Calm House Crafting

Welcome to the Calm House Crafting Podcast!! Calm House Crafting is for busy working mums who want to learn and know more about knitting and crochet, who want to reconnect with old crafty passions or create new ones! Bring a cuppa, your needles or your hooks and yarn and come and join me! Intro and Outro music from Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/bpmoore/komorebi License code: PEWBHMXKIOQVYSCU

Episode 7 - How to craft when you don't have time... 01/15/2025

Episode 7 - How to craft when you don't have time... It can be so diffiucult to find the time to craft when life is very busy and you have a lot on your plate, we all have responsibilities. In this episode Megan discusses some tips and hints for finding more time to craft and a few different things you can do to keep up your crafting enthusiasm when life is busy. /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/34849040

Episode 6 - Crochet, the basics 09/27/2024

Episode 6 - Crochet, the basics Today Megan is talking all about crochet, from the beginnings of crochet through to some helpful things to know before you start, and a quick overview of the main basic stitches, sit back, relax, grab your yarn and hook, and let's talk crochet! /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/33215482

Episode 5 - Knitting, the basics, part 2 08/09/2024

Episode 5 - Knitting, the basics, part 2 Today, Megan is covering the next steps in the basics of knitting, how to increase and decrease stitches to create shape in your fabric. We cover the 'knit two together' and 'slip slip knit' decrease, and how to make increases with 'make one left' and 'make one right'. Knowing these simple increases and decreases will help to create many different shapes with your knitted fabric! /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/32510587

Episode 4 - Knitting, the basics 07/12/2024

Episode 4 - Knitting, the basics Episode 4 - Knitting, The Basics Today, Megan covers the basics of knitting and what to know to start making some actual knitting stitches (and a tiny bit of history on knitting!). Grab your knitting needles and yarn, and let's start knitting together! /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/32034372

Episode 3 - Top tips for starting Knitting and Crochet 06/28/2024

Episode 3 - Top tips for starting Knitting and Crochet Episode 3 - Top tips for starting Knitting and Crochet! Here Megan talks about her top tips for new crafters to help them on their knitting and crochet crafting journey. Full of helpful things to think about when you are just starting out. We hope you feel inspired and empowered to start knitting and crochet! /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/31926272

Episode 2 - Just start! 06/14/2024

Episode 2 - Just start! Welcome to episode 2! Just Start! In this episode megan talks about some practical hints and tips to know before you get started with knitting and crochet, what items you will need and what think about before you get going! Knitting needle and crochet hook sizes, the different weights of yarn and of course tension is discussed to help you feel more informed about starting (or getting back into!) your new craft! /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/31713147

Episode 0 - Welcome! 05/31/2024

Episode 0 - Welcome! Welcome to the Calm House Crafting Podcast! This is my podcast for all you busy creatives who want to know more, learn more and find the time to connect with your love of crafting, specifically knitting and crochet. I'm Megan, a wife, a mummy, and I work as a knitting and crochet designer and tech editor, and I'm so happy you are here! Welcome! /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/31416732

Episode 1 - Why? 05/31/2024

Episode 1 - Why? Why? In this episode Megan talks about her why, why she crafts, why she knits and crochet and some potential 'why's' as to why you should knit and crochet too! /episode/index/show/4f98a6e8-4d44-4a2d-b313-79f30dc59e57/id/31545687

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