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16 Jul 2019
086: Benjamin Krudwig on the Millenial Myth
00:30:30
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
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!
005: Holli Yeoh on Designing and Collaborating for Tempest
00:30:45
Last year, we collaborated with a local Vancouver designer, Holli Yeoh, to put together a book of knitting patterns called Tempest. Holli has been designing sophisticated knitting patterns for over a decade and in this episode, we learn how she started.
20 Oct 2015
016: Leah Churchley on Anxiety & Knitting
00:33:10
Leah Churchley shares her story of being diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and how she manages with the help of knitting.
13 Aug 2019
088: Textile Art with Mariana Frochtengarten
00:39:01
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
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!
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!
059: Starting a Weaving Movement with Maryanne Moodie
00:57:30
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:
2:10 Maryanne chats about splitting her time between her studios in Brooklyn, New York and Melbourne, Australia
3:22 An introduction to Maryanne’s style of frame loom weaving
6:56 How Maryanne found her way to weaving and the weaving community online
13:10 Discussing how Instagram has brought the weaving community together to share works and resources
15:25 Felicia and Maryanne discuss motherhood, identity, and using crafting to cope with life’s daily demands
23:47 Maryanne talks about developing her online weaving classes
30:35 Chatting about Maryanne’s weaving process and how the craft helps her experience emotions fully
38:40 How to balance family life, business, and make the most of the limited time you have to dedicate to your craft
40:15 How various emotions are represented in different aspects of Maryanne’s weaving
42:43 The ladies discuss how sometimes “just pretty” doesn’t draw people in and the freedom of “weaving weird”
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!
16 Jan 2018
073: Weaving What Makes You Happy with Jane Stafford
00:55:36
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:
2:22 Felicia reminisces how she first learned about Jane from a book on a coffee table many years ago
3:27 Jane discusses how she first got introduced to weaving
9:00 Did Jane ever feel like quitting during the long process to becoming a weaver? Jane also discusses the frustration of having so many teachers with different methods.
11:15 Weaving is attractive to many different kinds of people. Some are very exact and precise, some are very free and unstructured. Felicia asks Jane what her personality is when it comes to weaving. Also, the method Jane used to save herself from the tedium of production weaving.
20:02 Is Jane still into production weaving?
21:32 How Jane started to teach weaving to others
25:20 Jane gives advice on how one can start something as seemingly-complex as weaving
34:38 The ladies discuss mistakes and problem solving in weaving and the dangers of perfectionism
38:02 Chatting about how weavers can find support when they are learning online
40:28 Jane discusses her plans for the guild for 2018
44:00 Felicia asks Jane what she considers is good design for weaving and how people can get there
47:17 Jane created the online guild so she could reach more people and have more time for her own personal weaving projects. Felicia asks Jane what she is looking forward to making.
We are back and in this quick mini-episode, Felicia catches up with what's happening right now with SweetGeorgia, book, and baby. I talk about my Taking Back Friday creativity experiment too. Looking forward to more episodes with you soon!
10 Jan 2017
040: A Practical and Powerful Focus for the New Year
00:12:45
This is the first episode of 2017 and I’m excited to share my plans with you for the new year.
18 Jun 2019
084: Slow Fibre in a Fast World with Katrina Stewart
00:54:05
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
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 of Spinning Colour! If you'd like a chance to win an e-book copy, click the link below and enter this episode's secret word. Thank you so much to Katrina and Rachel for donating this prize to our listeners!
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!
035: Educating fibre arts educators with Diana Twiss
00:48:06
At heart, Diana is a teacher. She works full-time as an adult literacy educator for a provincial literacy organization and Capilano University. Diana studied Fine Art and History at university and art education at teacher’s college. Passionate about fibre, fabric, colour and texture, she has introduced many beginners to the wonders of making yarn and has helped experienced spinners experiment with technique, colour, and fibre to take their spinning to a new level. She loves spindles for their simplicity, beauty and portability. For the last decade she’s worked to bring her full-time teaching work together with her fibre passion by teaching fibre arts.
05 Dec 2017
067: Publishing for a New Generation of Knitters with Pom Pom
00:29:52
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:
1:35 Introducing the dynamic duo behind Pom Pom and chatting about how they celebrated the magazine’s 5th anniversary
4:35 Felicia asks the ladies about tips on how to survive knitwear photo shoots
5:20 How Pom Pom Quarterly began
7:20 Discussing what Meghan and Lydia thought was missing from other knitting magazines when they decided to start Pom Pom
9:00 How Pom Pom makes it work without being funded by advertising and how the magazine is able to attract readers from a wide range of ages
12:15 Felicia asks Meghan about her master’s dissertation on knitting in 20th century women’s literature and how feminism fits into Pom Pom
17:10 Chatting about Knitting Outside the Box: a new collaboration between Pom Pom Press and Bristol Ivy
18:44 Felicia asks Meghan and Lydia how they manage to continue Pom Pom Magazine while living thousands of miles apart
22:16 Is there a difference between knitting communities in the US and the UK?
This week on the show Felicia is joined by Angela Smith, the founder and creative director of Purl & Loop. Felicia has mentioned Purl & Loop many times before on the SweetGeorgia YouTube channel because, as an avid weaver, she is a huge fan of their looms. Please join Felicia and Angela as they discuss all things weaving and the big challenges faced when starting out a small business
"...it's an industry I was drawn to because, unlike real estate... well in real estate everyone thinks everything's an emergency... there are no emergencies in fibre. No one was ever going to call me up at 9 o'clock on a Friday night and tell me they had to look at 10 different looms by 9 am on Saturday morning... " - Angela Smith on what inspired her to transition from the world of real estate to the world of fibre arts
In this episode, we talk about:
0:51 Felicia and Angela chat about how they first met
1:27 Angela describes her company, Purl & Loop
2:57 Angela chats about some of Purl & Loops newest projects , including a "delicious" sounding Cord Taco
4:29 How Angela got into the world of fibre arts and started Purl & Loop
7:18 Felicia asks Angela how she transitioned from the world of real estate to owning a fibre arts supply store
11:57 Angela chats about the studio space Purl & Loop occupies
15:45 Angela discusses how the partnership with Liz Gibson helped advance Purl & Loop into a larger studio space
22:15 Chatting about the laser cutter and process that goes into creating the looms
25:15 Discussing the amazing team behind Purl & Loop
26:46 Is Purl & Loop going to venture out beyond weaving supplies?
