Make Do And Mend - Cost of living crisis sees revival of needlework
Thrifty and stylish Brits have been turning to needlework to tackle the cost of living crisis, with almost a ten percent increase over the last year in the readership of ‘hobbies’, according to Readly - the digital magazine and newspaper subscription app. Terms such as ‘cross stitch’, ‘crochet’, ‘weaving’ and ‘embroidery’ appeared in the app’s top hobbies searches.
With soaring prices, the last 12 months has seen a drastic change in the economic climate. Almost two in five of UK adults have been forced to reduce or stop spending on clothes[1]. And in a