Bonus Episode: Sukrita Mahon and the Fibre Community (Part 1)
Brown Girl in the Ring Podcast
Release Date: 03/03/2019
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info_outlineWe’re back from our break today with a special two-part bonus episode that is a deep dive into the Sydney fibre community.
We start by chatting with Sukrita Mahon, a knitter and spinner based in Australia.
Sukrita’s focus is on living sustainably and with intention. She revels in working with natural fibres and it was through a need to connect and unwind that she found her love of spinning.
Sukrita is also a co-founder of a newly established community called Sydney is Cancelled. It’s a community open to people of colour within the knitting, crafting, and fibre community to have a safe space to interact and learn from one another
For those of us not involved in the fibre community you may be wondering; isn’t knitting and crafting a welcoming apolitical safe space? In some ways it is and this is often why people are drawn to craft. Join us to discuss more with Sukrita (@su.krita) and Sydney is Cancelled (@sydneyiscancelled).
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