29:07 Angela chats about Purl & Loop's new circle looms
Enter the Giveaway for a Free Circular Loom from Purl & Loop:
If this week's conversation has inspired you to give weaving a try, then enter down below to win a free circular loom from Purl & Loop! Thanks to Angela and her team for giving our listeners a chance to win one of these gorgeous looms!
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!
Francoise Danoy who is a Franco-Maori American-Australia knitwear designer currently living with her husband in a small village on the southern island Kyushu in Japan. More than just designing knitwear, Francoise also strives to be a mentor to independent fiber artists, entrepreneurs, and aspiring designers.
21 Jul 2015
001: Aimee Gille of L'Oisive Thé and La Bien Aimée
00:29:58
Aimee Gille is an American living in Paris, owner of L'OisiveThé and La Bien Aimée. Aimee talks with Felicia about opening her yarn shops, balancing her family and work life, and building a thriving knitting community.
07 Feb 2017
044: Shannon Cook of VeryShannon on the journey "Within"
00:42:21
This week's guest is Shannon Cook, a Canadian knitting and sewing pattern designer, author, and publisher and the writer behind the very popular blog, Veryshannon.com
23 Apr 2019
080: Cakes, Colourwork, and Vikings with Dianna Walla
00:45:16
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:
1:57 Dianna discusses how she came to love knitting
3:23 How did Dianna expand her knitting skills?
5:30 How did Dianna get into knitwear design
7:00 Digital or analog designing: which does Dianna prefer?
8:33 Discussing the balance between Dianna’s creative world and academic world and the complications of translating knitting patterns
13:05 How to go about becoming a knitwear designer
16:00 How does Dianna find balance between photography, creating tutorial videos, marketing, and all the other aspects of being a self-published knitwear designer
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!
075: Kicking off with Questions about Creativity, Art, and Fear with Felicia Lo Wong
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:
0:53 Why she started The SweetGeorgia Show
2:35 Why she took a year off of the podcast and why she created The School of SweetGeorgia
3:52 The creative itch and the fear that accompanies it
7:13 Felicia’s Final Notes
Check out Felicia’s Vlog
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!
072: Exploring Sustainable Fibre Farming with Anna Hunter
00:49:29
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:
1:43 Anna talks about how she was first introduced to knitting and how she was inspired to open Baaad Anna’s
7:00 Felicia asks Anna how her strong beliefs in community building has affected her decisions in creating Baaad Anna’s and her current business ventures
9:34 Anna talks about why she decided to sell her yarn store and move to Manitoba to start a farm
13:01 Talking about starting up the homestead and the Kickstarter that made Anna’s SponsorSHEEPprogram possible
18:54 Anna and Felicia discuss the SponsorSHEEP program in more detail and how it changes the way fibre artists view the materials they work with
24:00 Garlic VS sheep, escaping llamas, and how Anna documents all that she’s learning living on a homestead
27:09 Anna discusses why local wool production is so important and the lack of wool mills in Canada and how it affects our carbon footprint
36:32 With all the responsibility of keeping a homestead going, does Anna have time to knit?
40:13 What kind of sheep Anna raises on her farm and some nerding out over sheep facts
44:25 How Anna’s family has adjusted from living in the big city to now living on a rural farm
46:07 Where to find Anna online to follow her family’s adventures and information on upcoming SponsorSHEEP opportunities
062: Leah Churchley on Combatting Chronic Illness with Crafting
00:38:07
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:
1:40 Leah fills us in on what’s been happening in her life career-wise since she was on the show 2 years ago
3:31 Felicia chats with Leah about her diagnoses with Crohn’s disease in December of 2016
7:31 Leah explains Crohn’s disease and the “joys” of steroids
10:40 Chatting about how being diagnosed with a chronic illness affected Leah’s career as a web developer and spurred her decision to contact Felicia about a job at SweetGeorgia
15:00 How working at SweetGeorgia helped Leah cope with chronic illness and learn what she really needed in a job
18:20 Using the crafting community and knitting to combat loneliness, depression, and stress
24:16 Felicia asks Leah how she accomplishes all her crafting while dealing with the fatigue that goes along with Crohn’s Disease
28:30 What projects Leah is currently working on
33:45 Felicia asks Leah what advice she would give other people suffering from a chronic disease
065: Slow Fashion and Mindful Making with Emma Welford
00:35:44
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:
2:39 Emma chats about her main passion before she started knitting seriously: sewing without patterns. Felicia also asks Emma how she got into knitting in 2007.
5:11 Felicia and Emma talk about slow fashion, mindful making, and wearing your handmade knits more by examining if they truly fit into your everyday wardrobe. The ladies also ponder if one can truly have too many sweaters.
9:12 Emma and Felicia discuss the “instantaneous pattern lust” on Ravelry and if it causes knitters to make before thinking
11:05 Talking about minimalism and how Emma tries to slow down the process of creation to enjoy it more
15:15 How Emma chooses her colour palettes and her suggestions to others on how to pick yarn colours for projects
20:50 Frosting VS Cake: the struggle of choosing neutral yarn colours in a store
022: Melissa Kwan of Misocraftyknits on Colour and Carpal Tunnel Syndrom
00:36:21
In this episode, I talk to Melissa Kwan, a prolific knit blogger who write Miso Crafty Knits. You’ll hear about how Melissa went from being a super productive knitter who turned out gorgeous finished objects regularly for her blog to suffering from tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome for the past 9 months. We talked about what Melissa has done to protect and heal her hands so she can continue to enjoy knitting. As makers and knitters, spinners and weavers, we use our hands and our bodies all the time and I know I have taken many of those things for granted. I hope you enjoy our conversation and find ways to take care of your own hands too.
15 Dec 2015
024: Kara Gott Warner of Power Purls Podcast and Creative Knitting Magazine
00:38:57
Today on the show, I am talking to Kara Gott Warner, Executive Editor of Creative Knitting Magazine and host of the Power Purls Podcast.
Kara began her career designing knitting patterns in 2002 and her designs have been published in several magazines, including: Creative Knitting, Vogue Knitting, Family Circle Easy Knitting and Interweave Knits.
