51 episodes

Welcome to the LoveCrafts show, the video and audio podcast everyone is talking about! The LoveCrafts Show is your monthly craft juice - where we chat everything crafts related, share news from the making community, and discuss the joy of making.

The LoveCrafts show LoveCrafts

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    • 4.9 • 44 Ratings

Welcome to the LoveCrafts show, the video and audio podcast everyone is talking about! The LoveCrafts Show is your monthly craft juice - where we chat everything crafts related, share news from the making community, and discuss the joy of making.

    Anna Nikipirowicz | Books, Blogs and Snakes [S04E01]

    Anna Nikipirowicz | Books, Blogs and Snakes [S04E01]

    Welcome to Season 4!!! Jamie and Merion kick things off with all things bookish in this episode where we meet Anna Nikipirowicz, indie designer, author and multi crafter extraordinaire! You can find Anna online at www.moochka.co.uk and on instagram and Facebook. 

    Anna's brilliant books Embroidered Crochet and Tunisian Crochet Stitch Dictionary are both available from Search Press and all good bookshops.

    In their chummy preamble, Jamie was talking about Erasure by Percival Everett and Merion was talking about Persephone Books, in particular The Enchanted April and Expiation by Elizabeth Von Arnim. 
    Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts for more chat about love, crafts and everything in-between!

    You can email us at show@lovecrafts.com to share your crafting stories, guest recommendations or just your favourite flap jack recipes - we'd love to hear from you!

    (ps - please please leave us a review wherever you can, so that we can keep making happy pods that you love!)

    Happy crafting!

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Ian Berry | Art, Denim and Documentaries [S04E02]

    Ian Berry | Art, Denim and Documentaries [S04E02]

    Merion and Jamie meet Ian Berry, artist and incredibly talented chap, talking about his medium, denim; his artistic process and how he became an internationally renowned artist from humble beginnings in the north of England.  You won't want to miss the story about Ayrton Senna's portrait... 

    You can find Ian Berry on instagram, and on his website, Ianberry.org.

    Read about his Fast Fashion Graveyard documentary and his journey to the Atacama Desert in Chile, to explore the textile mountains.
    Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts for more chat about love, crafts and everything in-between!

    You can email us at show@lovecrafts.com to share your crafting stories, guest recommendations or just your favourite flap jack recipes - we'd love to hear from you!

    (ps - please please leave us a review wherever you can, so that we can keep making happy pods that you love!)

    Happy crafting!

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Lauren Smith | Body positivity, podcasting and a passion for history [S04E04]

    Lauren Smith | Body positivity, podcasting and a passion for history [S04E04]

    Super fabulous podcaster Lauren Smith joins Jamie and Merion to talk about body positivity, dressmaking and her love of history!  The Go Love Yourself podcast is an oasis in the desert for anyone needing to boost their self esteem and feel more positive, particularly when it comes to living in a larger body. 

    Links from the episode;
    Don't miss the Go Love Yourself episode about the history of clothes sizes
    We talked about our LoveCrafts show episode with Lydia Morrow
    And these lovely Cashmerette size-inclusive sewing patterns
    And for all your sourdough class needs - the  Gartur Stitch Farm website is a MUST visit!



    Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts for more chat about love, crafts and everything in-between!

    You can email us at show@lovecrafts.com to share your crafting stories, guest recommendations or just your favourite flap jack recipes - we'd love to hear from you!

    (ps - please please leave us a review wherever you can, so that we can keep making happy pods that you love!)

    Happy crafting!

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Brenda K B Anderson | Crochet stitches, charts and costumes! [S04E05]

    Brenda K B Anderson | Crochet stitches, charts and costumes! [S04E05]

    Meet Brenda K  B Anderson, crochet expert extraordinaire! From designing costumes for children's shows to writing books that show how to work motifs without the stitches slanting, Brenda is a marvel! Her new book, The Hooktionary, has a whopping 150 motif charts, from bowls of Pho to Eiffel Towers and cheeseburgers - it's a must for all crocheters!

    You can find brilliant Brenda at Creative Crochet Corner, and follow her instagram hashtags too!

    David & Charles Publishers are a fabulous source of great craft books, with new issues coming out all the time!
    Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts for more chat about love, crafts and everything in-between!

    You can email us at show@lovecrafts.com to share your crafting stories, guest recommendations or just your favourite flap jack recipes - we'd love to hear from you!

    (ps - please please leave us a review wherever you can, so that we can keep making happy pods that you love!)

    Happy crafting!

    • 1 hr 24 min
    Sally Coulthard | Endangered Crafts & The Entire World [S04E06]

    Sally Coulthard | Endangered Crafts & The Entire World [S04E06]

    Merion and Jamie are tickled pink to have Sally Coulthard back on the show, this time to discuss "endangered" crafts and muse about the definition of craft itself. This eclectic chat is nothing short of fabulous - so buckle up, grab a cuppa and snuggle in for an epic show that spans the history of the world right up to present day!

    We mention the brilliant Julie Gurr, willow weaver, who led a course of basket weaving that Merion attended, and an episode of the Go Love Yourself podcast, where the history of clothes sizing reveals all about what happened to larger sized clothes.

    You can find all of Sally Coulthard's books on her website and follow her on instagram, here.

    Keep an eye out for Sally's new podcast with Jamie and Merion, Craft Talkin' !!
    Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts for more chat about love, crafts and everything in-between!

    You can email us at show@lovecrafts.com to share your crafting stories, guest recommendations or just your favourite flap jack recipes - we'd love to hear from you!

    (ps - please please leave us a review wherever you can, so that we can keep making happy pods that you love!)

    Happy crafting!

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Season 4 of the LoveCrafts Show is coming!

    Season 4 of the LoveCrafts Show is coming!

    You know when you get that terrible aching pang for something you haven't heard for a very long time, and your heart begins to contract with pain and longing?  Well you don't have to cry yourselves to sleep any more! It's here! Season 4 of the LoveCrafts Show starts soon, with eight new episodes featuring a veritable smorgasbord of craft talk, chat and laughter!

    Love from,
    Jamie, Merion and the LoveCrafts Team
    London and Crewe,
    England
    The World
    The Universe
    The Galaxy



    Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts for more chat about love, crafts and everything in-between!

    You can email us at show@lovecrafts.com to share your crafting stories, guest recommendations or just your favourite flap jack recipes - we'd love to hear from you!

    (ps - please please leave us a review wherever you can, so that we can keep making happy pods that you love!)

    Happy crafting!

    • 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
44 Ratings

44 Ratings

NaathannRoss ,

So enjoyable and fun!!

Such an enjoyable podcast to listen to. Mr X Stitch and Merion have such fun banter and I always get a laugh with each episode. You have had some inspiring guests on here over the seasons that have helped motivated me to take my crafting to the next level, and for that I thank you! Can’t wait for season 4.

spelling master ,

A little spark of joy and all crafty things talk

Merion and Mr X-Stitch are both love crafts superheroes!! They always make me smile, even on the gloomiest of days. I take me knitting out, play the podcast and it’s never a disappointment - the podcast is full of kindness, fairness, openness, inspiring with all crafty things, fabulous artists and art/crafts, and obviously knitting socks gets a mention once or twice :)))) loved all the episodes in season one and cannot wait for future crafty talks with the love crafts show!!! Thank you Team you are amazing! ...and now I’m off to my knitting HQ on a giraffe.... xx

littlebunting ,

My new favourite!

I’ve just found this podcast and I love it! Mr X Stitch and Merion work so well together and have really lovely voices, I can’t wait to hear more.

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