Craft and Wellbeing

Meet Angela from Woofs and Wool (and her whippets) – a self-confessed ‘yarnaholic’ who makes colourful creations for you, your home and your hound!

Thinking about becoming a professional maker? Did you know that a career in craft isn’t only creatively fulfilling, it’s also good for your health? In this article we learn how running your own craft business can enrich your life, through the words of our amazing community of makers.

Learning to manage our time well can keep feelings of overwhelm and anxiety at bay. Helen Duncan from Silver Nutmeg shares her tips.

For many artists and makers, a closing-in of their working environment has caused an upsurge in feelings of anxiety and burden. Jeweller Helen Duncan from Silver Nutmeg looks at five ways to cope with overwhelm.

Makers are remarkably inventive when it comes to finding ways to keep the craft community connected. Here are some of the projects people have started up to bring people together online, share craft skills and keep creating through Covid-19.