Sip Stitch Podcast

Let's talk about happiness, we've heard there's a pursuit for it.

The ever important topic of knowing your worth, let's just leave it at that and let you listen now shall we?

Back on track!! Kay is crocheting again and serving food with stockings in it..? Tess is mixing up words and being hilarious like always. This episode is all about friendship and our feelings about our company, the break Kay took and about being a parent trying to run a business. We have fun, come join us!

If you make it through the first silly moments of typical best friend giggles it turns into a very informative conversation about the Tess's squares and the book they are going to be in this fall. Also we are visited by a ghost...

Kay is on a socialmedia diet of sorts, and the weather keeps putting Tess on one too! Let's talk about that now shall we?

Peanut has turned into Flora and is live and kicking on the outside. So in this episode we talk delivery and babies. Isn't it all just lovely? Well maybe not all of it? Tess is not as amused when there is mention of placenta...but then again it is all part of the magic of life and the joy of babies. Tune in for this awesome baby episode!

Tess & Kay talk about feelings and thoughts post CAL. The Butterfly Effect is completed and with that comes loads of things to talk about. There might just also be a mention about the fact that Peanut is out and where does the water go after a C-section? Well we actually don't know, sometimes we just ask the questions! Tune in to find out more...

It's Valentines Day so Tess and Kay are celebrating Galentines Day!! We are spending this day talking about where we are in The Butterfly Effect CAL 2019 - talk about troubles and how we are handling everything. Rolling with the punches and business talk. This is an episode that gives you an insight in the work behind this massive project we've set in motion. Come join us!

Tess and Kay go in deep talking about competition between women and about having to take a backseat when being in business with each other. How has Tess dealt with her inner diva being off stage and what has been Kays thoughts about the difference in account sizes? Tune in to find out in this episode you will not want to miss!

In this really fun episode we get to hear a discussion recorded long before the CAL even started. We get to hear thoughts and plans that Tess and Kay had about the CAL at this time. Did any of it happen? Or did they have to compromise on like everything? If you have joined the CAL you will probably know those answers so don’t miss this great episode, recorded for the future, in the past and being listened to in the present!

In this really emotional episode Kay and Tess talk about being pregnant, what it means to them and their thoughts and feelings. Talking a bit about the meaning of crocheting and why it became such an important part of Tess’s life. Why did it? Tune in to find out more in this episode that might just make you reach for your tissues.

Kay is remodeling her home, moving the kitchen and making two new rooms due to her growing family. One of these new rooms will be Kays new creative space and therefore we are talking about the need for creative spaces. Different upbringings and backgrounds, do Kay and Tess feel the same way about the need for a space of their own? Tune in to find out!

This is a small "inbetweenie" as Tess would call it. Announcing that FINALLY our first ever CAL has begun! The Butterfly Effect CAL 2019 in collaboration with Yarn and Colors. So we just want to say yay! And welcome! And yay again!!!

They are back!!!! After radio silence in December it is finally time for the first episode of 2019. What happened in December, why were they gone?? How are they now, and how do they feel about each other after almost two years of friendship? This episode is all about friendship, family and supporting each other. Don’t miss this return of SistersInStitch!

With our amazing CAL coming up in January, The Butterfly Effect, we thought it was time to talk about colors. So it’s all about color picking but in true Tess & Kay spirit we end up talking all about so many other things like yarn and crochet books.

Kay is reporting companies and Tess is eating cotton flowers? Say what? Well, when you tune in you will find out all about that and so much more in this episode where we again talk about creativity. There are so many more things to talk about, will we get through more than one topic in this episode? Let’s see shall we?

In this, to us, very special episode we are so happy to reveal the BIG SECRET that we have been working on since April! The reason for all the absent Instagram days and what the SistersInStitch are up to behind the scenes. To be one of the first ones in on all the secrets and hearing Tess slip up not once but twice tune in! It’s a fun one!

In this extra episode we are really happy to be joined by our first ever guest! Dionne Pinder from The Craft Yarn Council got up early to chat to us and we had such a blast! We talk about what the council does, about their current campaign #humansthatyarn and about valuing your work as a crafter. Of course we touch upon topics like copyright, creativity and social media - what would one of our podcasts sound like without them?? Tune in to hear this special, live episode brought to you from both Stockholm and Dallas this cold autumn day.

How much does this Instagram stuff affect us, really? Do we brush it off like it’s nothing or does it resonate with us throughout our day? Why do we love Instagram and are there parts we’re not so happy about? Do we have any thoughts and opinions about the ever-changing algorithms? This episode is all about Instagram. Tune in to find out!

Episode 9 - Let’s Talk Creativity Part 1 Sometimes you need to just go with the flow, we had big plans on what to talk about when it came to creativity and we didn’t touch upon any of those topics. Instead we ended up talking about creativity in a completely different way and that is why this is part 1, because we have so much more to talk about when it comes to creativity. Creativity can be messy and so can we, tune in to find out just how messy!

In this episode we talk all about patterns testing. We go through everything from why you should pattern test to how you find good pattern testers. We share our different experiences we’ve had since we started crocheting and let you in on some mistakes we did with the hopes you might not have to do the same. Also we’ve recently pattern tested a big project together, tune in to find out which one!

For the second time in our friendship someone is pregnant. What effect does this have on our newly started business and how are we dealing with that? Pregnancy, creativity and running a business as a mother - what are the expectations and what do we think about it? Tune in to find out!

Official Granny Square Day 2018 was on the 15th of August so let’s talk about Grannies, originality and the Granny Square Competition held earlier this year. Who does Tess really have to thank for getting into designing squares? Tune in to find out!

Social media and the repercussions of comments, hateful words and not gatekeeping your Instagram account. We talk about a situation on an Instagram account that really made Kay sad and what could’ve been done to prevent or at least save the situation. Tune in to find out more!

Starting a creative company can be quite daunting so what drove us to develop this hobby, that we love and have in common, into a business? What kind of company did we chose and how did we build our homepage? These are a few of the selected questions that we have been sent that we answer in this episode. All links can be found in the show notes on our homepage www.sistersinstitch.com

"A present which seems valuable, but which in reality is a curse" Let's rewind, go back and talk about copyright again. This is a topic that is clearly unfinished so in this episode we not only go through a few questions we have been sent, but also talk about a little something Tess thought was sweet but turned sour very quickly.

We venture into time management; the balancing act of being a maker, business partner and mom all at once. Where do we find time and what apps do we use to be as productive as possible with the time we have?

To take a design or not to. Compared to other creative fields like music, how does copyright work there? What is stealing in crocheting and what is drawing inspiration? We discuss this and much more in the first ever Sip Stitch Podcast!