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By Hand Podcast

Lydia Morrow & Rose Dagul

By Hand is a podcast hosted by Lydia Morrow. In each episode we speak with a guest whose work pulls on threads that inspire us: crafters, artists, writers, growers showers and everything in between.

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  • fortnightly
  • Avg 39 min
  • English
  • #5
    Wednesday · 45 min

    Episode 5: Imogen Denton

    We recorded this episode in April 2026 with Imogen Denton. We talk about city planning, analog aesthetics, and how Imogen runs her knitting pattern business. In this episode, we talk a lot about visuals and during the editing process, we realised it may be difficult to imagine. I would strongly encourage listeners to have a look at her Instagram page - @imogen_denton to get a taste of what she does. Imogen’s knitwear is shown in these really beautiful, grainy, soft photos that could be from the past. Her knits, which are often in natural wool colours, are offset with other beautiful handmade accessories like bells and beads, and worn in pastoral scenes. The styling is quite traditional, but contemporary, and sometimes a little strange in the best ways. You can buy Imogen's patterns or commission her via her Instagram or email her directly at imogenrdenton@gmail.com. Mentioned in the podcast: * Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum (2017) - Cynthia Cockburn * Living in a Man-Made World: Gender Assumptions in Modern Housing Design (1991) - M Roberts - You can find more episodes of By Hand on our website podcastbyhand.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can purchase Lydia’s knitting patterns at whatlydiamade.com and on Ravelry By Hand is produced & edited by Rose Dagul, who also wrote the music. You can visit her website here. Get full access to By Hand Podcast at www.podcastbyhand.com/subscribe

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  • #4
    October 28 · 45 min

    Episode 4: Dr. Em Merrin Armstrong

    We recorded this episode in March, 2026 with Dr. Em Merrin Armstrong. We talk about active dormancy, botany through a disabled lens, and the politics of knowledge production. Dr. Em Merrin Armstrong is a plant-focused interdisciplinary researcher, an educator, a workshop runner, an artist, a sound artist, a grower, a shower, and many of the things in-between. You can find more of their work HERE Their Instagram is @emayarmstrong, where you will find the most up-to-date information. — Mentioned in the podcast: * Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha * Botany of Empire by Banu Subramaniam * The work of A Alevtin, specifically ‘active dormancy’. - You can find more episodes of By Hand on our website podcastbyhand.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can purchase Lydia’s knitting patterns at whatlydiamade.com and on Ravelry By Hand is produced & edited by Rose Dagul, who also wrote the music. You can visit her website here. Get full access to By Hand Podcast at www.podcastbyhand.com/subscribe

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  • #3
    October 14 · 46 min

    Episode 3: Declan Wiffen

    We recorded this episode in March 2026 with Declan Wiffen. We talk about queer history, gossip, mistakes, misremembering, and get a little hot under the collar for our subjects of research. Declan Wiffen is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Kent in Canterbury and periodically hosts other writing workshops. More information and excerpts of his writing can be found here. Mentioned in the podcast: indiscriminate lanking by declan wiffen Margery Kempe (1994) by Robert Glück Lote (2020) by Shola von Reinhold The Wounded Researcher: Research with Soul in Mind (2007) by Robert D Romanyshyn Bad Gays podcast Morgan Bassichis’ ‘10 bad ideas’ - 26’55” onwards from this clip (from Dean Spade’s Love in a F*cked Up World EP08) Maria Sledgemere’s work — You can find more episodes of By Hand on our website podcastbyhand.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can purchase Lydia’s knitting patterns at whatlydiamade.com and on Ravelry By Hand is produced & edited by Rose Dagul, who also wrote the music. You can visit her website here. Get full access to By Hand Podcast at www.podcastbyhand.com/subscribe

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  • #2
    September 30 · 48 min

    Episode 2: Gabrielle De La Puente

    We recorded this episode in March 2026 with Gabrielle De La Puente. We talk about the surrealism of disability, writing as a desirous act, and academic gatekeeping. It ended up being way too long because we got carried away. This is roughly the second half of what we recorded, because it’s got the most juice in it. Sorry if it has references to earlier conversations you haven’t heard yet. I don’t know if you can tell, but we are very new to making a podcast. Maybe in the future we’ll release the earlier bits as a bonus episode, who knows! Links and Resources Mentioned The White Pube: The collaborative platform by Gabrielle De La Puente and Zarina Muhammad. Support their work via Patreon. Poor Artists: The book by Gabrielle De La Puente and Zarina Muhammad, published by Penguin (2024). Oliver Burkman: “What if you never sort your life out” Groove Warmers by Kait (minigru.studios) Laerke Bagger’s Instagram Glasgow Disability Alliance Ravelry: ”a whole entire social media / British Library of every knitting pattern that has ever been created” — You can find more episodes of By Hand on our website podcastbyhand.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can purchase Lydia’s knitting patterns at whatlydiamade.com and on Ravelry By Hand is produced & edited by Rose Dagul, who also wrote the music. You can visit her website here. Get full access to By Hand Podcast at www.podcastbyhand.com/subscribe

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  • #1
    September 18 · 47 min

    Episode 1: James N Watts

    We recorded this episode in February 2026 with James N Watts- our first ever guest! We talk about Designing for weirdos, being a product, as well as touching on some of James’s many other passions, including ass. Links and Resources Mentioned James N. Watts Official Website: jamesandwatts.com James’s Substack: jamesandwatts.substack.com (Read his weekly blog, Sorry, I’m Good at Everything) James’s YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@jamesnwatts Featured Designers: Jesse Mae Martensen (@jessssiemae) and Park Williams (@parknknit) All the Pictures in the World: instagram.com/allthepicturesintheworld (Support Lydia’s kid’s artwork on Instagram) You can find more episodes of By Hand on our website podcastbyhand.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can purchase Lydia’s knitting patterns at whatlydiamade.com and on Ravelry By Hand is produced & edited by Rose Dagul, who also wrote the music. You can visit her website here. Get full access to By Hand Podcast at www.podcastbyhand.com/subscribe

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  • S1 · E0
    September 7 · 1 min

    By Hand Podcast- Season 1 Trailer

    Introducing… By Hand Podcast. COMING SOON! Get full access to By Hand Podcast at www.podcastbyhand.com/subscribe

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