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   S10 · E5 · 7 Oct 2026 · 38 min

   Knitting for safety and stillness with Nessa Hubbard

   Knitting coach Nessa Hubbard joins me to discuss her own journey with knitting and crochet, going from being taught to knit as a very young child to help her to sit still to teaching other people to knit and crochet, and helping them to boost their skills and crucially also their confidence. As someone with ADHD, Nessa speaks about feeling that knitting helps to hold her brain in a way that nothing else does and allows her to access immediate calm She also speaks about the sense of community that she has found through knitting. To find out more about Nessa visit her website nessahubbard.com…

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   S10 · E4 · 30 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

   Knitting to manage overwhelm with Thomas of Tommy Gurumi

   Tommy gurumi on instagram This week on the podcast I am delighted to be joined by Thomas, who is known online as Tommygurumi. Thomas talks about learning to knit accidentally on a long car journey to impress someone, and then finding his own particular love for creating knitted models of characters. Probably unlike most knitters, Thomas usually knits things that don’t have an existing pattern, which means that he has to do a lot of trial and error and figuring things out himself, which is a big part of the process that he enjoys. It was a pleasure to hear Thomas’s enthusiasm for knitting and…

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   S10 · E3 · 23 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

   The human stories of knitting with Salina Jane

   Salina Jane is an artist and knitter who brilliantly captures the feelings many of us have about our knitting in her art work. It was a pleasure to speak to Salina about her experience of using knitting throughout her recovery from a recent period of illness, and how she uses both knitting and visual art to tell human stories. You can find out all about Salina's work at her website Salina Jane Art or on Instagram or Ravelry . ------------- 🧶 Come and join our new community on Patreon ! Perks include early access to podcasts, weekly behind the scenes videos and a monthly online knitting…

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   S10 · E1 · 9 Sep 2026 · 55 min

   Knitting for the ups and the downs with Lydia of Weku Yarn

   Series 10 returns for a series of interviews exploring why we knit and how knitting benefits our mental health. This week I am joined by Lydia who is the Co-founder of Weku Yarn which she runs alongside her sister Hannah. You may also know Lydia as one of the finalists from the first series of Game of Wool. Lydia joins me to speak about how she learned to knit, how her relationship with knitting has changed and evolved over recent years, including the times that high levels of stress has meant that she didn’t feel able to pick up her knitting needles. It was a pleasure to hear Lydia’s…

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   S10 · E1 · 2 Sep 2026 · 2 min

   An exciting announcement...

   Series 10 is on the way, and with it a new and exciting development! We have created a Patreon Community and we'd love you to join us there - the perks for supporting the podcast will include early access to episodes, our behind the scenes weekly videos and you can join us at our monthly online knitting circle. We are really looking forward to growing the community element of Creative Restoration so we really hope to see you there. Find out more here: Join the Community Series 10 of the podcast will return on Thursday 10th September with a series of 7 new interviews. We can't wait to share…

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   S9 · E12 · 5 Aug 2026 · 48 min

   Knitting for addiction recovery - Journal club

   In this Journal Club episode Dr Paula Redmond joins me to discuss a journal article about using knitting in a center for drug and alcohol rehabilitation. This is a narrative of a knitting group within a rehab center for women living with addiction. The paper is here : Duffy, K. (2007). Knitting through recovery one stitch at a time: Knitting as an experiential teaching method for affect management in group therapy. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery , 2 (1), 67–83. https://doi.org/10.1300/J384v02n01_04 [ 1 , 2 ] Unfortunately the full text is not available for free, but anyone in the…

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   S9 · E11 · 1 Jul 2026 · 40 min

   Knitting for depression and low mood - a bonus relisten

   This week Dr Paula Redmond joins me to discuss how knitting can help with depression and low mood. We've chosen three episodes of the podcast in which my guests have discussed using knitting as a strategy to help with low mood, and we discuss our reflections and themes from these conversations. The episodes we listened to were: Series 4 episode 1 with Ellen of Sew and Inspire Series 1 episode 3 with James McIntosh Series 5 episode 6 with Kathryn Vercillo ------------- 🧶 Come and join our new community on Patreon ! Perks include early access to podcasts, weekly behind the scenes videos and a…

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   S9 · E10 · 17 Jun 2026 · 38 min

   Journal Club - Knitting and Eating Disorders

   This week Paula and I discuss the journal article investigating whether knitting can reduce anxious thoughts in people diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. Find the article here: Clave-Brule, M & Mazloum, A & Park, Rebecca & Harbottle, E. (2009). Managing anxiety in eating disorders with knitting. Eating and weight disorders : EWD. 14. e1-5. 10.1007/BF03354620. ------------- 🧶 Come and join our new community on Patreon ! Perks include early access to podcasts, weekly behind the scenes videos and a monthly online knitting circle. This will enable us to connect more meaningfully with you all, grow…