The Bright Stitch Blog

People often imagine small business owners as these ultra-organised, ever-productive, Pinterest-perfect types. The kind who colour-code their calendar, breeze through emails before breakfast, and make all the right decisions with zero hesitation.  Who has their morning matcha or peppermint tea daily routine; sipping it calming looking outside into their picturesque garden, whilst contemplating life.  Yeah. That's. Not. Me! I run The Bright Stitch — a yarn and craft shop, with plushie side hustle — with a brain and body that often feel like they’re working against me. I have high-functioning ADHD, high-functioning anxiety (it sounds like a brag - it isn't), PCOS, endometriosis, and high cortisol levels. Basically, I’m running this business on “Hardcore mode”, and I thought it might be worth sharing what that actually looks like..  Not because I want sympathy, but because I know I’m not the only one out there doing their best with a body or brain that’s a bit more complicat...

  Hello, I'm jade - and this is the Bright Stitch! I never expected that choosing yarn over law would lead me here - running a colourful little yarn shop, painting safety eyes, crocheting dragons, and packing up my entire life to head to huge events like the UK Games Expo. But it has, and I wouldn't have it any other way.  My name is Jade. I'm 37, I have ADHD, I swear allot, and I wear too many dresses.  Crochet saved me when I was spiralling with my mental health.  What began as a hobby became a lifeline, then a passion, and now it's my full time job.  This blog is a space where I'll be honest about what it's really like building a crochet business from the ground up - the mess, the magic and everything in between.  To start I want to take you behind the scenes of what it actually takes to be a crochet artist at a big event like the UK Games Expo.  Spoiler alert: It's not all cute plushies and smiles.  The Prep: Months of Making If you're imaging...