Kara also has a background as a technical illustrator, working with craft book publishers. She first joined Annie's Publishing in 2008 as knitting book editor, and then in 2010 signed on as Executive Editor of Creative Knitting Magazine and Annie’s knitting publications.
This past fall, Kara launched her new podcast, Power Purls, where she asks her guests to dig deep and explore what turned them on to knitting in the first place.
22 Dec 2015
025: Louise Zass-Bangham on Knitting and Playing with Colour
00:30:02
Meet the designer of the Foolproof cowl pattern and many others — Louise Zass-Bangham. Louise is the knitwear designer and founder of Inspiration Knits. She has just launched a brand new book of knitting patterns called Knit Play Colour and there are tons of ideas for using hand-dyed and multicolored yarns in her projects.
17 Dec 2019
Episode 097: The Encouraging, Passionate Spinning Teacher with Debbie Held
00:49:24
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
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!
058: Fall with SweetGeorgia Vol 3 Launch with Tabetha Hedrick
00:33:27
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:
1:20 Felicia and Tabetha chat about their current and upcoming projects this fall
16:40 Tabetha chats about her love of chocolate and the new Rustle Party of Five Mini Skein Set
19:35 Get a sneak peak into the upcoming SGY Mystery Shawl KAL (starting October 10, 2017). We also get a bonus glimpse into Tabetha’s mind and her “quota knitting” style.
24:38 The dilemma of picking colour palettes for MKALs and using School of SweetGeorgia‘s Colour Playcourse to boost colour-picking confidence
27:00 What is Tabetha knitting right now?
28:45 Felicia and Tabetha discuss Spinzilla
29:35 Tabetha chats about SweetGeoriga launching at her local yarn store Hook & Needle in Maryville,Tennessee
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.
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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:
1:56 Laura discusses how she discovered weaving and decided to make it into her career
4:44 Laura chats about how health issues in the last few years has gotten her back into spinning
6:40 Felicia asks Laura about her training and education as a weaver
14:12 Laura gives advice to those who would want to learn weaving through self-study instead of a school program
20:25Discussing how Laura keeps herself fit and healthy enough to keep up with the intense physical demands of production weaving. Laura also gives Felicia some tips on posture while weaving.
24:15 Felicia asks Laura how she chooses colours for the pieces she will weave and sell
32:30 Laura chats about efficiency in her weaving
37:30 How Laura manages the busy schedule of being a business owner and a production weaver
41:28 Chatting about Laura’s current work in progress: a book called The Intentional Weaver
46:27 Is there anything Laura would have done differently looking back on her career in the fibre arts?
034: The Path to Production Weaving with Denise Renee Grace
00:34:47
Now, if you have been following my blog posts from late this past summer, you might have noticed that I have recently been bitten by the weaving bug again. My mind has been churning with so many ideas about things I want to put on the loom and weave. I just want to weave all the things. So when I was thinking of guests for the show, I knew I wanted to connect with Denise Renee Grace. If you are a knitter who is thinking about dipping your toe into the world of weaving, Denise has some great suggestions on how to get started. And if you are already a weaver and considering doing some more production-type weaving, Denise also has time-saving techniques that she will share with us. If you are at all interested in weaving and weaving with knitting yarn, I encourage you to join us for this conversation today.
If you have ever needed to call or email the Schacht Spindle Company about your spinning wheel or weaving loom, Denise is the friendly voice you hear at the other end of the line. She has been working with Schacht for 7 years as product specialist (mechanical maven). But when she’s not helping people with their spinning and weaving equipment, she has been on a path to becoming a production weaver under the name Filament Fiber Art.
22 Oct 2019
093: Teaching the World to Weave with Kelly Casanova
00:37:02
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:
2:09 Kelly chats about how she first got into the fibre arts
3:43 What was it about weaving that captured Kelly's interest so much?
5:19 What is Kelly's favourite fibre or yarn to work with?
6:20 Kelly discusses her upcoming course on studying Japanese techniques of dyeing and weaving
8:37 Felicia asks Kelly how she comes up with her course ideas for her online school
12:38 Kelly explains what students can learn at her online school
14:05 Kelly gives advice to first-time weavers and how to get started
16:49 Felicia and Kelly chat about how to encourage more weavers to create content for the Internet
18:31 What are the differences Kelly sees between weaving on a rigid heddle looms weaving on a floor loom?
21:30 Felicia chats with Kelly about her Etsy shop and her experience selling on that platform
23:06 Kelly's tips for production weavers
25:19 Kelly describes why she loves the online weaving community
27:19 How Kelly finds the time for self-care in a busy life
31:29 What Kelly has planned for her online school
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! Thanks Kelly for giving our listeners a chance to win some of her gorgeous patterns!
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!
010: Celebrating 10 Years of Colour with SweetGeorgia
00:23:32
Today we celebrate our 10-year anniversary of SweetGeorgia Yarns. In this episode, Felicia shares the stories of starting up and a few of the lessons learned over the years. And we thank the many people who helped bring us here to today.
24 Jan 2017
042: Designing and creating wearable, accessible, and beautiful garments with Melanie Berg
00:29:33
Join our conversation with knitwear designer, Melanie Berg, about creating garments and shawls that are interesting, accessible, enjoyable to knit, and easy to wear.
03 Nov 2015
018: Amy Herzog on Designing Sweaters that Fit
00:34:10
Today on the show, I talk with Amy Herzog, a knitwear designer who specializes in sweater knitting. In our conversation, you’ll learn how Amy melded her passion for computer science and technology with her skill and talent in knitwear design and created an online software program called CustomFit. CustomFit allows you to enter in your personal body measurements along with the gauge of a yarn that you love and have swatched with, and it produces a knitting pattern that is completely customized to you. I think by the end of our conversation you might be convinced that knitting from a customized pattern that is designed to look good on you is the only way to go!
28 Mar 2017
051: Erica Jones of Weavolution on Weaving Community
00:30:07
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.
