S1 E6: Bold and Unapologetic with Felicia Lo
<p>Hello yarn friends -</p><p>Welcome back to our regularly scheduled podcast…</p><p>It was an unintended break in the podcast these last couple of weeks and I won’t lie that I was wondering if I was cursed to not get a podcast past a fifth episode! Things have been BUSY over here, and that’s more I’ll tell you about soon, but it has meant that with a few things happening all at the same time, and some more travel, that something had to give and sadly that meant pushing back the podcast for a couple of weeks.</p><p>To make it up to you though, I’m delighted to bring a banger of an episode and one that I recorded while I was in Vancouver very briefly on my summer hols. My visits to Vancouver have often meant flying catch ups with Felicia Lo, the Founder and Creative Director of <a target="_blank" href="https://sweetgeorgiayarns.com/">SweetGeorgia</a>, and my former boss! I was SweetGeorgia’s first sales agent, and that start when I first moved to the UK set me on this amazing journey and love affair with yarn and a career in the craft industry.</p><p>Listening to the episode again while I was editing it gave me a renewed awareness of Felicia’s gentle, quiet confidence - in colour, craft, and in how she’s run her business for the last 20 years. And yes! This is the 20th anniversary of SweetGeorgia! And how far they’ve come - from the big, bold, unapologetic colour of their hand dyed yarns, to sharing spinning, weaving, knitting and crochet knowledge via the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/">School of SweetGeorgia</a>, to the community of makers that they’re building - this is a company where colour changes everything.</p><p>In our conversation, I was reminded that Felicia is a kindred spirit in starting new projects, and I love that she sees SweetGeorgia as continuous Work in Progress. We have a shared passion for lifelong learning and, as it turns out, a shared obsession with falling down rabbit holes when we’re learning something new! Right now Felicia’s obsession is knitting machines, and I for one and looking forward to more content about that on the School of SweetGeorgia!</p><p>From circular sock knitting we even veered into a discussion about AI and where our crafts might be in the future, plus a shared love for the patterns of Caitlin Hunter from <a target="_blank" href="http://boylandknitworks.com/">Boyland Knitworks</a>. The circular sock knitting machine we mention is the <a target="_blank" href="https://erlbacherknitting.com/">Erlbacher</a>, and that desert island yarn of Felicia’s is their new <a target="_blank" href="https://shop.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/products/trifecta-fine">Trifecta Fine</a>, a yummy blend of Bluefaced Leicester wool, mohair and silk. I might have picked up a skein at the studio shop to try myself and have plans to cast on soon so will report back!</p><p>Keep finding joy in your making, and enjoy the episode!</p><p>Allison </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://champagneqiviut.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">champagneqiviut.substack.com</a>
