Knitting for Colour and Challenge with Atia Azmi

Atia Azmi is a knitter, sewer, blogger and podcaster who is known for her creative use of colour in her makes and her home. Atia speaks about the joy of using knitting as a creative outlet where she can combine colours.

Visit Atia's website: www.thebrightblooms.com

Follow Atia on Instagram @thebrightblooms

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Yarn and patterns discussed in this episode:

Ysolda Ysolda | modernknitting patterns | free tutorials | online workshops

Ravelry Ravelry

Knitty.com Content: Knitty.com - Deep Fall 2021

Penguono sweater by Stephen West Penguono (gumroad.com)

Holiday slipover by petite knit Holiday

Slipover – PetiteKnit

Poet sweater Sari Nordlund Ravelry: Poet pattern bySari Nordlund

Dragonflies sweater Joji Locatelli Ravelry:Dragonflies Jumper pattern by Joji Locatelli

The Plumpy Shawl by Andrea Mowry Plumpy — Drea Renee Knits 

HHF - Luxury HandDyed Yarns – Hedgehog Fibres

Cartography sweater by Tin Can Kits Cartography pattern |Tin Can Knits

Scout Shawl by Florence Spurling ScoutShawl – Florence Spurling Studio (shopflorencespurling.com)

Knitty.com’s Forecast Sweater Knitty: editorial win05

London Underground sock yarn: TrailingClouds — **pre order** Nimbus sock yarn in MIND THE GAP (bigcartel.com)

Lace shawl: Ravelry: Clothildepattern by Kristen Hanley Cardozo

Brooklyn Tweed Shelter yarn Shelter Yarn | 100% USA-GrownTarghee-Columbia Wool | Brooklyn Tweed

Camarose Snefnug yarn SNOWFLAKE (camarose.dk)

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Self-Care One Stitch at a Time - Live!

We wanted to let you know that we will be running our first ever live cohort of our course Self-Care One Stitch at a Time in January 2027. Join the priority waiting list If like me, you find it hard to stick with a pre-recorded online course and fit it into your schedule, and prefer the accountability and community of a live course then this is the course for you! The course will run for 6 weeks from the 6th of January, and will consist of 6 pre-recorded videos which you can watch at a time that suits you, and 6 live online sessions (on Zoom) run each Wednesday evening for 6 weeks. Self-Care One Stitch at a Time is based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques and is designed to help you use knitting intentionally to benefit your well-being. We cover topics including how to connect with your values, using knitting for mindfulness, how to choose your next knitting project with your self-care needs in mind. Plus we look at mistakes and traps that crop up in our relationship with knitting and how to navigate them. We are limiting the group size to just 12 spaces in order to keep the group small enough for discussions – so if you’d like to join us you can click here to join the priority waiting list and you’ll be the first to know when tickets are released.

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