Reflections on Me-Made-May: How making my own clothes allowed me to show up in photographs
What is Me-Made-May? I first became aware of Me-Made-May a few years ago. It’s an an Instagram phenomenon in the sewing and knitting community with makers posting pictures of themselves in handmade clothes each day in May. It was created by Zoe Edwards, a sewing...
Book Club: The Psychology of Craft
In our first book club episode, Paula and Mia each discuss a book they have read on the subject of the psychology of craft. Paula has read ‘Craftfulness’ by Arzu Tahsin and Rosemary Davidson Mia has read ‘Craft Psychology’ by Dr Anne Kirketerp If you’d like to learn...
Why I Knit Q&A (Bonus episode)
Join Paula and I as we answer your questions about the field of knitting and mental health in this bonus Q&A episode of the Why I Knit podcast. Apologies that the audio quality isn’t as good as usual for this episode, we tried out a new method of recording and had...
Journal Club: Promoting health through yarncraft
This month Dr Paula Redmond and I discuss another research paper into knitting and mental health. The paper we discuss is: Joanna Nordstrand, A. Birgitta Gunnarsson & Greta HäggblomKronlöf (2024) Promoting health through yarncraft: Experiences of an online...