Hello there and welcome to the Making Stitches Podcast 2023 Christmas Special. Join me for a selection box of treats looking back at the past 12 months in my podcast world.

You can hear from guests including Dr Mia Hobbs from the 'Why I Knit' Podcast on the mental health benefits of being creative, Dr Fran Darlington-Pollock from the Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity about their yarny Christmas appeal this year and some more of my guests from the podcast this year. Also joining me are some of the lovely people I met at this year's Great Northern Textile Show who will be sharing what's on their Christmas wish list.

Thank you to all of my guests who joined me on this episode, and throughout the year. Thank you to you too for listening! I hope you have a lovely Christmas and that 2024 is kind to you.

My guests in this episode include:

• Catherine Crochets
• Dr Mia Hobbs from Why I Knit Podcast
• Dr Fran Darlington Pollock from the Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity
• Sara from Black Sheep Wools
• Jen Rich - @stitchcraftandcook on Instagram
• Julie from Tilly Flop Designs
• Lisa Wilde from Sunnyside Fabrics UK
• Jane Smith - Japanese Embroidery artist
• Helen from Yarn Addicts Manchester
• Cheryl & Joanne from the North Cheshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Dyers
• Nikki from Allium Threads
• Sheila Haldane - textile artist
• Wendy Roby - textile artist
• Debbie from Why Knot Macrame

And if  you would like to support the Black Sheep Wools 'Deck the Halls' charity campaign in support of the Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity, you can find all the details here.

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For full show notes for this episode, please visit the Making Stitches website. The theme music is Winter Trip by Audioflame from Melody Loops other music used in this episode is Happy Sunshine by Roman Cano, also from Melody Loops.

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Making Stitches Podcast is presented, recorded and edited by Lindsay Weston.