafter | 07 Mar 2017 | 00:48:11 | |
Angela Tong is a lifelong crafter with a soft spot for the fiber arts, but she's never met a craft she didn't like. A certified instructor through the Craft Yarn Council of America, she leads workshops all over the New Jersey area and teaches classes online at Craftsy.com. You can find Angela's knitwear and crochet designs in magazines such as Knitscene and Knit Simple and in the book Knit Noro Accessories. You can also browse her work on her blog, Angela Tong Designs. Today on the show, Felicia talks to Angela about being passionate about multiple crafts, from knitwear design to crochet design to weaving and more. Learn how participating in one online “design your own lace shawl” class taught by Stefanie Japel changed Angela’s life and gave her this brand new career path. And join us as we chat about different strategies for managing and enjoying so many different crafts.
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| 047: Espace Tricot on Building a Yarn Shop Fueled by Friendship | 28 Feb 2017 | 00:51:31 | |
These days, there are so many sad notices and posts about yarn shops closing and one might think that the future of knitting and brick n' mortar stores is bleak. But today on the show, I chat with two passionate knitters and shop owners who are doing it right and have seen year-over-year success with their yarn shop, Espace Tricot. In July 2017, Melissa Clulow and Lisa di Fruscia will celebrate the 7-year anniversary of their yarn shop, Espace Tricot. Located in Montreal, Canada, this store has become an incredible gathering place for the knitting community as much as it is a retail space. And at the heart of Espace Tricot is this friendship that Melissa and Lisa share and the community that they have created.
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| 046: Joji Locatelli on Knitwear Design and "Interpretations Vol 4" | 21 Feb 2017 | 00:40:00 | |
Joji Locatelli tells the beautiful story of how she got started knitting, designing, and collaborating with Veera Välimäki on the Interpretations collections. | |||
| 045: Bristol Ivy, Knitwear Designer on Knitting Outside the Box | 14 Feb 2017 | 00:39:10 | |
Bristol Ivy is a knitwear designer whose work focuses on the intersection of classic tailoring and innovative technique. We talk about her design process and we nerd out about productivity practices including bullet journaling. | |||