Remember the knitted midwives of 2016? This hour explores creativity – including crafting, quilting and knitting. These skills are not merely practical and relaxing hobbies, but can be linked to academic study, reflection on practice and as a means of action and illustration of points.

The knitted midwives, a project led by Jenny and Lindsay in 2016, was to illustrate a political point that there was (and still is) a national shortage of midwives and that educating and preparing them is a major challenge to the service. It was also designed to celebrate what midwives can mean to people personally.

The knitted midwives were taken to the RCM annual conference in Harrogate and was a tangible picture of what a huge number actually looks like! And in 2020, there was a plan to celebrate the year of the Nurse and the midwife with an exercise in quilting.. Join us to hear about how you can engage creatively yourself!

Episode 2 of Series 4 of the Maternity and Midwifery Hour

Hosted by:

Sue Macdonald, Curator, Maternity & Midwifery Festivals; Co-editor, Mayes Midwifery

With contributions from:

Dr Jenny Hall, Curator, MATFLIX

Lindsay Hobbs, Midwifery Lecturer, University of Bradford

Supported by MATFLIX: https://matflix.co.uk

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