When I began planning a little series of knitted characters for a summer market stall, I naively thought I could order tiny custom-dye runs from a local UK mill and have perfectly matched minis for...
I run short, joyful workshops for children at village fêtes a lot — knitted...
I often get asked how I turn a whispered folk tale heard at the back of a...
I set up my first pay-what-you-can yarn-mending stall at a midsummer folk...
I once wondered the same thing: can two small knitted puppets really keep an...
When I design a knitted character, the colour is often the first thing I fall...
I’ve spent many summers walking festival fields with a notebook in one hand...
Rain at a festival has a way of softening the world: umbrellas, steaming cups of tea, and the low hum of music through wet air. It also throws a...
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I’ve spent many festival weekends with a tote of knitted characters tucked under my arm, dodging campfire smoke, mud, and the perpetual hug-induced...
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Why I wanted a smell-proof knitted companionI've made dozens of small knitted characters for festivals, market stalls, and quiet evenings at home....
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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...
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I first wondered whether a single knit pattern could become a festival series the year I made a tiny fox for a friend’s birthday and ended up with...
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I love the challenge of making a tiny musician who not only looks like they belong on a festival stage but can also hold a fiddlestick between their...
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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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