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Yarn, Fibre & Community with Gareth from Manchester Wool & Yarn
Apr 24, 2026
27m 58s
From London 2012 to Peru: Anna Nikipirowicz's fabulous yarn adventure
Apr 10, 2026
34m 52s
TexStyle Festival 2026: A weekend of community, colour & creativity
Mar 27, 2026
44m 38s
Granny Squares Galore! With Katy Mitchell from Kate's Crochet Creations
Mar 13, 2026
31m 23s
EPISODE 100 - From Postcard from Gibraltar to Making Stitches
Jan 2, 2026
55m 35s
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| 4/24/26 |  Yarn, Fibre & Community with Gareth from Manchester Wool & Yarn | I'm taking you out on the road with me today to Stockport to visit a fabulous yarn shop, Manchester Wool & Yarn. The shop celebrated its 2nd birthday earlier this year and is owed and run by Gareth, a passionate maker and supporter of the yarn community. Stocked with familiar brands and products from independent yarn dyers based across the North West of England, it's a positive treasure trove of colour, squishyness & is such a lovely place to visit. Regular 'Bitch and Stitch' socials ... | 27m 58s | ||||||
| 4/10/26 | From London 2012 to Peru: Anna Nikipirowicz's fabulous yarn adventure | My guest for this episode of Making Stitches Podcast is the wonderful Anna Nikipirowicz. Anna first learned to knit and crochet as a child in Poland, but she says she found it boring - luckily for us, as an adult she found a new passion for both crafts and is passionate about sharing her love and knowledge of them. Anna has published a series of books on crochet techniques, embroidery onto crochet, Tunisian crochet as well as a book on crochet & knitting too. Her passion for her craft is ... | 34m 52s | ||||||
| 3/27/26 | TexStyle Festival 2026: A weekend of community, colour & creativity | Two weeks ago, the first ever TexStyle Festival threw open its doors at Manchester Central. It was an amazing weekend of creativity, community and lots and lots of chatting! It was the idea of the mother and daughter team behind the Buxton, Cumbria & Stafford Wool Gatherings, (Michelle Greaves and her Mum, Carole) to create a bigger show encompassing other textile and fibre crafts in their home town of Manchester. It did not disappoint, it featured dozens of stands showcasing beautiful cr... | 44m 38s | ||||||
| 3/13/26 | Granny Squares Galore! With Katy Mitchell from Kate's Crochet Creations | Katy Mitchell is the crochet designer behind Kate's Crochet Creations, known for her vibrant granny square patterns and beautifully themed blanket designs. Her work celebrates colour, creativity and the joy of crochet, her patterns inspire crocheters of all skill levels. I was thrilled to be able to chat to her about how her hobby turned into a full-time job. Katy's work has been featured in magazines, she is a Stylecraft yarns 'Insider' and, last year, published her first book; The Gra... | 31m 23s | ||||||
| 1/2/26 | EPISODE 100 - From Postcard from Gibraltar to Making Stitches | Hello and welcome to the 100th episode of Making Stitches Podcast. Way back in April of 2020 when I published my first ever Making Stitches Podcast episode, I had no idea that over 5 years later, I would be publishing episode 100! That blows my tiny mind! In the months leading up to this milestone, I had a couple of conversations with my lovely yarny friend, Christine Perry (aka Winwick Mum) and she suggested marking this podcast milestone with a different kind of episode - one with me ... | 55m 35s | ||||||
| 12/19/25 | Happy Stitchmas 2025! | Hello there and Happy Stitchmas! It's that time of year again when I take a look back at the past 12 months and choose some of the highlights of my podcasting year. 2025 has been a big year for me, I celebrated 10 years of blogging (Postcard from Gibraltar and then Making Stitches Blog) and 5 years of Making Stitches Podcast. In this episode I share some of the chats I have had this year and you may have heard before as well as some new chats too. Included in this episode are:&nbs... | 38m 00s | ||||||
| 12/5/25 | From an Amigurumi Pig to Crocheted Patchwork with Anita Gibney from Made by Anita | In this episode of Making Stitches Podcast I chat to Anita Gibney — the designer behind Made by Anita and the author of the brand-new book; Patchwork Granny Square Blankets. Known for her beautiful crochet blanket deisgns, Anita has become an ambassador for Stylecraft Yarns and has just published her first book. We chat about how her love of crochet began, the inspiration behind her quilt-inspired granny-square blankets, and what it was like to turn years of designing into her first published... | 34m 12s | ||||||
| 11/28/25 | Merry Crochet Makes with Justine Robson & Nicky Ward - BONUS EPISODE | December starts next week which means we are officially on the countdown to Christmas, but there's still time to make a few Christmas gifts for special people or some decorations for your home. In this special 'Bonus Episode' I'm sharing a chat I had with Justine from Little Box of Crochet and Nicky Ward from A Heart Shaped Cherry. Followers of Little Box of Crochet will know that 2025 has been a difficult year for Justine. One of the things she has had to deal with involved being badly... | 41m 13s | ||||||