17 Oct 2017
060: Patty Lyons on Teaching the Mindful Knitter
00:50:23
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:
1:47 Felicia and Patty chat about the first time they met
5:50 Patty chats about how she got into the knitting industry from her previous career as a broadway stage manager
10:50 Patty’s experiences in running a yarn store in New York and how it set her knitting teaching career into motion
13:20 The ladies chat about “Patty’s Big Box of Knitting Fails”
17:18 Discussing Patty’s obsession with the finishing stages of a project
Ysolda Teague might very possibly be one of the most well-known, well-established knitwear designers of our time. Like perhaps many of you, I was first introduced to Ysolda's work through her shawl pattern, Ishbel. To date, it is one of the most widely knit shawl patterns on Ravelry. It's been knit nearly 14,000 times since she published it in 2009. Since that time, she has re-written the rules of knitwear design and self-published a number of collections, built a design studio and team, and also created her own custom yarns. Join Felicia and Ysolda on The SweetGeorgia Show to listen to Ysolda's stories of how she got started and how she established such a successful design career.
23 Jan 2018
074: Seasons of Craft with Felicia Lo
00:20:28
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:
1:58 The first season: Seasons of Life
7:17 The second season: Seasons of Creativity
10:55 The third season: Seasons of Productivity
14:26 The fourth season: Seasons of Rest
18:58 Felicia’s Final Notes
Thanks for Listening!
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!
11 Apr 2017
053: Jen Lucas on Stunning Stitches and being an knitwear author
00:37:07
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:
2:30 How the "Golden Girls" got Jen to start knitting
4:30 Jen (like Angela Tong) mentions how Stephanie Japel's class on learning to design shawls sparked her design career
5:45 How Jen made the leap from her "day job" to becoming a full-time knitwear designer
9:30 Talking about Jen's incredible rate of design productivity and her tips for productivity
11:45 Planning her design projects with her Hobonichi planner and Kanban board
023: Liz Gipson of Yarnworker on Rigid Heddle Weaving
00:42:07
Liz Gipson has been absolutely instrumental in the spinning and weaving community for years now. She is passionate about yarn and teaching rigid heddle weaving.
30 Jul 2019
087: Exploring Norwegian Colourwork Knitting with Eli of Skeindeer Knits
00:38:47
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
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!
Kate Atherley is a knitwear designer and teacher who has become an expert on knitting socks. Specifically socks that will fit all different shapes and sizes of feet. Listen to this episode to learn how to make adjustments to your own sock knitting methods to get a better fitting, better wearing pair of socks!
11 Oct 2016
029: Meet Canadian Knitwear Designer Amanda Kaffka, The Crafty Jackalope
00:25:16
Today, we are talking with Vancouver, Canada-based knitwear designer, Amanda Kaffka of The Crafty Jackalope.
Amanda Kaffka learned to knit on arbutus twigs when she was six and hasn’t looked up since. She has been caught knitting at traffic lights, cafés and beaches, but her backyard is her favorite place to knit alongside her husband and Kitty. Always knitting, never waiting, you won't catch Amanda without a project or two in her purse!
With a fashion design degree from Ryerson University she has a passion for knitwear design and teaching. With a no-rules-in-knitting approach but high standards for excellence Amanda’s passion is to guide students to knit freely with solid technique.
Join us as we talk about Amanda's first collection launch, YARN Vol 1.
18 Apr 2017
054: The Season 2 Q&A Finale with Felicia Lo
00:33:56
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!
16:00 You are strongly focused on color. What about neutrals or monochromatic yarns? Could these have a place in your creative thinking?
18:15 I would love to know more about your own business process: how did you get started and grow your business? How do you keep things fresh? what percentage of your work is delegated and how much do you take on? Do you (still) love what you do?… How did you take your interest and grow it into a business, and have that confidence that you'd be successful? Did you ever imagine the business would be what it has become?
22:00 How hard it was to start your business? Did you ever think about giving up?
24:30 Your work is clearly fulfilling. What is it about yarn, dyeing, customers, etc. that makes your work so satisfying?
25:45 Do you think there is room for more indie yarn dyers? It seems that there are so many already but not sure if it will happen for me but one day maybe.
27:20 Are you hopeful or fearful for the future of the craft? Has the new generation embraced the fibre arts well enough to ensure that it endures?
28:30 What have you learned about yourself since you started doing the podcast? What do you cherish the most about these conversations?
045: Bristol Ivy, Knitwear Designer on Knitting Outside the Box
00:39:07
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.
19 Dec 2017
069: Preserving Natural Dyeing Traditions with Kristine Vejar
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.
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
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!
Felicia chats with Sasha Ball Rives, owner of the Stitch Space yarn shop in Missouri about a tragic experience that happened within the first year of the shop opening and how she made it through with the help of the knitting community.
18 Aug 2015
006: Sara Lamb on Spinning and Silk
00:41:26
I’ve been wanting to introduce our listeners to some of the really inspiring spinners that I’ve had a chance to meet over the years. Sara Lamb is a spinner, dyer, and weaver who has been my personal fibre hero for years now.
12 Dec 2017
068: Creating a Community Through Colour with A Yarn Story
00:39:44
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:
1:38 The ladies chat about how they first met when Felicia was teaching at Unwind Brighton in the UK. Carmen also chats about how she started A Yarn Story.
5:00 Why is the shop called A Yarn Story?
6:28 Carmen shares some of her favourite “yarn stories” from customers
8:45 Felicia asks Carmen what her vision for A Yarn Story was when she first decided to open a yarn store and how she tries to foster a knitting community through her shop
11:14 How Carmen chooses which colours of yarn to stock in the limited space in her store and what colour trends Carmen has been observing lately
16:00 Felicia asks Carmen about the rise of popularity of knitting in Europe
17:52 Felicia asks Carmen how she made A Yarn Story the successful yarn store it is today in a tough economy
20:30 Carmen talks about her latest venture: producing her own line of yarns called Walcot Yarns
25:52 Felicia asks Carmen why she feels driven to start a yarn company now when so many new yarn companies are being created and there is so much competition
29:07 What is next for Walcot Yarns?
31:05 Discussing planning (or lack thereof!)
32:32 What is currently capturing Carmen’s imagination and attention knitting-wise
36:40 How you can find A Yarn Store and Walcot Yarns online
37:42 Felicia’s final notes and podcast giveaway!
