But we have also been reading, listening, and wearing things that we want to share with you all. So without further ado… here are some things we like!

Meghan has been listening to Meryl Streep reading Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, and highly recommends it. The book is told in the first person and Meryl is perfect as a mother of grown up daughters, telling them the story of when she worked as an actress in her youth.

Lydia is reading Katabasis by RF Kuang and loving it so far. It’s a fantasy novel featuring academics who have to travel to hell together… what’s not to love!? Lydia loved Babel by the same author (who is a translator as well as a fiction writer) and particularly enjoys the bits of linguistics that she sneaks in to her stories.

Meghan is also (rightly) obsessed with this incredible choreography (as if you haven’t seen it already) by Damien JALET

His account is worth a follow for all sorts of innovative and playful dance:

In useful textile related news, Lydia is the proud owner of (a custom) one of these bags by Phaedra Clothing, and highly recommends it.

Meghan recommends this incredible little video which she can’t get out of her mind:

And on the subject of music, Lydia can’t stop listening to Lisa O’Neill’s album Heard a Long Gone Song.

If you like this as much as Lydia does then she also recommends Lankum’s version of Hares On the Mountain, with singer Radie Peat giving an incredibly forceful but pared back performance.

On the subject of singing, Lydia sang and told a story a few months ago at a Norwich based event called True Stories Live, and the recording is online if you fancied giving it a listen.

Lastly, Crafts Council are hosting a lunchtime online talk with Sophia Cai, author of the new publication Loop, Hook, Loom, the very book we were telling you about last month! We think it’ll be well worth joining! (Former Pomcast host Sophie Heathscott herself is the organiser of this event, so we know it’ll be extra good.)

And that’s everything for now. These posts are so fun to write because it’s always a joy to share things you love! As ever if you have something you’d like to share with us please do!

xxx Lydia + Meghan

Firstly we are very excited about Sophia Cai’s new book Loop, Hook, Loom which is out this month in the UK and features 37 artists working with textiles. We were lucky enough to publish an article by Sophia in Issue 31 of PPQ which you can still read on our blog.

In food related news, this month Meghan has been making these cacio e pepe butter beans on repeat, and Lydia has been perfecting potato wedges after discovering that this fancy Field Blends seasoning makes them extra delicious without much effort.

Clothes-wise, Meghan loves this (size inclusive!!) top which reminds her of this knitting pattern by her Austin-based pal…

…which in turn reminded Lydia of Moonbow sweater from the Pom Pom Moon issue.

On the theme of textiles Lydia is very taken with these socks by Millicent Sanders which she spotted at Atwin in Norwich. The colour combinations are glorious and reminded her just how much she loves a marl.

Lydia has also been delving into the music of Jean Ritchie, having always been a fan she recently came across this song, and was completely blown away.

Audio-wise Meghan recommends this podcast ep on inspiration vs plagiarism, a discussion between her old pal, illustrator , and Martin Salisbury (Professor of Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art).

Lydia is binge reading everything Samantha Harvey has written after loving Orbital. So far Dear Thief is her favourite of Harvey’s other work, but all have been wonderful.

And lastly Meghan is wowed by this very unique antique quilt in a symphony of pastels, and especially loves the ad hoc blues.

And that’s all from us for today! We are planning all sorts of things for you soon, including plenty of yarny stuff, and we will be opening the chat for paid subscribers here on Substack very soon as well!

We hope you have a lovely weekend all!

xx Lydia + Meghan

P.S. Tell us what you’ve been enjoying this month too! We’d love to know.