| 11/21/25 | Quilts, Blogs, Podcasts & Live Shows with Kat Molesworth | My guest for this episode of Making Stitches Podcast is Kat Molesworth, the creative force behind the Blogtacular Podcast & Festival. With Blogtacular, Kat helped countless creatives and bloggers find their voice and their community online. These days, Kat's work means she's serving another creative community, working for Immediate Live, on the Knit & Stitch Show, the Stitch Festival & the Festival of Quilts. Kat has also been a quilter for years and this summer, qualified a... | 32m 18s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | TexStyle: Looking ahead to a new festival for 2026 with Michelle Greaves | Welcome to Making Stitches Podcast! In this episode I share a chat I've had with Michelle Greaves, one half of the team behind the brand new TexStyle festival which is coming to Manchester next year. Michelle and her Mum, Carole, have been hosting yarn festivals for a number of years including the Buxton, Cumbria and Stafford Wool Gatherings, next year, they are hosting a much bigger event spanning all sorts of textile and yarn crafts in central Manchester. TexStyle is a fresh celebration of ... | 29m 29s | ||||||
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| 10/24/25 | All Things Amigurumi with Amy Ting from Curious Papaya | My guest for this episode of Making Stitches Podcast is Amy Ting, a crochet designer from the US who specialises in amigurumi. Amy is a passionate advocate for the Japanese technique of crocheting in the round to create soft toys. She has been crocheting amigurumi creatures for 7 years and shares her work online on her website: https://curiouspapaya.com/ and on social media too https://www.instagram.com/curiouspapaya/ This summer, Amy released her first book of crochet patterns call... | 24m 02s | ||||||
| 10/10/25 | YARNDALE 2025 : Celebrating Yarn & Community | On the weekend of 27th & 28th September, Skipton Auction Mart was again transformed into Yarndale. The festival of all things creative brings stall holders and crafts people from far and wide to share their love of their creative passions. While knitting and crochet take centre stage with every imaginable colour and type of yarn, there are many other crafts to enjoy, including embroidery, sewing, spinning, felting, lacemaking and so much more. I went along with my trusty microphone ... | 29m 28s | ||||||
| 9/26/25 | THE RED DRESS with Kirstie Macleod | The Red Dress, recently recognised by the Guiness World Records as the largest collaborative embroidery project, is a truly stunning piece of work. It was created by Kirstie Macleod, a British artist, over a period of 14 years with the help of 380 different embroiderers. The dress is made of 87 silk panels which have been embroidered by people from 51 different countries and includes techniques passed down through generations, the work of skilled crafts people and first time stitchers. There ... | 34m 57s | ||||||
| 9/12/25 | World Stitch Day 2025 | Back on 1st June this summer, the Woven in Kirklees Festival kicked off with World Stitch Day at Oakwell Hall in Batley. Among the attractions of stalls from local community groups, textile artists, workshops and an interactive fabric 'Time Machine' was The Red Dress on display in West Yorkshire for the first time. The Red Dress is an award winning collaborative embroidery project which was conceived by the British artist Kirstie Macleod. It took 14 years to complete and features the work of ... | 26m 36s | ||||||
| 8/29/25 | LET'S CELEBRATE with Eleonora Tully from Coastal Crochet & a look ahead to Series 10 | Hello and welcome to the first episode in this new series of podcasts from Making Stitches. This time, I'm sharing a chat with my crochet friend Eleonora Tully from Coastal Crochet. Eleonora and I have both celebrated a special blog birthday this year. It's 10 years since we both began our blogging adventure. While there's no doubt that Eleonora's blogging and designing has taken her to extraordinary places compared to my own experience, it's been so lovely for me to follow her success and sh... | 23m 43s | ||||||
| 6/13/25 | PASSIONATE ABOUT PUNCH NEEDLE with Micah Clasper-Torch | When Micah Clasper-Torch first designed a coat using fabric which had been embellished with punch needlework, her passion was born. Moving from the intense world of fashion design in New York to a more laid back lifestyle in California, Micah embraced the craft of punch needle and ran with it. Her passion for the craft is infectious, so much so that she launched Punch Needle World, a platform to celebrate the art, craft and history of punch needle. Micah has taught thousands of people h... | 31m 14s | ||||||
| 5/30/25 | Looking Ahead to 'Woven from Kirklees' with Nat Walton | The 'Woven in Kirklees' textiles festival first launched in 2019 and is due to kick off for its 2025 edition this weekend. The community festival celebrates all kinds of textiles and related crafts with yarn bombs, textile art exhibitions, workshops and talks. The biennial festival runs for a whole month and this year will have 130 different events happening throughout June. Initiated in 2019 by Kirklees Council, the festival "is owned by everyone, including community groups, textile business... | 29m 36s | ||||||
