Episode 097: The Encouraging, Passionate Spinning Teacher with Debbie Held

The SweetGeorgia Show

This week Felicia is talking with writer and spinner: Debbie Held from Atlanta, Georgia. If you've been following our news at SweetGeorgia this year we created a brand new Ambassador Program this past August and introduced nine people in the knitting and fibre arts world to help SweetGeorgia share the love of colour and craft and Debbie is one of those ambassadors. Debbie was chosen as an ambassador due to her passion for handspinning and her ability to share it with the community in such an encouraging and inviting way. She has written for Interweave, Schacht Spindle Company, Spin Off, Ply magazine, and more. And her writing has led to teaching opportunities all over the world.

We hope you'll join us for the chat today!

"...finding spinning has brought me an entirely new, incredibly rewarding life... I just feel lucky." - Debbie Held on how her life drastically changed when she was introduced to the art of spinning

In this episode, we talk about:

• 1:24 Debbie chats about what got her into spinning in the first place
• 5:41 Felicia asks Debbie how she combined her creative life and her professional life
• 9:08 Debbie chats about how spinning helped her in her darkest times in life
• 13:15 How Debbie encourages people who want to spin for fun or for a career
• 17:30 Felicia chats about her new e-spinner with Debbie and how spinning can look different for everyone depending on their circumstances in life
• 20:57 What other kinds of fibre arts are in Debbie's life?
• 22:03 What kind of spinning trends Debbie is seeing lately
• 24:53 Debbie and Felicia chat about being multi-craftual makers
• 25:49 Debbie chats about the fear of creating and how it can hold you back
• 29:48 Debbie chats about her column "Her Handspun Habit"
• 34:24 Debbie chats about her exciting trip to Scotland to research some very rare spinning wheels
• 44:18 Where you can find Debbie online
• 47:34 Felicia's Final Thoughts

Here's Where You Can Find Debbie:

Website: www.debbieheld.com

Instagram: @doodler01

Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/doodler01

Thanks for Listening!

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Music Credits:

Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic

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