This year’s been a roller coaster for me and I’ve had little time, or energy, to write regular blog posts. But when I haven’t written for a while my head feels like there’s a carnival and a riot going on…

Q: What's wrong with the world? A: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. Tom Waits Interviews Tom Waits: 2008 If we didn’t already…

This blog post is adapted from a podcast in the Tessellation Nation  crochet design course. It’s one in a series of motivational podcasts I make to help keep course members on track, and connected to our projects and our wider…

This is a guest blog post by my brilliant assistant Jess. I have the pleasure of working for The Mercerie (I know – dream job right?) and I’m often answering lots of emails and questions about the wonderful crochet courses…

I don’t think it’s possible to reverse engineer a design process - but I do think it’s possible to become a better designer by the things that you do and the things that you expose yourself to. “Art School’s like…

I know I’m not the only person who finds the weeks and days leading up to Christmas difficult. It amazes me that some people are in their absolute element organising, planning and carefully wrapping gifts weeks ahead of the big…