Pattern Shift

By Saskia de Feijter

Hi! My name is Saskia de Feijter and welcome to the Pattern Shift podcast. In this podcast, I support overwhelmed small business owners in the fiber and needlecraft industry, helping them set up an

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January 27, 2023 #53 - Zoe Edwards helps me with the foundation for a more sustainable sewing practice
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Zoe Edwards joins us again! This time, we covered sustainable sewing and lots of things in between. I've asked Zoe to help me while I'm still quite new to sewing, to get a good foundation to a more sustainable sewing practice. From learning how to choose patterns to fit your body so you will get the most wear out of them -always the most sustainable option after not getting or making anything at all- and discussing different fabrics, you’ll learn a lot in this episode!

MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE on the show-notes page (link below)
LINKS
Sewing Patterns for Bigger Bodies, shared by Zoe:
Cashmerette - https://www.cashmerette.com/collections/cashmerette-patterns
Muna and Broad - https://www.munaandbroad.com/collections/patterns
GOTS Certification - stands for Global Organic Textile Standards, Learn More at https://global-standard.org/

QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE
“Every company has its own “sample size”-- its own set of proportions that they work to. Some of them.. they’re not gunna fit so well to your body and you’re gunna have to do a bit of work to make it fit. So always, always, always measure yourself before you start a new project.” They’re just numbers. They don’t mean anything.

CONNECT WITH ZOE
Her podcast: https://checkyourthread.com/
Her blog: https://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/
The first time she was on A Smaller Life: https://www.ja-wol.com/blogs/podcast/34-zoe-edwards-from-the-check-your-thread-podcast-on-me-made-may
About her annual 4-week challenge, Me Made May https://sozowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/p/about-me-made-may.html
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January 13, 2023 #52 - Kim Witten: Yarn Over-thinking, create succes with the help of coaching, mentoring and craft
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My coach, Kim Witten, teaches us the difference between coaching, mentoring and therapy. Then, we move on to topics such as the struggle we creatives have balancing structure and freedom (for our craft), and also have an enlightening conversation about “imposter syndrome”. Kim shares a comforting perspective and cites the two psychologists who coined the term in the 1970’s.
Enjoy this incredible conversation with Kim Witten, transformational coach, for the first episode of A Smaller Life in the new year.

Take your own “JWC” Ja, Wol Community pledge to grow in our skills and make better choices for the environment, living creatures and ourselves. Visit www.community.ja-wol.com

Find the main takeaways and some GREAT GOODIES from Kim on the episode page.
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December 30, 2022#51 - New Year's Shortie Episode - taking a pledge
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In this episode I talk about the Ja Wol Community pledge that has been spontaneously started by our member Kathleen.
I jumped on her idea and we had a zoom call together and made it happen.
In the episode I share my personal pledge and invite you to join us to see how you can make the curating and creating of your wardrobe in 2023 fun and meaningful.
A new way of curating and creating our clothes.
Start your journey to a more intentional closet TODAY!
WE KEEP IT FUN!
Because that is the only way that we can keep the change part of our lives and ELIMINATE FAST FASHION!

GET THE JWC PLEDGE WORKSHEET HERE

MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
Setting up boundaries and 'rules' can be freeing
Connecting to others that are going through the same process is super valuable, you'll get so many unexpected insights
A nailpolish swap is a great idea!

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December 16, 2022 #50 - Milestones: Maya @ Knit With Attitude goes Big + A Smaller Life's 50th Episode
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May Lin Bang (Maya) joins us from Knit With Attitude in High Street London, but not before we do a little celebrating for our 50th episode! Tune in to hear shout outs and interesting stats in the first 10 minutes, and then get cozy for our 50 minute conversation.
Maya is an inspiration who has run a successful ecological yarn shop as an immigrant for more than 10 years. She had an online shop before that was really a thing. She tells us about how she deals with our unconventional industry in an unconventional way, from funding, to management and more, never giving up her values and core principles. It was a joy to hear from her, and you can find her at www.knitwithattitude.com
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MAIN TAKEAWAYS & QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE on our full show notes page
CONNECT WITH Maya
www.knitwithattitude.com

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December 02, 2022 #49 - Reporting from the Faroe Islands Gudrun & Gudrun & Snaeldan Spinnery
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In this cinematic, on-the-road episode, you’ll hear all about the wool and shepherding industry in the Faroese Islands or Faroes (Føroyar). You’ll get to hear a spinning machine, special background music from the feat-of-modern-egineering underwater tunnels, reports from the traveler’s log in the ferry cabin, and spontaneous interviews with shop owners and workers. You’re going to love it!
Featuring Johanna from the Snealdan Spinnery and CEO Guðrun Rógvadóttir from Guðrun & Guðrun hand-knit wool fashion brand.
Find more info and pictures from my travels on the episode website.
LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
Google Results: Floortje Naar Het Einde Van Het Wereld
CONNECT WITH [GUEST]
https://snaldan.fo/
https://www.gudrungudrun.com/
https://www.navia.fo

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November 18, 2022#48- Elizabeth Joy of Conscious Style explaining conscious and sustainability lingo
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In this episode, you’ll hear from Elizabeth Joy of Conscious Style.
Elizabeth is a content creator that cares about fashion and style in a conscious way. We talk about green washing, the use of wording and descriptions in the field of conscious fashion and educating through podcasts and other channels.

