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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
The SweetGeorgia Show is celebrating its 100th episode.
Felicia started the podcast to reconnect with her craft after a break.
The podcast has evolved alongside SweetGeorgia's offerings.
Creating videos for YouTube was pivotal for Felicia's teaching.
SweetGeorgia now offers over 115 video-based courses.
The podcast aims to explore the deeper meaning of crafting.
Felicia emphasizes the importance of community in crafting.
Listeners are encouraged to engage through comments and Discord.
The podcast will be available in both video and audio formats.
SweetGeorgia's mission is to spread joy through color and craft.
Episode 097: The Encouraging, Passionate Spinning Teacher with Debbie Held
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:
1:24 Debbie chats about what got her into spinning in the first place
5:41 Felicia asks Debbie how she combined her creative life and her professional life
9:08 Debbie chats about how spinning helped her in her darkest times in life
13:15 How Debbie encourages people who want to spin for fun or for a career
17:30 Felicia chats about her new e-spinner with Debbie and how spinning can look different for everyone depending on their circumstances in life
20:57 What other kinds of fibre arts are in Debbie's life?
22:03 What kind of spinning trends Debbie is seeing lately
24:53 Debbie and Felicia chat about being multi-craftual makers
25:49 Debbie chats about the fear of creating and how it can hold you back
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:
1:24 Mariana chats about her background in dyeing
4:23 Mariana and Felicia discusses the struggles of making a living off of your craft without feeling you are losing the personal, handcrafted quality of the product
9:45 Mariana chats about how her production dyeing turned more towards community work and teaching people about textiles
12:58 Felicia asks Mariana about her experience in art therapy and using art therapy to help new immigrants to Canada adjust to their new life
20:19 Chatting about the importance of the process of creation
23:08 Felicia asks Mariana about how her values have changed over time
26:01 Felicia and Mariana chat about the loneliness of dyeing and how to make it a more social process
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:
0:49 Felicia and Eli chat about Vlogmas and when Eli visited the SweetGeorgia studios for a knit night
3:30 Eli discusses how she first got into knitting and knitwear design
9:37 Felicia and Eli chat about Selbu mittens and why Eli is hesitant to accept her nickname "The Queen of Selbu Mittens"
14:30 Discussing the thumb of the Selbu mitten
15:43 Eli discusses the unique features of Norwegian stranded colourwork knitting
20:05 Felicia asks Eli if she feels any pressure as a Norwegian knitwear designer to uphold the traditions of Norwegian knitting styles
21:24 Felicia asks Eli about how she started her YouTube podcast
27:04 Eli gives advice to anyone wanting to start their own YouTube channel
30:50 Eli chats about being a PHD student and knitwear designer at the same time
33:10 Felicia asks Eli about her plans for after she gets her PHD
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:
2:00 Benjamin chats about how he got into the fibre arts industry
4:45 Benjamin shares what he is most passionate about at the moment in the fibre arts
5:31 Felicia asks Benjamin about his fashion line and sewing with handwoven fabrics
8:23 How does Benjamin find time to do so many different projects?
12:33 Bejamin's perspective on how to bring people to the fibre arts and possible challenges Millenials face trying to get into the fibre arts world
20:00 What does Benjamin have planned for 2019?
21:27 Benjamin's advice for those who want to get into the fibre arts but don't have a lot of extra income to play with
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:
1:23 Felicia asks Sarah how she discovered yarn and the fibre arts
8:14 What equipment Sarah is currently weaving on
9:02 Is Sarah project-driven or process-driven?
10:58 Sarah's favourite things to weave
12:04 Felicia and Sarah chat about baby wraps
17:56 Other than her Etsy shop and baby wrap business, what other textile and fibre projects has Sarah pursued?
20:50 Sarah's advice for anyone who wants to dip their toes into the weaving world and how GISTis helping to spread weaving education
24:28 The recent resurgence of weaving and what draws people to the craft
26:31 How Sarah finds time for her own personal weaving projects
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:
1:52 Katrina chats about how she got started with fibre arts
6:29 Felicia asks Katrina what end results she is looking for when making her carded fibre and preparing fibre
8:52 Katrina talks about her steep learning curve she encountered on her spinning and dyeing journey and all the felted fibre along the way
12:29 How did Katrina make the transition form having a photography business to a fibre business?
17:06 What Katrina brings from her career as a photographer to her fibre arts business and competition in the hand-dyed industry
25:39 Felicia asks Katrina how she balances the slow nature of carding fibre with the business requirements for efficiency
30:50 Katrina chats about her new book she published with -
Here's Where You Can Find Katrina: Enter the Giveaway for a free copy of Unbraided: The Art and Science of Spinning Colour:
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:
2:14 Coty explains what the Nomad Noos business entails
3:30 Coty chats about the kinds of animal fibre Nomand Noos uses in their yarns and how it's collected
8:28 Felicia and Coty chat about how the fibre is processed after being collected
10:36 Felicia asks Coty about the team of spinners Nomad Noos employs and their kickstarter campaign
17:24 Discussing what happens to the yarns after they are spun
21:49 How Nomad Noos got started
26:30 Discussing the value of slow cloth and slow fashion
28:21 What does the name "Nomad Noos" mean?
29:28 Where to find Nomad Noos online
31:27 Felicia's Final Notes
Here's Where You Can Find Nomad Noos:
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082: Crafting a Creative Business with Hanna Lisa Haferkamp
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:
1:12 Felicia reminisces about how she first found out about Hanna Lisa and her work
2:17 Felicia asks Hanna Lisa to introduce herself to the audience and how she got started in the creative world
10:06 Hanna Lisa discusses what kind of clients she supports through her coaching practice and the financial problems experienced when trying to be a knitwear designer or small creative business owner
15:15 What is Hanna Lisa’s advice when it comes to becoming a top knitwear designer?
18:05 Felicia and Hanna Lisa discuss pattern pricing: What’s a fair price to charge?
20:27 Hanna Lisa chats about what it’s like to start a manufacturing business like HLH Designs
Here’s Where You Can Find Hanna Lisa: Thanks for Listening!
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:
1:18 Felicia asks Tien how she got started with the fibre arts
4:36 Tien describes how she became a textile artist full-time
7:55 Tien chats about how she discovered one of her main passions in life: weaving
12:22 Felicia asks Tien about her weaving equipment
14:48 Tien offers words of encouragement to those who are curious about weaving but don’t know where to start
16:44 Tien discusses her time with studying with master weaver Laura Fry
21:52 Felicia asks Tien how she furthers her weaving education on her own after spending time with Laura
Here’s Where You Can Find Tien: Enter the Giveaway for a free online course from Warp & Weave:
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!
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!
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,
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!
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
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!
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 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!
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,
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
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