Make Joy Podcast

S2 E6: Ebb & Flow

Hello yarn friends - This next episode of the podcast is an important one I think, because not all projects are linear. Sometimes they’re started, then put down, then pi

S2 E5: When the Stars Align

Hello yarn friends! HUGE thanks for your patience these last two weeks! I had scheduled a break in episodes for while I was in Canada getting my son moved into universit

S2 E4: Terms and Conditions

Hello yarn friends - I’m so excited to share this episode of the podcast with you as it’s a bit of a departure from the the yarn shops, super sports fan sweaters and bes

S2 E3: A Yarn Called Family

Hello yarn lovers - This episode of the podcast is a family affair with Lydia Amartey-Williams of Weku Yarn. It was also supposed to include her sister Hannah, who is th

S2 E2: The Baseball Sweater That Outlasted the Season

Hello yarn friends - I’m super excited to share this second episode of series two of the Make Joy podcast with you, and introduce you to a delightful Canadian in the UK,

S2 E1: Just Say Yes and Fly

Hello yarn lovers and welcome back to the Make Joy Podcast! I’m so excited to finally get a chance to share with you Series 2 of the podcast. It feels like I’ve been wor

S2: Teaser

Hello yarn friends! It’s been a while! How’s your making? Things here have been busy - school, work, plus getting ready for this year’s Make Joy. But through it all, I’

S1 E10: Celebrating Big Dreams and 20 Years of Loop with Susan Cropper

Hello yarn friends - It’s Sweater Weather - finally! - and welcome to November. Of course, this is one of the mildest Novembers that I can remember here in the UK so the

S1 E9: Knitters’ Question Time presented by Wild & Woolly and Knit 15

Hello yarn friends - We’re getting close to the end of this first series of the Make Joy podcast and I can hardly believe it. It’s been a wild ride, and a crazy year, an

S1 E8: Knitting 365 with Martyn

Hello yarn lovers, and a very Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you all! Tonight I’m feeling very full - both of Sunday Roast and gratitude for this past year! It seems lik

S1 E7: A Little Social Knitting With Amanda and Fiona

Hello yarn friends - I’m so excited to share this latest episode of the podcast with you, as it’s Knit City Vancouver this weekend and I loved having the opportunity to

S1 E6: Bold and Unapologetic with Felicia Lo

Hello yarn friends - Welcome back to our regularly scheduled podcast… It was an unintended break in the podcast these last couple of weeks and I won’t lie that I was wo

S1 E5: Smiles and Sunshine with Salina Jane

Hello yarn friends - I’m away in Shetland at the moment on one of my Stitchtopia tours. While I was re-listening to this episode of the Make Joy Podcast, I was struck by

S1 E4: Fun in the Sun with Knitting Magazine Editor Christine Boggis

Hello yarn friends - It looks like it’s going to be a gorgeous sunny day today and I’m enjoying watching the light over the rooftops as I write this to you this morning.

S1 E3: SOAK-ing it up with Jacqueline Sava

Hello yarn friends - A theme of friendship and fabulous makers is emerging on The Make Joy Podcast with this next episode and my special guest Jacqueline Sava, the found

S1 E2: A Great London Crawl with Rachel Brown

Hello yarn lovers - I’m delighted to bring you this second episode of the podcast with very special guest, Rachel Brown. Rachel was more or less the first knitter I met

S1 E1: A Little Aleks Byrd-ie Taught Me All About Estonia

Hello yarn friends! The first episode of the Make Joy podcast is finally here - thank you for listening! When doing something scary or outside of your comfort zone, it’

Introducing… the Make Joy podcast!

Hello friends and yarn lovers - Welcome to the Make Joy podcast! This is a secret project that I’ve been working on for a while now, and I hope you enjoy listening to i