Links and Things
Here’s where to find A Yarn Story and Walcot Yarns online:
076: Zombies, Skulls, and Sheep - Extraordinary Colourwork with Andrea Rangel
00:55:26
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:
1:17 Felicia and Andrea chat about the recent Knit Social industry retreat on Galiano Island
3:58 Felicia asks Andrea what her plans for 2019 are
6:03 Andrea discusses her other crafty interests and how she started knitting
11:30 What pulled Andrea into the knitting rabbit-hole
15:56 Unique knitting niches and groups on the Internet
17:18 Andrea’s design process and how she organizes the many steps that go into publishing a pattern
23:55 Digital vs Analog: How Andrea keep track of her project management
26:25 Felicia and Andrea chat about bullet journalling (and their lack of Instagram fanciness)
28:18 How do you knit for fun when it’s also your job?
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!
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 the fourth season of The SweetGeorgia Show! Until next time, enjoy colour!
063: Planning Your Knitting Life with Martina Behm
00:33:31
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:
1:49 Martina tells Felicia how she first started knitting
4:15 Felicia asks Martina to describe her style and aesthetics behind her knitting patterns
7:04 Martina describes how she transitioned from knitting baby patterns for her children and being a freelance journalist to designing her own patterns
11:17 Felicia and Martina chat about how Martina started a knitting blog in her own unique style
12:40 Martina tells Felicia about her large yarn stash and how important impulsivity is to her creative process
17:00 Martina and Felicia talk about how Martina prioritizes time for knitting while being a busy mother of two and a knitwear designer
21:18 Chatting about Martina’s new Strickplaner knitting planner and how it can keep knitters organized
28:50 How Martina gets her “knitting mojo” back when she loses inspiration
30:50 Where to find Martina online and where you can order your own Strickplaner!
This week, Felicia is chatting with Rachel Price and Kate Burge of Spincycle Yarns. Spincycle Yarns is a very unique yarn company as they create small batch mill-spun yarn, spun from fibre that they hand dye so the yarns look and feel like handspun! You have probably seen Spincycle Yarns featured in such designs like Andrea Mowry's The Shiftcowl and Nightshift shawl among many others. Join Felicia, Rachel, and Kate as they chat about all things colour and spinning!
"...the first time we ever hung out it was Easter Sunday and we went to my... house... and we had... a pound of fibre and we're like 'Alright, let's go crazy and dye it' and we did and it was like so much fun and we just... I don't know like as opposed to crafting by yourself, when you find your crafting soulmate to work with it's so much more fun." - Kate Burge on meeting her best friend (and future business partner) Rachel Price
In this episode, we talk about:
1:21 Rachel and Kate introduce themselves
3:05 Rachel and Kate chat about how they started spinning yarn
4:32 What made Rachel and Kate make the decision to go into business together?
7:03 How do you go from selling handspun yarn to production dyeing and spinning?
9:33 Sport Weight vs Fingering Weight: What's the difference and does it really matter?
11:43 Where Spincycle Yarns sources its fibre from and how they choose what fibre goes into their millspun yarns
15:30 Can yarn construction techniques be experimented with when you have your own mill?
17:34 How many colourways is Spincycle Yarns producing right now?
20:32 How do Rachel and Kate draw the boundaries between work and play when running a yarn business?
26:36 Felicia asks Rachel about how she learned how to weave in Harrisville
30:07 Do Rachel and Kate teach textile arts to the public?
32:35 What changes have Rachel and Kate seen in the knitting world over the years? And the fun of collaborating with Andrea Mowry
Enter the Giveaway for 2 Free Skeins of Spincycle Yarns:
If you want to get your hands on Rachel and Kate's beautiful yarn, enter our contest to win 2 free skeins of their brand new colourway: Castaway! Thank you so much to Rachel, Kate, and the hardworking Spincycle gang for making this giveaway possible!
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!
Jacey Boggs Faulkner has been spinning for 13 years, teaching spinning for 11 years, writing about spinning for 10 years, and running a magazine about spinning for 3 years. As the founder and editor in chief of PLY magazine, you might say her whole life revolves around spinning, that is when it’s not revolving around her wonderful husband, her amazing 3 kids, and her ever-growing homestead and animal collection.
26 Dec 2017
070: Regal Beading in Knitting with Sivia Harding
00:41:30
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:
1:43 Felicia and Sivia reminisce about when Siva used to live in Vancouver, BC and Sivia’s first big venue teaching gig at Sock Summit
6:33 Sivia chats about her love of fiber arts from an early age and how she got into knitting and design
13:20 Felicia asks Sivia how she got into what she is best-known for: beading in knitting
17:50 Felicia asks for tips for knitters who want to add beads to their projects but feel a little apprehensive
22:15 Sivia gives us a glimpse into the history of the bead industry and how some bead companies specifically advertise to fibre artists who work with beads
24:20 What kind of designs Sivia is focusing on presently
26:30 Felicia asks about the current trend of knitters moving away from lace weight yarn into thicker yarns
29:50 What classes and retreats Sivia has been teaching, including her time at Vancouver’s own Knit City
36:25 Felicia asks about the knitting community in Portland
036: Following Your Creative Curiosity with Jillian Moreno
00:37:57
Jillian is a spinner, knitter, weaver, teacher and author AND her latest book "Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning" just launched recently. Today on the show, we talk about teaching, swatching and sampling in spinning, and taking the intimidation out of making your own yarn.
03 Dec 2019
Episode 096: Finding Playful Joy and Purpose Through Knitting with Claudia Gossens
00:40:31
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:
1:20 Claudia's nickname
2:31 How Claudia started knitting and how it became such a large part of her life
5:05 Knitting over language barriers
8:47 Claudia's favourite things to knit
9:45 Where Claudia finds inspiration for her knitting projects and her goals to finish before 2019 ends
12:45 Does Claudia have any other fibre interests other than knitting?
13:35 Claudia discusses her interest in spinning
15:21 What Claudia does with all her handspun and the difficulties and fun of blending certain colours with carding and knitting
19:00 Learning more about colour and the ones that suit you and bring you joy
21:32 How Claudia started running her yarn store: Lanaphilia and her biggest challenges in running a yarn store
27:01 Claudia chats about her Lanaphilia works as an online-only yarn store
27:45 Felicia asks Claudia about what knitting trends she's finding in Germany and online
29:45 Felicia asks Claudia if starting her podcast Wollinspirationen has affected what inspires her.
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!
007: Allison Thistlewood on Community Building in the UK
00:29:55
Allison Thistlewood is a Canadian living in the UK and growing a community of passionate knitters and spinners there. Together with her "Yarn in the City" business partner, she is blogging, podcasting, and running The Great London Yarn Crawl.
