I often get asked how to put together a short, sharp puppet performance that still feels rich and rooted in folk tradition. Recently I set myself the challenge of building a 15-minute puppet set...
I’ve taken knitted toys to more festivals than I can count: tucked under a...
I still remember the first time I knit something meant to be seen from the...
I remember the first time I set up a two-hour pop-up performance of knitted...
Rain at a summer folk festival is as inevitable as an accordion tune —...
When someone asks me, "How much should I charge for custom knitted character...
I’ve recently fallen into a new kind of craft: shaping my game around the...
I remember the first time I set up a two-hour pop-up performance of knitted puppets at a summer folk festival: a soggy field, a tiny crowd gathered...
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Rain at a summer folk festival is as inevitable as an accordion tune — charming in theory, a nuisance in practice. Over the years I’ve learned...
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When someone asks me, "How much should I charge for custom knitted character commissions at a folk festival?" my mind immediately flips between yarn...
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I’ve recently fallen into a new kind of craft: shaping my game around the right padel tennis racket. It might sound odd coming from someone who...
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I make a lot of small characters. Tiny hands, tilted caps, and button eyes multiply quickly across my needlework basket, and so does the yarn bill....
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When a folk tale is told at a festival it breathes, twists, and grows with every voice. Translating that living, wandering story into a knit pattern...
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I’ve run a pop-up repair and mending station at handfuls of folk festivals and maker markets, and each time I set up I’m reminded how much people...
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There’s a special rhythm to a multi-stage folk festival that I’ve come to know well: the beat of sets overlapping, the rise and fall of a crowd...
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I teach children folk stories through simple knitted puppets because nothing brings a tale to life quite like a small character you can hold and...
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I sell knitted characters and little festival-ready gifts from a small stall at outdoor folk gatherings across the UK, so packaging isn’t just a...
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