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Close Knit — 78 episodes

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EPISODE 68 :: Nathan Ford

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EPISODE 67 :: Mckenzie Mullen of Em To The Third Yarn Co

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A Podcast Update!

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On Taking Space - A Podcast Pause

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EPISODE 66 :: Masego Morgan & Stella Hertantyo of cncs_

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EPISODE 65 :: Damien Ajavon

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EPISODE 64 :: Sharifah Emalia Al-Gadrie

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EPISODE 63 :: Zak Foster

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EPISODE 62 :: Vivian Shao Chen

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EPISODE 61 :: Francisco Diaz of Cisco Sews

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EPISODE 60 :: Grace Rother

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EPISODE 59 :: Carolina Jimenez

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EPISODE 58 :: Aisling Camps

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EPISODE 57 :: Sonya Philip of 100 Acts of Sewing

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EPISODE 56 :: Catarina of The Olive Trees and the Moon

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EPISODE 55 :: Marcee & Hubbard Jones of Housework

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EPISODE 54 :: Sarah Nsikak of La Reunion Studio

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Craft & Care - COVID19

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EPISODE 53 :: Geana Sieburger of GDS Cloth Goods

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EPISODE 52 :: Gina Stovall of two days off clothing - Building a Sustainable Clothing Brand On Your Days Off

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EPISODE 51 :: Sarah Danu of Danu Organic - Plant-Colored Clothes & Designing and Manufacturing Wardrobe Staples

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A Series of Short Essays on Care-Taking Through Making (Knitting is our love language)

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EPISODE 50 :: Mandy Kordal of Kordal Studio - Knitting on Machines & Local and International Production

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EPISODE 49 :: Charlotte X.C. Sullivan - May West: Leading with Curiosity & Magic of Milkweed  

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EPISODE 48 :: Erin M. Riley - Exploring identity, pleasure, and family structure through weaving

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EPISODE 47 :: Jewell Christine of North Knits & Our Maker Life

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EPISODE 46 :: Sara Trail of the Social Justice Sewing Academy - Intergenerational Textile Art Activism

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EPISODE 45 :: Adrienne Antonson of State the Label - Scrappiness, making mistakes, and scaling a business

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Revisiting The Close Knit Podcast Mission

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EPISODE 44 :: Isadora Alvarez of Back Beat Rags - The Nuts and Bolts of Local Production

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EPISODE 43 :: Aaron Sanders Head on Going All In & Daily Practice 

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EPISODE 42 :: Jess Mahaney of Muumuu - Wild Beginnings, Changing Directions & Finding Flow  

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EPISODE 41 :: Anny Crane on Becoming an Art Teacher & Processing Through Art

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EPISODE 40 :: Liz Spencer of The Dogwood Dyer

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EPISODE 39 :: Mike Reynolds of Everyday Girl Dad : Masculinity, Fatherhood & Listening to Lived Experience

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EPISODE 38 :: Lauren McDonald of Working Cloth - A Discussion of the Historical and Gendered Context of Fashion & the Universality of the Running Stitch

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EPISODE 37 :: Jess Schreibstein and Claire Moskal of Mild Woman - Friendship, First Sweaters and Valuing & Compensating Creative Work

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EPISODE 36 :: Lily Schlosser and James Davis - Weaving Family History, Making Friends with Anxiety & Practicing Gratitude

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EPISODE 35 :: Tal Fitzpatrick - Creativity's Role In Community Resilience & Viewing Craftivism through a Constructive and Hopeful Lens

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Minisode - EP 34 Continued :: Friendship Chats with Sam Ives and Abbey Rich

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EPISODE THIRTY FOUR :: Pillow Talk with Sam Ives - Maker & Mineral and Abbey Rich - Creating Clothing Thoughtfully & Tattooing Friends

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EPISODE THIRTY THREE :: Nate of Loop'nThreads - An Unexpected Introduction to Knitting & Co-facilitating 'Our Maker Life'

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PUSSYHATS FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD :: 15th Sept 2017 - The What, The Where (& a note on intersection/integration)

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EPISODE THIRTY TWO :: Kinknit - Unexpected Parallels between the Kink and Fibre Community

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EPISODE THIRTY ONE :: Marlee Grace - Hiring Your Friends & Navigating Boundaries Between Projects and Self

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EPISODE THIRTY :: Hanna Lisa Haferkamp & Verena Cohrs - Running Values - Aligned Businesses