19 Nov 2019
Episode 095: Organizing your Knitting and Life with the Knitter's Planner
00:39:56
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:
1:20 Stephanie and Kara introduce themselves to the listeners
4:12 Felicia asks Stephanie why she decided to first make The Quilter's Planner
5:40 How is The Knitter's Planner different from other planners?
9:03 Sunday-Starter vs Monday-Starter: the customization options in The Knitter's Planner
13:24 Discussing how to merge a digital and analog planning systems
17:05 How using a planner can make a difference for fibre artists who want to create more
22:34 Chatting about the fear of "ruining" a beautiful planner
24:28 Discussing everyones personal workflow around their planner
29:50 How to plan around the holiday season
33:06 Tips for people who are not planners, but want to become one
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!
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!
033: Talking with Tabetha Hedrick about Holidays with SweetGeorgia
00:27:58
Today is a bit special and different from the other weekly episodes. Today, we are joined by our very own Design Director for Knitwear at SweetGeorgia Yarns, Tabetha Hedrick. Tabetha is a very accomplished knitwear designer, photographer, blogger, writer, editor and more. She’s been working with us at SweetGeorgia over the past year and a half now, to really focus on creating knitwear design patterns that really bring out the best the our hand-dyed yarns. The last time we spoke was the Holiday launch LAST YEAR, so I thought we should catch up with Tabetha and see what she’s been doing since then.
26 Mar 2019
078: Creating Colour Systems with Alanna Wilcox
00:42:46
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 Colourand 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:
1:45 Alanna chats about how she got into the fibre arts
4:01 Alanna shares her journey of becoming a Master Spinner
7:44 Felicia asks Alanna to share more details of the intensive Master Spinner course
10:10 Alanna discusses her personal goals with spinning
12:15 Alanna shares with us the massive dyeing project she is currently undertaking: colour matching dye formulas
17:55 Felicia and Alanna discuss the number of primary colours one can use while dyeing
21:36 When Alanna’s project will be available to the public (Note: as of this episode publication, her colour formulas are now available for purchase on her website!)
23:32 Felicia asks Alanna how she keeps track of all her swatches and samples while completing this project
25:20 Is colour sense and colour theory something anyone can learn?
27:17 Alanna chats about what it takes to teach fibre arts
30:56 Felicia asks Alanna how she manages to balance teaching, dyeing experiments, and having a family
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!
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!
Who doesn't want to learn to knit faster?! Today we talk with knitwear designer and instructor, Grace Akhrem about her new Craftsy class, "Knit Faster with Speed Knitting".
04 Aug 2015
004: Laura Nelkin on Knitting and Designing
00:33:11
In this episode, Felicia chats with New York-based knitwear designer, Laura Nelkin about how she got started knitting, designing, and now teaching on Craftsy.com. Laura talks about her first book, "Knockout Knits" as well as what she's designing next.
09 May 2017
055: Minisode! School of SweetGeorgia // putting it in the universe and on Patreon
079: Street Fashion and Modern Colour in Knitwear Design with Caitlin Hunter
00:41:13
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:
1:18 Caitlin chats about how she got interested in knitting
8:15 Felicia asks Caitlin what inspires her knitwear designs
10:53 Talking about comfort in knitwear patterns
11:53 Felicia asks Caitlin what she thinks makes a knitwear pattern go viral
14:17 Does Caitlin get nervous before launching a new design?
17:12 Chatting about the price of knitwear patterns. What is the value of a pattern and how much work goes into being a knitwear designer?
21:08 Caitlin and Felicia talk about trying to find balance between work and family
27:15 Caitlin discusses her passion for stranded colourwork knitting
30:13 Colour dominance in stranded colourwork knitting
32:14 How Caitlin chooses colours for her projects
33:10 Is there anything Caitlin wishes she had known before becoming a knitwear designer?
34:30 What is currently inspiring Caitlin and what plans she has for 2019
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!
Episode 090: Photographing Knitwear with Abbye Dahl
00:38:32
This week on the show, Felicia chats with Abbye Dahl: a Vancouver-based knitwear designer and professional photographer. Abbye is no stranger to SweetGeorgia Yarns as she created a collection of hat patterns using our yarns called: Cloche Knits. Abbye has also designed a follow-up collection called Cloche Knits 2. If you haven't seen the photos in Cloche Knits, they are stunning and elegantly shot. Now Abbye is about to share her deep photography knowledge and experience with knitters and she is created a course specifically teaching knitwear designers how to photograph their garments.
"...one of the things I love about knitting... is the colours and the textures are so rich and... as I was doing it I was like 'Ah these things are... calling out to be photographed' So then I would spend time with my knitting just taking pictures of it... just being really inspired by all the different textures and then I was sitting at home and I'm like 'Well I have all of these awesome pictures of my knitting... just sitting on my hard drive, what can I do with this? How can I start sharing this with other people?' So I would honestly say it was the photography that got me to start designing just because I felt like I really wanted people to see these pictures of knitting, so I might as well write a patter to go with the pictures. " - Abbye Dahl on what inspired her to start designing knitwear patterns
In this episode, we talk about:
1:30 How did Abbye get into the fibre arts?
4:46 Abbye chats about the cloche-style hats she designs and what she loves about them
Enter the Giveaway for Abbye Dahl's Cloche Knits Book:
If you want to see Abbye's beautiful photography and patterns for yourself, enter our giveaway to win one of two Cloche Knits books! Thanks so much to Abbye for generously donating copies of her beautiful hat collection to our listeners!
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!
009: Introducing Tabetha Hedrick and "Fall with SweetGeorgia"
00:26:19
In this episode, I chat with our new design director, Tabetha Hedrick about her “behind the scenes” process while developing and working on this fall and winter collection for SweetGeorgia.
17 Jan 2017
041: Trendspotting with Knitwear Designer, Fiona Ellis
00:39:49
We chat with knitwear designer, Fiona Ellis, and we hear her insight into the trends of knitwear and handcrafts in this new year.
10 Nov 2015
019: "Holidays with SweetGeorgia" Collection
00:20:32
In this episode, I chat with our knitwear design director, Tabetha Hedrick, about our new pattern collection, "Holidays with SweetGeorgia". We also talk about how knitting fits in with our holidays and gift giving plans. I hope you'll join us for the conversation!
