S2 E1: Just Say Yes and Fly

Hello yarn lovers and welcome back to the Make Joy Podcast! I’m so excited to finally get a chance to share with you Series 2 of the podcast. It feels like I’ve been working on it for ages (probably because I have!) but I’ve been thinking about it for even longer and working to bring together an eclectic mix of guests for this series about Big, Bold, and Beautiful Projects. My first guest of the series is my lovely friend Kitey of the Yarn Whisperer, my birthday twin (Leos rule!), a beautiful human, masterful crocheter and knitter, yarn dyer and lover of orange, and now the owner of a tiny, yet perfectly formed yarn and haberdashery shop in the Old Kent Market in Margate. During the pandemic Kitey left a 30 year teaching career to jump with both feet into yarn dyeing and now its all change again as earlier this year he moved to Margate with his partner and has now jumped into having a shop. We talked about risk, what it takes to make those big changes and how sometimes a leap just needs to small enough to take that first step and whether or not that makes it easier. As Kitey says, a lot of people worry about “what if I fail?” to which he responds, “but what if you don’t?”. We also joke about that old Nike tagline, “Just do it.” It was so fun to get back in the groove of the podcast with a guest as forgiving of my rustiness as Kitey, so I hope you’ll enjoy this episode and leave a comment if you do! And if you want to follow Kitey’s adventures in the shop, you can find him on Instagram here @the_yarnwhisperer. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit champagneqiviut.substack.com