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EPISODE TWENTY NINE :: PILLOW TALK with Claire & Ashton of Wax and Wane Fiber

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EPISODE TWENTY EIGHT :: Emma Peters - Permission to Make Mistakes & Teaching from an Honest Place

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EPISODE TWENTY SEVEN :: Anna Barberio of For Flynn Protest Art - Art as Self-Care and an Act of Resistance

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EPISODE TWENTY SIX :: Shannon Downey of Badass Cross Stitch - Subversive Embroidery, Craftivism & Processing through Stitching

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EPISODE TWENTY FIVE :: Deva O'neill of Phaedra Clothing - On Being Self-Taught & Exploring Indigo Dyeing

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MINI EPISODE :: THANK YOU + AN INTRODUCTION - JOY IN THE STRUGGLE

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EPISODE TWENTY FOUR :: Olive Riley of Spinning A Yarn - Keeping the Business in the Family + Balancing Full Time Work and Creative Projects

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EPISODE TWENTY THREE :: Emma Lehan of The Fleece and Wheel - Having and Go + Thoughts on Sourcing Locally

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EPISODE TWENTY TWO :: Brandi Harper of purlBknit - The "Happy Hustle" of working in Fibre + Notes on Ethnicity in Craft

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EPISODE TWENTY ONE :: Lisa Anderson Shaffer of Zelma Rose - The "Chaotic Crisis Pregnancy Business Plan", and Building a Creative Practice Alongside Motherhood

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EPISODE TWENTY :: Sophe Probst of Urban Roots Handmade - Moving Toward Zero Waste + Asking For What You Want

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EPISODE NINETEEN :: Julie of Little Loom - Interpreting Fibre In a Free Form Way & Navigating the Complexities of Making and Selling Work

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EPISODE EIGHTEEN :: Georgie Nicolson of Tikki Knits - Supporting Local Producers, Large Scale Community Textile Art, Becoming a Knitwear Designer

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We're taking a little break... See you in Nov!

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EPISODE SEVENTEEN :: Emily Michetti of Your Daily Dose of Fiber - Finding a Love of Alpaca in Peru, Working on Turning a Passion into a Business

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EPISODE FIFTEEN:: Kylie Norton - Embroidery Artist - Exploring Intersectional Feminist Theory, Menstruation, and Indigenous Culture and Traditions

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EPISODE FOURTEEN:: Jacinta of Plump and Co - Finding Your Way as a Tactile Person, and The Roller Coaster of Starting a Business

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EPISODE THIRTEEN :: Rhiannon Owens - The Next Step - Finding and Celebrating Sustainability in Craft

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EPISODE TWELVE :: Nadine Hulme - Adagio Mills : Crowdfunding + Starting from Scratch

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EPISODE ELEVEN :: Kate Smalley of Tracing Threads - Beginner's Edge + The Joy of Making from Scratch

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EPISODE TEN :: Lizzy Mendinsky of Above the Canopy - Fibre Arts in Cultures around the World and Beanie-Ribbing Turned Necklace

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EPISODE NINE :: Sky Carter of Sky Carter Colour - Experimental Weaving, Playing with Colour, and Practicing Art Full Time

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EPISODE EIGHT :: Catherine Wendland - Knitting for the Love of Good Wool, Small Scale, Local Production, and Staying Grounded in a World of Social Media

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EPISODE SEVEN :: Gina Rockenwagner of Poppy and Pima - Serendipitous Job Offers, Knitwear Design and Improvisational Quilting as a Creative Outlet

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EPISODE SIX :: Meghan Navoy of A Wool Story - Zero Waste Knitting and Sustainable Fibre Revelations

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EPISODE FIVE :: Lauren Hunter - Costume Making, Realising Designers' Visions, and Medieval Footwear

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EPISODE FOUR :: Emily Hundt of In The Folds - Discovering Upscale Upcycling and Creating Patterns that Challenge and Delight

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EPISODE THREE :: Laura Taylor of School of Hard Knots - Balancing Work and Craft, Digging Deeper and Sticking With It

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EPISODE TWO :: Kylie Walsh of We Heart the Arts - Learning the art of Wrapping and Finding your Community

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EPISODE ONE :: Caitlin Murray of Raglan St Wears - Running a Knitwear Business, 19th Century Tapestry Design, and Finding Inspiration

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