TexStyle: Looking ahead to a new festival for 2026 with Michelle Greaves

Welcome to Making Stitches Podcast! In this episode I share a chat I've had with Michelle Greaves, one half of the team behind the brand new TexStyle festival which is coming to Manchester next year. Michelle and her Mum, Carole, have been hosting yarn festivals for a number of years including the Buxton, Cumbria and Stafford Wool Gatherings, next year, they are hosting a much bigger event spanning all sorts of textile and yarn crafts in central Manchester. TexStyle is a fresh celebration of all things textile, from knitting and crochet to sewing, weaving and sustainable fashion. It will bring together makers, artists, guilds and other enthusiasts for a weekend of inspiration and creativity in the historic Manchester Central (formerly GMEX). I really enjoyed chatting to Michelle about how her career has swerved from fashion design to digital media alongside organising yarn festivals with her Mum, Carole, who has decades of experience in the yarn industry. I hope you enjoy listening to our chat! If you would like to find out more information about TexStyle, please check out the website : https://texstyle.uk/ For full show notes, please visit https://makingstitchespodcast.com/ To join the mailing list for the Making Stitches Newsletter, please click onto this link The theme music is Make You Smile by RGMusic from Melody Loops . The Making Stitches logo was designed by Neil Warburton at iamunknown . You can support Making Stitches Podcast with running costs through Ko-fi. Making Stitches Podcast is supported by the Making Stitches Shop which offers Making Stitches Podcast merchandise for sale as well as Up the Garden Path crochet patterns created by me & illustrated by Emma Jackson . Making Stitches Podcast is presented, recorded and edited by Lindsay Weston.