{"id":13293,"date":"2024-02-12T07:37:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T06:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/a-new-start-after-60-i-turned-my-homely-lifestyle-into-a-global-phenomenon\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T07:37:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T06:37:28","slug":"a-new-start-after-60-i-turned-my-homely-lifestyle-into-a-global-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/a-new-start-after-60-i-turned-my-homely-lifestyle-into-a-global-phenomenon\/","title":{"rendered":"A new start after 60: I turned my homely lifestyle into a global phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kate Jackson\u2019s cosy, creative existence in rural Northumberland has spawned a YouTube channel, two websites, an online shop \u2013 and financial independence<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

One sunny day in 2017, Kate Jackson, then 61, took a wooden wool-spinning wheel<\/a> into her garden. She propped her iPad against a brick, pressed record and started talking as she spun \u2013 about crafts, the countryside, her menagerie of animals (cats, chickens, bees and Eileen the goose). Jackson enjoyed watching videos about gardening and quilting on YouTube, so one day she thought: how hard can it be? \u201cI made a resolve to upload once a week.\u201d<\/p>\n

She called her channel The Last Homely House<\/a>, \u201cwhich is a place to feel comfortable, secure and welcomed. That\u2019s what I wanted my channel to be.\u201d It now has 123,000 subscribers. Last May, Jackson \u2013 who lives in rural Northumberland \u2013 set up a sister channel, called The Last Homely Garden<\/a>. She has an online shop, nearly 40,000 Instagram followers, and even a fan-run Facebook group. She has become the linchpin of a thriving online community.<\/p>\n

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\nKate Jackson\u2019s cosy, creative existence in rural Northumberland has spawned a YouTube channel, two websites, an online shop \u2013 and financial independence<\/p>\n

One sunny day in 2017, Kate Jackson, then 61, took a wooden wool-spinning wheel into her garden. She propped her iPad against a brick, pressed record and started talking as she spun \u2013 about crafts, the countryside, her menagerie of animals (cats, chickens, bees and Eileen the goose). Jackson enjoyed watching videos about gardening and quilting on YouTube, so one day she thought: how hard can it be? \u201cI made a resolve to upload once a week.\u201d
\nShe called her channel The Last Homely House, \u201cwhich is a place to feel comfortable, secure and welcomed. That\u2019s what I wanted my channel to be.\u201d It now has 123,000 subscribers. Last May, Jackson \u2013 who lives in rural Northumberland \u2013 set up a sister channel, called The Last Homely Garden. She has an online shop, nearly 40,000 Instagram followers, and even a fan-run Facebook group. She has become the linchpin of a thriving online community. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kate Jackson\u2019s cosy, creative existence in rural Northumberland has spawned a YouTube channel, two websites, an online shop \u2013 and financial independence One sunny day in 2017, Kate Jackson, then 61, took a wooden wool-spinning wheel into her garden. She propped her iPad against a brick, pressed record and started talking as she spun \u2013 …<\/p>\n

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