A Smaller Life - the Ja, Wol Podcast

#20 - Julia (Jules) Billings @ Woollenflower on natural yarn dyeing and sustaining your business

#20 - Julia (Jules) Billings @ Woollenflower on natural yarn dyeing and sustaining your business

In my podcast A Smaller Life, I talk to makers and business owners in my industry (and sometimes beyond) about making conscious choices and growing your brand by actually going...
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#19 - Floor, Tama en Maaike talk about their experience as a member of the Conscious Knitting Club

#19 - Floor, Tama en Maaike talk about their experience as a member of the Conscious Knitting Club

In this episode I welcome Floor, Tama en Maaike who have been active founding members of the Conscious Knitting Club.    We talk about what made them decide to join,...
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#18 - Mary Jane Mucklestone - on Fair Isle Knitting and knit and travel

#18 - Mary Jane Mucklestone - on Fair Isle Knitting and knit and travel

In my podcast A Smaller Life, I talk to makers and business owners in my industry (and sometimes beyond) about making conscious choices and growing your brand by actually going...
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#17 - Cinthia Vallet @fromcinthia - on designing & selling smart and soulful knit animal patterns

#17 - Cinthia Vallet @fromcinthia - on designing & selling smart and soulful knit animal patterns

In this episode I welcome Cinthia Vallet, designer extraordinaire of animal knitting patterns.  Cinthia is a very charming and lovely person, her designs are super smart, starting at the head,...
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#16 - Monique Boonstra @ Kantwerk on how she gets paid the right price for her knitted lace designs

#16 - Monique Boonstra @ Kantwerk on how she gets paid the right price for her knitted lace designs

In this episode, I welcome Monique Boonstra, a very talented lace knitter and designer and general lovely person. She explains that her skills are part talent and part hard work...
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#15 - Saskia Maas @ Ovis et Cetera talks about why she consciously chose the acid dye process for her yarns

#15 - Saskia Maas @ Ovis et Cetera talks about why she consciously chose the acid dye process for her yarns

Want to know in what ways acid dyeing is better for the environment than natural dyeing? Don't miss this episode of A Smaller Life! In my podcast A Smaller Life,...
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#14 - Jonna van 't Hof on how to calculate fair prices for your work

#14 - Jonna van 't Hof on how to calculate fair prices for your work

In my podcast A Smaller Life, I talk to makers and business owners in my industry (and sometimes beyond) about making conscious choices and growing your brand by actually going...
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#13 - De Ja, Wol WINKEL afscheidsshow

#13 - De Ja, Wol WINKEL afscheidsshow

This show is in Dutch, we'll be back with an English episode in two weeks!     2012, De eerste winkel aan het Zwaanshals aka 'het winkeltje'.   2014, De grotere...
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#12 - Bregje Verhoef @ Studio Spintol on the process & pricing in woodworking

#12 - Bregje Verhoef @ Studio Spintol on the process & pricing in woodworking

In my podcast A Smaller Life, I talk to makers and business owners in my industry (and sometimes beyond) about making conscious choices and growing your brand by actually going...
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#11 - Wieteke Opmeer on why she stopped selling her most popular products

#11 - Wieteke Opmeer on why she stopped selling her most popular products

In this episode, you’ll hear from Wieteke Opmeer. Wieteke is a multi talented artist that has nature as her main source of inspiration. She works in, with and around nature with the utmost respect and mindfulness.
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#10 - Sophia Smeekens - Studio Escargot

#10 - Sophia Smeekens - Studio Escargot

I'm so happy to have Sophia Smeekens on the show. Sophia was getting ready to teach at Ja, Wol and then covid hit so I invited her for a conversation...
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#9 - Anna Bauer - (Textile artist) on Hönsestrikk

#9 - Anna Bauer - (Textile artist) on Hönsestrikk

  Nederlandse tekst onderin.  Anna Anna Bauer was going to come to Ja, Wol to talk about and teach the amazing Hönsestrikk method that originated in Denmark in the seventies and...
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#8 - Manja & Sophie - Lumalano

#8 - Manja & Sophie - Lumalano

This episode is in Dutch. Klik op de tag 'Nederlands' onderin, of kijk naar de gele achtergronden in het logo om alle Nederlandse afleveringen te vinden.    In deze aflevering...
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#7 - Nadja Cereghetti - scientist, podcaster, organising expert

#7 - Nadja Cereghetti - scientist, podcaster, organising expert

We welcome Nadja on the show. Quite the multipontentialist, Nadja is a scientist working in Public Health, she owns her own organizing business, and she recently started her own podcast called “Unleash Monday, after discovering why her brain does what it does. Her show is about why adults are sometimes late in discovering they are gifted and why that word (in Nederlands ‘hoogbegaafd’) has a bad image. We talk about this and more. You can find Nadja at...

 

Tidytothrive.com

Unleashmonday.com

instagram.com/unleash.monday

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#6 - Lia Weitzel - Educator and friend of Ja, Wol

#6 - Lia Weitzel - Educator and friend of Ja, Wol

Badass outback chick, powerful woman, fun, friendly and charming, dedicated to caring for the earth… these are just a few ways we could describe our guest this week. Lia joins...
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#5 - Gina Rockenwagner - Softhaus

#5 - Gina Rockenwagner - Softhaus

  One of Soft Haus' designs, click to go to the webshop In this episode, you’ll hear from Gina Rockenwagner, a fashion designer who’s learned some valuable lessons in her...
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#4 - Charlotte Kan - Fashion Designer/ Textile craft teacher

#4 - Charlotte Kan - Fashion Designer/ Textile craft teacher

This episode is in Dutch. Klik op de tag 'Nederlands' onderin, of kijk naar de gele achtergronden in het logo om alle Nederlandse afleveringen te vinden.   This is Charlotte,...
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#3 - Linda de Ruiter - The Slow Wardrobe pt2

#3 - Linda de Ruiter - The Slow Wardrobe pt2

This is part two of a two part episode, you can find part one here. In this episode, we dive deeper into the priceless knowledge that Linda has, as she...
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