Don’t Ignore the Elephant | Debbie Bliss: Crafting, cancer and looking cool

My second guest is the wonderful Debbie Bliss MBE. She’s the most published knitwear designer in the world. She revolutionised the pattern industry and makes knitting cool. But she also looks cool as well. Debbie has had thymus and breast cancer and has accepted her new figure after a mastectomy. She’s a savvy business woman in her seventies and there’s no sign of her stopping any time soon. 

As well as her cancer journey, we talk about how fell in to knitting almost by accident, which led to Elton John owning one of her knitted house plants. She shares with us her own mother’s struggles with mental illness, the challenge of redefining yourself as an older woman in this world of filters and influencers, and the importance of being kind. 

 

You can find out more about Debbie here:

Twitter @debbieblissnews

Instagram @debbieblissknits

Debbie Bliss Website https://www.debbieblissonline.com

LoveCrafts (for patterns)

 

Don’t Ignore the Elephant Knitting pattern 

Use the code DITE for 20% off

Knitting Pattern by Claire Fairall Designs 

All profits go to the Institute of Cancer Research 

 

Liz O’Riordan

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Don’t Ignore The Elephant is hosted by Dr Liz O’Riordan, in association with Elizabeth Richards, proudly sponsored by AOK Events, produced by Bird Lime Media.