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“When I was on maternity leave with my first child I was sure I’d have time to write, which was ridiculous. It makes me laugh now, that I genuinely believed that would work.” Henrietta McKervey, author.

Henrietta McKervey is a Dublin based author of four novels, most recently the critically acclaimed A Talented Man. The Irish Times called it ‘an utterly absorbing, atmospheric, beautifully written novel.’

This is something we’ve heard over and over again on Sonnets and Dirty Dishes – it doesn’t matter if we ask a sculptor or a poet or a craftsperson, if they work in a creative field then they almost always report an inner drive just like knitwear designer Jules

It's still warm scarf season around here so if you haven't read our interview with knitwear designer Jules Hogan then do! Link in bio / www.sonnetsanddirtydishes.com

‘Over the course of my career I have experienced burn out,’ says knitwear designer Jules Hogan, in her interview with S&DD. ‘For periods of time I wasn’t able to design anything, I could repeat a pattern but I didn’t have any creativity left which was a really awful time. It just showed me that I needed to change how I worked so that it was sustainable in the long term.’

Jules Hogan is a knitwear designer based in the UK. Her work embodies a quiet grace, expressed in softly draped garments and delicate tones. Colour is at the heart of her practice, with hues often achieved using natural dyes and palettes informed by her daily engagement with the landscape and seasons.

Sonnets and Dirty Dishes is all about the balancing act of living a creative life in the real world - and real world demands have meant that we have had to put this project on the back burner for a while. But we're back! We have a couple interviews with brilliant women to bring you between now and Christmas, so watch this space! This Sunday we'll be sharing our chat with designer Jules Hogan.

Artist Eithne Jordan is speaking here about her perception of the art scene in the 1970s and 80s, but the truth is that parenthood still has a disproportionately adverse effect on the careers of women artists than on men.

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