Why I Knit
by Dr Mia HobbsWelcome to the Why I Knit podcast! My name is Dr Mia Hobbs and I am a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about the mental health benefits of knitting. Each episode of the podcast I interview a different knitter about why they knit and the (k)nitty gritty of how it impacts their mental wellbeing. I have an inspiring and diverse range of knitters lined up who have generously shared their stories with me. You can follow me on Instagram @knittingistherapeutic and get more information on the therapeutic benefits of knitting at my website www.therapeuticknitting.org
Copyright: Copyright 2024 Dr Mia Hobbs
Episodes
The Q&A Episode
23m · PublishedThanks so much for your questions for the Q&A episode, it has been so interesting to be asked such great questions.
Mia Hobbs
Find out more at my website: www.therapeuticknitting.org
Follow me on Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Making something beautiful from the darkest places in life with Elizabeth Hammond
54m · PublishedFor the final episode of series 6 I am joined by Elizabeth Hammond, also known as The Knitchen on Instagram.
Elizabeth describes herself as a knitter, test knitter and dabbling designer. She joins me to speak about turning to knitting to help with her mental health and also during her recovery from a car accident.
Thanks so much for listening to the 6th series of the podcast - we have now reached an incredible 100,000 downloads! To celebrate this milestone I am recording a Q&A episode - if you have a question please get in touch!
Elizabeth
Instagram: @theknitchen
Ravelry: Elizabeth Hammond
Mia Hobbs
Find out more at my website: www.therapeuticknitting.org
Follow me on Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Feeding a part of my brain that needs to be fed with Ellen Coy
1h 4m · PublishedEllen describes herself a tech editor and occasional designer who identifies as queer and neurodivergent.
She speaks about how knitting feeds her inner engineer and allows her to use some skills that she might otherwise have explored in her career. She also talks about the ways in which knitting helps her to connect to family, friends and a new community.
Ellen
Website: www.knithow.com
Instagram: @knithow
Mia Hobbs
Find out more at my website: www.therapeuticknitting.org
Follow me on Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Knitting to connect mind and body with Madison Siegel
55m · PublishedMadison Siegel joins me this week to speak about using knitting as a mindful practice to help her to step back from and notice her thoughts rather than be caught up in them.
She speaks about having a diagnosis of ADHD and feeling anxious after the birth of her second child, and how knitting has been part of finding balance and allowing herself to take up space.
Madison doesn't have a public Instagram account.
Mia Hobbs
Find out more at my website: www.therapeuticknitting.org
Follow me on Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Reconstructing yourself through craft with Susie Bass
1h 22m · PublishedSusie Bass is a researcher studying a PHD in the relationship between power, identity and mental health through craft. Susie is a knitter and multi-crafter and during our discussion she speaks about how craft has been a common thread which has helped her to process traumatic events in her life, and to reconstruct herself afterwards.
CONTENT WARNING: During our conversation Susie speaks about losing a baby and experiencing a sexual assault. She also speaks about the process of being diagnosed with ADHD and Autism in adulthood.
Susie Bass
Instagram: @susiebass_anyhow for links to Susie's work
Mia Hobbs
Find out more at my website: www.therapeuticknitting.org
Follow me on Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Putting slowness at the heart of life with Fran of Woollen Hearted
1h 9m · PublishedFran is a bear maker and multi-crafter who is originally from the UK but now lives in the Pyrenees mountains of France. Fran speaks about how craft has helped to negotiate living with chronic illness and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
Fran
Website: Woollenhearted.com
Instagram: @woollenhearted
Mia Hobbs
Find out more at my website: www.therapeuticknitting.org
Follow me on Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Loose Ends with Masey Kaplan and Jen Simonic
1h 0m · PublishedThe Loose Ends Project aims to ease grief, create community, and inspire generosity by matching volunteer handwork finishers with projects people have left unfinished due to death or disability. The founders, Masey and Jen join me to discuss their own personal relationships with knitting and the story of how they created the Loose Ends Project.
Loose Ends
Find out more at their website: www.looseendsproject.org
Follow them on Instagram: @looseendsproject
Mia Hobbs
Find out more at my website: www.therapeuticknitting.org
Follow me on Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Series 6 coming soon!
1m · PublishedThe Why I Knit Podcast is back with series 6 starting on 4th January 2024!
Thanks to everyone who has been in touch to ask when the new episodes are coming out - I look forward to sharing 6 more conversations with you from 4th January.
Mia
Website: therapeuticknitting.org
Patreon: patreon.com/therpeuticknitting
Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Crochet is a reason to live with Kathryn Vercillo
1h 6m · PublishedKathryn Vercillo is a writer and crafter who specialises in the intersection between art and mental health.
I particularly loved Kathryn's focus on her relationship with craft being something that is constantly evolving, and her celebration of every part of the process.
Kathryn speaks about crochet has helped save her life during periods of depression, and also talks about how she used crochet to help her through the grief following her friend's death through suicide.
Kathryn Vercillo
Instagram @createmefree
Substack: https://createmefree.substack.com/
Books: https://www.amazon.com/Kathryn-Vercillo/e/B001JPC6IO
Mia
Mia
Website: therapeuticknitting.org
Patreon: patreon.com/therpeuticknitting
Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Knitting for confidence and self-compassion with Jessica Hendrickson
42m · PublishedJessica Hendrickson is the Creative Design Director at Lion Brand Yarn. As a teenager she had such a strong desire to make and wear her own clothes, that she told her parents she had to attend a school without a uniform.
She continues to use knitting and crochet to express her identity, but over time she has also used them to help find her way through post-natal depression and to help her focus. Jessica speaks about how she manages her desire to knit all the things as quickly as possible, but also how her constant drive for new experiences is a superpower in her role as Design Director which requires her to come up with new designs and use new yarns on a daily basis.
Jessica and Lion Brand Yarn
Webiste: Lion Brand Yarn
Tom Daley's “Made With Love Collection," which will be
available for purchase in September 2023 at Michaels and on LionBrand.com.
Instagram: @lionbrandyarn
@jesssicaleee
@madewithlovebytomdaley
Mia
Website: therapeuticknitting.org
Patreon: patreon.com/therpeuticknitting
Instagram: @knittingistherapeutic
Why I Knit has 48 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 34:28:34. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on June 25th 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 28th, 2024 02:42.