When a folk tale is told at a festival it breathes, twists, and grows with every voice. Translating that living, wandering story into a knit pattern that a beginner can follow is a gentle kind of...
I’ve run a pop-up repair and mending station at handfuls of folk festivals...
There’s a special rhythm to a multi-stage folk festival that I’ve come to...
I teach children folk stories through simple knitted puppets because nothing...
I sell knitted characters and little festival-ready gifts from a small stall at...
When I set out to design a knitted character inspired by a particular...
I love the moment when a tiny knitted being steps off my needles and into the...
I love turning old stories into small, knitted lives — the kind you can cup in your hands and send skittering across a tabletop stage. Adapting a...
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Hello — if you’ve ever watched a flock of festival-goers tighten their scarves against a wind-blown stage and wished you could bottle that tiny,...
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I love a village fête because it’s where making and merriment meet: bunting flutters, local bands play, and children dart between stalls with...
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I still remember the first fair where I nervously pinned a price tag to a tiny hand-knitted fox and wondered if anyone would pay more than the cost...
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When I first saw Hattie Rowan’s dolls at a summer market, I was struck by the way each tiny figure seemed to carry a whole life inside its knitted...
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I often think of knitted characters as tiny actors on a patchwork stage: their stitches are costumes, their stuffing is posture, and their maker is...
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