Collage Creative with Amy Small

Today I am here with Megan Elizabeth, the founder of Making Things, a brand new app that gives you access to a huge library of patterns from many different designers - digitally as a monthly subscription. The features are wide ranging but one of my favorites is that it works as a stitch counter tool and will hold your place mid pattern, so you know where you are when you set your project down and come back to it. It's a whole new way of thinking about the pattern design industry. Along with hearing about her business and how it's shaking up the pattern world, I think you'll love hearing about her unwavering belief in herself and her ideas. It is powerful and I hope, will inspire you to embrace the same within yourself. Let's dive in!

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Today on the show I have Julie Weisenberger, the pattern designer and creator of Cocoknits. She is, I think all of us will agree a knitting legend and we have so much fun as we dive into how she came up with her fancy Cocoknits technique and of course what lead her to create her gorgeous line of knitting related products. Lots of take aways and things to learn from this one! I think the knitters out there are really going to enjoy this one as she goes deep into the details. Let's dive in! Show notes here.

In today's show, I dive into what has been going on behind the scenes here at Knit Collage for the last few weeks. These events have led me to a change in how I think about goal setting and plans for 2019. I hope you enjoy!

Today on the show I have Rose Pearlman, a rug hook-er! If you are not familiar with her work, you’ve got to check it out because this is not like any rug hooking I have ever seen. It’s like a beautiful modern art painting done in yarn and it's functional!  I’m so excited for you to hear about the artist camp she grew up on with her creative parents and how the daily practice of posting something creative to IG helped her out of tough time in her life. 

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Today on the show I have Anna Jane Kocon, the owner and founder of Little State Flower Co, a Rhode Island flower farm that grows the most gorgeous flowers. I think you'll really enjoy this epsiode, as you can imagine, coping with the natural elements while running a business comes with a whole other set of challenges that some of us fiber folk don't have to worry about. I fell in love Anna Jane's strength, toughness and confidence and found it contagious. Enjoy!

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Today on the show I have Susan B Anderson, author, designer and now the owner of Barrett Wool Co. She opens up about a lot during our chat – from her morning routine that helped her juggle raising 4 kids and her growing her business to her mantra of WHY NOT ME – when it comes to just starting new things and putting yourself out there. I know you'll love this one and leave feeling more than a little inspired!

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Today on the show I have Twinkie Chan, crochet designer and author with her own, very unique aesthetic. What I loved hearing about the most was how her family fostered this environment of do your own thing and you can make anything yourself – the perfect ingredients for Twinkie’s nostalgic, food inspired designs. Show notes here.

Hi everyone! Today on the show I have Lavanya Patricella. She is teacher and knitting pattern designer with a flair for all things brioche and colorful. I've admired her work from afar for so long, especially because she mixes in some bulky yarns and that beginner brioche cowl is the perfect gate way drug into brioche! 

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On every 10th episode I do something a little different on the podcast and the 70th is no different. This time around, I open up and tell you a little bit about what has been happening here in Sept. It's been nuts to say the least! Then I dive into all the amazing details of our fall knitalong that go live on Oct 11th. Listen in if you're thinking about joining. Collage Creative Podcast Show Notes 

Today on the show I have Carter Seibels, the founder of Woman Shops World – a shop that is chock full of the most amazing tassels, beads, pom poms and so much more. She and her husband evolved their business from a wholesale bead business that languished as small bead shops started closing, into an etsy shop with a jaw dropping number of sales. The way it all evolved and blossomed is so inspiring. Let’s dive into how she made that happen.

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