Elizabeth Joy

MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
The Big Brands often co-opt words used in the small, sustainable, earth-loving, crafting community and uses them to make money / green-washing
“Ethical Fashion” is one of those terms
“Circular Fashion” is a system that doesn’t produce waste and the items have no real “end-of-life”
Items can be reused, recycled, upcycled, or sent back / repaired, etc
Ex: Thousand Fell Sneakers - US https://www.thousandfell.com/
Ex: MUD Jeans - NL https://mudjeans.nl/

QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE
“When you search a term like, ‘ethical fashion’, a term like ‘sustainable fashion’... you see the Google ads of brands that are totally not sustainable. It’s really frustrating, right? They have the money, they have the budget to sort of, green-wash their way into sustainability, which… it feels like we’re up against a lot but, yeah. I just really think it’s important to educate; try to educate as many people who will listen and who are curious.”

LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
What Elizabeth’s Wearing - Jewelry / Clothing Swap Service https://www.swapsociety.co/
(a European equivalent? https://www.thenuwardrobe.com/)
What Saskia’s Wearing https://www.seasaltcornwall.com/
Ethical / Sustainable Shoe Brand in the U.S. - Nisolo https://nisolo.com/ See also:
https://nisolo.com/blogs/stride-sustainability/the-lowest-wage-in-our-supply-chain
Thousand Fell Sneakers https://www.thousandfell.com/
MUD Jeans NL https://mudjeans.nl/
Book: The Day The World Stops Shopping https://www.jbmackinnon.com/the-day-the-world-stops-shopping

CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH
Her website https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/
Her podcast
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November 04, 2022 #47- Janne de Hoop @ Hollands Wol Collectief on turning local wool into product
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Before The Holland Wool Collective came along, tons of wool was going to waste. There was a gap between people who had wool, people who processed it into a usable product, and wholesalers or designers who needed the material.
Farmers in the Netherlands needed more options as far as who to send their wool to; there wasn’t anyone gathering that material to send it to be processed it into usable medium– like felt or yarn. At least, not until Janne de Hoop and her partner Mirthe Snoek came along.
Within a week of launching their website, they had received at least 30 calls from sheep farmers with wool to get rid of. Still in the early stages, Janne from the Hollands Wol Colletief gives us a sneak-peek into what goes on behind the scenes in this start-up cooperative that utilizes what, in the past, was going to waste. What a joy to have her with us!
We talk about taxes, balancing work life and personal life, launching a company with a friend, and figuring things out as you go.

LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
https://www.hollandswolcollectief.nl/
Martin Oosthoek Landschapsbeheer - Rotterdam Shepard -
https://www.maoosthoek.nl/

CONNECT WITH JANNE & MIRTHE
https://www.hollandswolcollectief.nl/
https://www.instagram.com/hollandswolcollectief/
https://www.facebook.com/hollandswolcollectief

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October 21, 2022#46 - Alice Karolina @ The Ethical Move on Ethical Marketing
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We welcome Alice from The Ethical Move this week on A Smaller Life!
Alice owns a branding firm, and she runs an online community (with the help of dedicated others) that's focused on ethical branding / marketing.
How do we attract customers without using lead magnets?
How can we appeal to our customers without manipulating them?
These are the kind of questions they ask at https://www.theethicalmove.org/

Main Takeaways

current marketing strategies are often deeply manipulating
industry advice that is given is often based on tricking people into buying things
consumerism is not sustainable, not ethical, and it's just straight up harmful in many ways
more take-aways in the shownotes on the website.

"...and that is really where the community is strongest, like the community is really meant to hold that space where we work on our ethical marketing pursuits, because they will last a lifetime. This is a great un-learning and a great re-creating of what we want things to be, you know? Like if we don't use lead magnets, what do we do? If we don't use the typical selling strategies, what are strategies that work, that work more, let’s say cyclically or in a natural connection? What about relationship? I just think branding goes a lot deeper than we think."– Alice Karolina, The Ethical Move

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October 07, 2022 #45 - Connecting the dots, planning & strategy in your craft business
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In this episode I talk about the role of strategy in your small business and how you don't have to change all that much to make better use of the time and effort you are already investing in communication, marketing, branding and all those other 'icky' business words.
Hopefully you'll get some information about how thinking things through just a little bit more, can make a big difference in how you present yourself as a business.
MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE are on the podcast page HERE.
CONNECT WITH SASKIA
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set up a free meeting with me to see if the BBBC might be something for you.
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September 23, 2022 #44 - Melody Hoffmann of B Mandarines on Where Personal and Professional Identity Meet
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In this episode, you’ll hear from Melody Hoffman, the knitting pattern designer behind B Mandarines. She's a soft spoken nature loving, foraging business owner. She doesn't like the word branding as she feels completely connected to what she does. It's not a brand, it's her.
Listen to Melody talk about how her values, her choices shape her work.
Find links to connect with her in the show notes.

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