12 Mar 2019
077: Knitting Design and Life Through the Lens with Sylvia McFadden
00:52:36
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:
2:05 Felicia and Sylvia reminisce about when they first met at Knit City years ago
4:48 Sylvia discusses her passion to teach other designers photography
7:01 Sylvia and Felicia chat about how perfectionism can interfere with artistic progress
7:54 Felicia asks Sylvia what her process is as a self-publishing knitwear designer
11:07 Discussing the "creative gap" of what vision you have in your mind versus the results you get
11:51 Chatting about moody and dark photography trends coming into fashion and the cyclical nature of trends
17:46 Discussing the challenges of photoshoots and finding models
22:06 Sylvia explains why she left photography school and the issues in fashion photography today
24:49 Felicia asks Sylvia if she keeps photography trends in mind when she does her own knitwear shoots and designs
26:02 Talking about Sylvia's latest purchase of a Lensbaby lens
27:53 The gear Sylvia recommends for photography
28:47 Felicia asks Sylvia how she gets her beautiful "thrown in the air" shawl photos
31:35 Sylvia discusses what she's working on right now
33:33 The difficulty of sizing in knitwear patterns
36:49 Felicia and Sylvia chat about dealing with the discomfort of seeing photographs of yourself
40:43 Sylvia offers advice to those wanting to get into knitwear design or photography
43:35 Felicia asks Sylvia how she manages to publish knitwear designs on her own
47:09 Where to find Sylvia online and her new YouTube podcast
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!
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!
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
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Meet Kim Werker, "camp counselor for grown ups" and the author of Make It Mighty Ugly, a handbook for vanquishing creative demons. Felicia talks with Kim about how to conquer fear of failure, procrastination, and other creative demons in order to move forward and get "unstuck" creatively.
27 Oct 2015
017: Carol Feller on Designing with Short Rows and Gradient Colours
00:31:35
In this episode, Felicia talks with Carol Feller about designing knitwear patterns that take advantage of hand-dyed colors and the popularity of gradient colourways.
02 Jul 2019
085: Weaving with Meaning with Sarah Resnick of GIST Yarn & Fibre
00:33:08
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
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!
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!
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.
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It is fascinating and telling that one of the greatest challenges for all of us creative people, whether we have kids or no kids, is the challenge of having enough time. Sometimes, it feels like the greatest opponent to creativity is having enough time. Today's episode is a little wind up for 2016 and it will just be me today, talking about time.
31 Jan 2017
043: Find Your Fade with Andrea Mowry of Drea Renee Knits
00:33:37
Meet Andrea Mowry, the knitter and designer behind Drea Renee Knits. Discover how Andrea came to knitting, designing, and juggling it all with family. Finally, hear all about her latest shawl design, Find Your Fade, and how she works with colour.
06 Dec 2016
037: Meet Caitlin Ffrench, textile artist and knitwear designer
00:39:04
Caitlin Ffrench is a textile artist working in East Vancouver, Canada. We talk about Caitlin's new knitwear design collection, The Darkness Fell, inspired by her trips to Iceland.
21 May 2019
082: Crafting a Creative Business with Hanna Lisa Haferkamp
00:51:58
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
23:44 Hanna Lisa describes her main product: her project bags
26:32 Hanna Lisa and Felicia chat about the “Slow Business Experiment”
35:15 How Hanna Lisa splits her time between 3 businesses
39:00 Hanna Lisa’s advice to those that want to start a creative business
42:55 Felicia asks Hanna Lisa what her plans for 2019 are
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!
Jane Richmond is a knitwear designer and fellow Canadian living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. She has been self publishing her designs since 2008 and today Felicia chats with Jane about her designs and collaborating on her latest collections.
14 Mar 2017
049 Spring with SweetGeorgia, Vol 2 Launch with Tabetha Hedrick
00:38:32
(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!)
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.
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!
20 Jul 2015
000: Episode Zero with Felicia Lo
00:07:36
Welcome to the first ever episode of The SweetGeorgia Show, the podcast that explores the sweet spot between colour, craft, and creativity. Felicia Lo is your host as well as the founder and creative director of SweetGeorgia Yarns, an artisan yarn company
21 Mar 2017
050: Kara Gott Warner on a new creative chapter & a podcast announcement
00:59:06
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!)
06 Oct 2015
014: Rachel Smith on Learning to Spin
00:36:29
In the spirit of Spinzilla, we chat with Rachel Smith, a local Vancouver spinner and knitter who has been blogging about her knitting and spinning since 2009 at welfordpurls.com. Listen to Felicia and Rachel nerd out on spinning today!
29 Sep 2015
013: Fiona McLean and Amanda Milne of Knit Social
00:25:58
Today we are going local and talking to Fiona McLean and Amanda Milne — the duo behind Knit Social, a knitting events company based in Vancouver, BC. Together they produce Knit City, BC's largest annual fibre festival (Oct 2 to 4, 2015)
17 Nov 2015
020: Stephannie Tallent on Designing with Cables and Lace
048: Angela Tong on Being a Multi-Passionate Crafter
00:48:08
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.
04 Oct 2016
"Fall with SweetGeorgia" Make-Along 2016 Announcement
00:04:39
We are hosting our first annual Fall with SweetGeorgia Make Along or MAL starting next Tuesday, October 11 and we would love for all our listeners to come join us. All of the details are on our website at http://sweetgeorgiayarns.com/mal16 but I thought I would highlight the main points for you guys here.
24 Oct 2017
061: Evolving your Creativity and Craft with Jean Chung
00:28:17
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:
1:55 Jean chats about her family and her legal career
3:05 How Jean discovered knitting
5:20 Jean talks about starting her blog, Candy & Bagel, and her beginnings as a knitwear designer
8:20 Jean discusses her mother’s career as a fashion designer
9:45 Felicia and Jean chat about what inspires her designs and how she shifted from creating designs for knitting magazines to becoming her own boss publishing her own designs
11:39 Felicia asks Jean how she deals with creative slumps and Jean talks about her desire to expand Candy & Bagel beyond knitwear patterns
14:35 Jean tells Felicia about getting back into ballet and creating dance wear for adults
16:30 The ladies discuss being flexible and adapting your company to grow with you as a person
17:50 How Jean balances work, Candy & Bagel, and being a mom
21:40 Giving yourself room and flexibility to enjoy your craft
008: Anne Hanson of Knitspot on Designing + Colour
00:36:07
Anne Hanson is a designer and life-long knitter who currently teaches and writes about knitting, spinning, and designing at her blog, Knitspot. Anne also founded Bare Naked Wools, a collection of natural coloured yarns.
