I run short, joyful workshops for children at village fêtes a lot — knitted characters have a way of drawing a crowd, and 45 minutes is a sweet slice of time: long enough for real making, short...
I often get asked how I turn a whispered folk tale heard at the back of a...
I set up my first pay-what-you-can yarn-mending stall at a midsummer folk...
I once wondered the same thing: can two small knitted puppets really keep an...
When I design a knitted character, the colour is often the first thing I fall...
I’ve spent many summers walking festival fields with a notebook in one hand...
I once took a single Somerset folktale — a clever sheep that outwitted a...
I once wondered the same thing: can two small knitted puppets really keep an audience rapt for a 20‑minute folk tale outdoors? After years of...
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When I design a knitted character, the colour is often the first thing I fall in love with. A tiny blush on a cheek, a stripe that tells you a...
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I’ve spent many summers walking festival fields with a notebook in one hand and a compact knitted mascot in the other, watching how a tiny woollen...
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I once took a single Somerset folktale — a clever sheep that outwitted a grumpy shepherd — and turned it into three different products that sat...
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I first started thinking about a weatherproof soundbox on a soggy Sunday at a midsummer folk festival, when my little knitted fiddler got soaked in a...
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I’ve sold knitted characters from a stall at dozens of weekend folk festivals, and one of the trickiest challenges has been managing demand for...
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I like to think of a knitted character as a small ambassador: it carries stitches, dye, and a maker's patience, but it also carries a story. At...
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I remember the first time a village storyteller told me a tale about a small, stubborn fox who outwitted a fiddler at the summer fête. I knitted a...
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When I say I can go from idea to a sellable handheld knitted puppet in under three days, I’m not talking about a factory finish — I mean a...
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Rain at a festival has a way of softening the world: umbrellas, steaming cups of tea, and the low hum of music through wet air. It also throws a...
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