Rain is the festival’s uninvited guest: one minute you’re arranging a tiny woollen fiddler on a gingham cloth, the next you’re tucking everything under a tarp and praying the colours don’t...
I first wondered whether a single knit pattern could become a festival series...
I love the challenge of making a tiny musician who not only looks like they...
I learned to collect folktales at summer festivals, notebook balanced on my...
I’ve been hauling projects and a battered project bag to fields, village...
When I first brought a ten-minute knitted puppet set to an acoustic folk stage,...
Shipping fragile knitted characters by train across the UK feels like sending a...
I learned to collect folktales at summer festivals, notebook balanced on my knee while a fiddler warmed up and a maker braided bunting nearby....
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I’ve been hauling projects and a battered project bag to fields, village greens and muddy festival carparks for most of my life. After more than a...
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When I first brought a ten-minute knitted puppet set to an acoustic folk stage, I remember feeling equal parts excited and a little terrified....
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Shipping fragile knitted characters by train across the UK feels like sending a small, breathing piece of my festival stall out into the world....
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Putting together a weekend festival pop-up of limited-edition knitted folk characters is one of my favourite challenges: it’s equal parts design,...
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I was once asked to bring a knitted mascot to a windy seaside festival and then fly it home the next day. It sounds like the sort of whimsical errand...
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I once sat up late in a field behind a folk stage, socks rolled down, a mug of lukewarm tea in one hand and a half-finished knitted gnome in the...
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I once stood in a damp village hall, clutching a box of knitted puppets that smelled faintly of lavender and wool. That night I watched a rapt...
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When I first imagined staging a pop-up knitted character performance at a tiny summer fete, I had two things: a pocketful of hand-knit gnomes and a...
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I often get asked how to put together a short, sharp puppet performance that still feels rich and rooted in folk tradition. Recently I set myself the...
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