21 Feb 2017
046: Joji Locatelli on Knitwear Design and "Interpretations Vol 4"
00:39:57
Joji Locatelli tells the beautiful story of how she got started knitting, designing, and collaborating with Veera Välimäki on the Interpretations collections.
28 Feb 2017
047: Espace Tricot on Building a Yarn Shop Fueled by Friendship
00:51:27
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.
Episode 094: Building the Craft Industry Alliance with Abby Glassenberg
00:48:11
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:
1:29 Abby chats about when she began creating and how she stared her business
8:39 How Abby transitioned crafting from her hobby to a business and how it affected her audience base, and how business itself can be creative
13:58 Abby and Felicia discuss a common question in the industry: If you help other crafters succeed in their business, aren't you creating competition for yourself?
19:23 Abby chats more about Craft Industry Alliance and what it has to offer members
23:14 Felicia asks Abby what are the biggest challenges the craft industry and business owners are currently facing
26:53 The opportunities Abby is seeing in the creative industry space
29:44 Crafting and Tik Tok? Abby discusses the new social media app and how crafters could be a part of it
34:45 How Abby's business has changed now that her children are older
38:39 Abby discusses the team behind Craft Industry Alliance
41:03 What's coming up in the Craft Industry Alliance
45:33 Felicia's Final Notes and Special Discount Code for Craft Industry Alliance Membership
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!
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071: Finding What Sings to You: Romi Hill on Shawl Design
00:43:57
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:
1:22 Felicia asks Romi how she first got interested in knitting and jewelry making
9:02 Romi describes how she changed her career from music to knitwear and jewellery design
19:44 Felicia chats with Romi about her subscription based business model, her e-book subscriptions, her 7 Small Shawls to Knit collections, Romi’s secret “sock hate”, and her 7 reSizeable Shawls pattern collection
27:24 Felicia asks Romi how she writes her lace patterns (chart VS written)
30:13 How to choose yarn for lace projects
37:06 How Romi chooses colours for her lace projects
38:52 Where to find Romi online and keep up with her latest works
41:45 Felicia’s final notes and podcast giveaway!
Links and Things
Here’s where to find Romi online:
Website: www.designsbyromi.com (Check out this site to sign up for the 2018 Romi’s Pins and Lace Club!)
Episode 092: Cameron Taylor-Brown and the Art of Teaching
00:47:29
This week on the show, Felicia is talking with Cameron Taylor-Brown: an artist, weaver, and educator. Cameron studied fibre arts at the University of California, Berkeley with Ed Rossbach and then textile design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. Since 1985 she's lived in Los Angeles where she's still active in arts and education. Her work is widely exhibited and has been featured in many publications including Fibre Art Now, American Craft, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. She teaches design and colour workshops at schools, guilds, museums, and conferences throughout the United States and at ARTSgarage: a teaching studio in Los Angeles. Cameron recently curated the exhibit Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers, which was on view at the Craft in America Center in Los Angeles.
Join Felicia and Cameron as they discuss Cameron's past and present in the arts.
"... I always felt confident that I knew... the material well, but initially I was afraid of public speaking... that was my most nervous thing was standing up in front of a group of people... but what I realized was... when you're teaching... a visual medium the people that you're talking to are focusing on the medium that you're talking about, they're not focusing on you and so I began to realize I was the narrator, but they were looking at something else. The minute I figured that out... it was a lot less scary for me to talk to people... and then it's just about sharing something that you love and figuring out to explain it to people so that they own it, not you... one of the really important things when you're teaching is I don't want to create clones of myself. I want people to discover who they are and what their journey is and help them in their particular journey, and I think that's the art of teaching. " - Cameron Taylor-Brown on her transition from maker to educator
In this episode, we talk about:
1:36 Felicia and Cameron chat about how Cameron used to be a sales rep for SweetGeorgia Yarns
2:35 Cameron talks about her "retirement"
3:56 How Cameron got into the fibre arts, specifically weaving
9:00 How Cameron made the jump from maker to educator
12:43 Cameron chats about her teaching studio: ARTSgarage
19:45 Felicia and Cameron chat about the difficulty of knowing where to start when you want to pursue a new fibre arts skill
23:00 Felicia asks Cameron if she has any suggestions for anyone wanting to turn their textile art into a business
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!
032: Designing Knitwear for Baby to Big with Tin Can Knits
00:36:40
Today we chat with Emily and Alexa of Tin Can Knits. An ocean apart (Emily is in Scotland and Alexa is here in Vancouver), this design duo writes fun and accessible knitting books and patterns, the most recent is MAD COLOUR. Tin Can Knits patterns are sized from baby to big so you can knit adorable nerdy matching sweaters for mamas and munchkins alike. Listen in as we chat about designing, collaborating at a distance, and juggling work with five babies between Emily and Alexa!
28 Jul 2015
003: Heather Zoppetti of Stitch Sprouts
00:31:07
Heather Zoppetti is the founder of the knitting pattern distribution company, Stitch Sprouts, which represents 25 knitwear designers. Heather talks about her background in designing, starting her business, and starting a line of yarns too.
29 Dec 2015
026: Sonia Ruyts of Stash and the Stash Podcast
00:36:41
Today I’m talking with Sonia Ruyts, the owner of a yarn store in Oregon called Stash. Sonia is a passionate knitter, business owner, and mother and this past fall, she started a podcast called “Stash, Creative Conversations with Makers and Doers”.
15 Sep 2015
011: Corrina Ferguson on Designing and Knitting
00:28:30
Meet Corrina Ferguson of PicnicKnits, a knitwear designer based in Jacksonville, Florida. Despite the hot weather in Florida, Corrina is still knits constantly. Today we talk about her new book of knitwear designs, "Warm Days, Cool Knits".
07 May 2019
081: Finding Your Colour Courage with Tien Chiu
00:42:19
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
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 this prize to our listeners!
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!
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