| 5/23/25 | From Sewing Wedding Dresses to Crocheting a Turner Prize Winning Doily with Rachael Mills | When Rachael Mills took up crochet as a means to giving up smoking, little did she realise that it would one day lead to her making a Turner Prize winning doily! Last year, when the Glaswegian artist Jasleen Kaur was named the winner of the Turner Prize, crocheter Racheal was celebrating at home in Blackburn. I was thrilled when she agreed to come onto the podcast to share her side of this amazing story. Rachael's first creative job was piece work sewing at a bridal gown factory, she then wen... | 21m 09s | ||||||
| 5/9/25 | Celebrating 10 years of the Winwick Mum Sockalong with Christine Perry | My guest for this episode is my yarny friend, Christine Perry, who first made an appearance on the podcast back in 2021. Since chatting back then, we have become friends and when I heard that she was gearing up to a big milestone in her sock-knitting journey, I asked her if she would like to come back onto the podcast and chat about it. Last weekend, on Saturday 3rd May, Christine celebrated a whole decade of encouraging people around the world to. knit socks through her Winwick Mum Soc... | 24m 05s | ||||||
| 4/25/25 | Spreading Joy Online with Sara & Sean from Crochet in the Glen | When I first approached Sara from Crochet in the Glen and asked if she would like to be a guest on Making Stitches Podcast, she couldn't understand why I'd want to speak to her. Like many (thousands) of other people who follow her Instagram account I'd enjoyed seeing her posts from her home on the picturesque Cowal Peninsula on the West Coast of Scotland - not just for the scenery, or her beautiful crochet creations, but because of her "crochet supermodel" husband Sean! Sean and Sara are coll... | 31m 49s | ||||||
| 4/11/25 | The Gift of Crochet with Marianne Rawlins aka MazCrochets | For so many of us, crochet (or any craft) is as gift which offers mental release, a chance to focus on something away from the day-to-day worries of life and that creative spark so many of us need. When Marianne Rawlins was working part-time whilst raising her very small children, crochet arrived in her life. It gave her a creative outlet and ultimately an additional career, as her hobby developed into writing and designing for Simply Crochet magazine. Our paths crossed through her work for S... | 24m 36s | ||||||
| 3/28/25 | Carry On Crafting with Justine Robson | After dreaming about a craft festival one night, Justine Robson woke up and decided she should arrange one. Two months later, she’d booked the venue (the South of England show ground) and ten months later Carry on Crafting opened its doors for the first time. This summer sees the fourth edition of the summer craft festival and with over 600 people camping (tickets to camp sold out in a week) a huge range of craft workshops, stalls and entertainment, it’s going from strength to strength.... | 39m 04s | ||||||
| 3/14/25 | MENOPAUSE MAKES with Jenni Smith & Kay Walsh | My guests for this episode are a pair of friends who met at a tap dancing class and went on to become creative business partners. They have been sewing for more than 30 years, many of which were spent working together in their sewing studio in Ilkley in Yorkshire. Since Covid, their classes in sewing and quilting have gone from in person, on a local level, to online and a world-wide audience. They say their mission is to empower women through sewing, one stitch at a time. Their latest project... | 37m 22s | ||||||
| 2/28/25 | Talking Colour, Yarn, Sound & Knitting with Felix Ford from KNITSONIK | It’s so good to be back with you bringing another series of Making Stitches Podcast to your ears! My guest for this episode is Felicity aka Felix Ford, an artist who works in colour, sound and yarn. I first heard about Felix’s work when a mutual friend contacted me and suggested she might be a good guest for the podcast – she was right! Before our chat which features in this episode, Felix asked to send me a couple of her books and an invitation to join one of her online courses so I could ge... | 54m 45s | ||||||
| 12/20/24 | MAKING STITCHES 2024 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL | Hello and welcome to the Making Stitches 2024 Christmas Special! As always at this time of year, I'm taking a look back at some of the year's highlights for Making Stitches. Included in this year's extravaganza is Tansy Forster from The Longest Yarn, author and academic Barbara Burman, Emma Varnam, Dr Gemma McKenzie from Threads of Protest, Heather Gibbs from Keep Calm And Crochet On, Lisa & Lynda-Rose from The Crochet Sanctuary. Thank you to everyone who has spoken to me for Making Sti... | 36m 52s | ||||||
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13 placements across 12 markets.
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13 placements across 12 markets.