The SweetGeorgia Show

Today is a bit special and different from the other weekly episodes. Today, we are joined by our very own Design Director for Knitwear at SweetGeorgia Yarns, Tabetha Hedrick. Tabetha is a very accomplished knitwear designer, photographer, blogger, writer, editor and more. She’s been working with us at SweetGeorgia over the past year and a half now, to really focus on creating knitwear design patterns that really bring out the best the our hand-dyed yarns. The last time we spoke was the Holiday launch LAST YEAR, so I thought we should catch up with Tabetha and see what she’s been doing since then.

Now, if you have been following my blog posts from late this past summer, you might have noticed that I have recently been bitten by the weaving bug again. My mind has been churning with so many ideas about things I want to put on the loom and weave. I just want to weave all the things. So when I was thinking of guests for the show, I knew I wanted to connect with Denise Renee Grace. If you are a knitter who is thinking about dipping your toe into the world of weaving, Denise has some great suggestions on how to get started. And if you are already a weaver and considering doing some more production-type weaving, Denise also has time-saving techniques that she will share with us. If you are at all interested in weaving and weaving with knitting yarn, I encourage you to join us for this conversation today.

If you have ever needed to call or email the Schacht Spindle Company about your spinning wheel or weaving loom, Denise is the friendly voice you hear at the other end of the line. She has been working with Schacht for 7 years as product specialist (mechanical maven). But when she’s not helping people with their spinning and weaving equipment, she has been on a path to becoming a production weaver under the name Filament Fiber Art.

It is fascinating and telling that one of the greatest challenges for all of us creative people, whether we have kids or no kids, is the challenge of having enough time. Sometimes, it feels like the greatest opponent to creativity is having enough time. Today's episode is a little wind up for 2016 and it will just be me today, talking about time.

Joji Locatelli tells the beautiful story of how she got started knitting, designing, and collaborating with Veera Välimäki on the Interpretations collections.

We are hosting our first annual Fall with SweetGeorgia Make Along or MAL starting next Tuesday, October 11 and we would love for all our listeners to come join us. All of the details are on our website at http://sweetgeorgiayarns.com/mal16 but I thought I would highlight the main points for you guys here.