Sewing Skills and Surgical Sutures

This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2023 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the stitchers of the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands.

Join Sara of the South Ness Stitchers as she discusses the fascinating cross-over between her work in medicine to her role as a volunteer stitcher on the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands.

Even though a lot of surgery is now about robotics and tech and computers, people are saying those hand skills of sewing and knitting...are skills that actually kids are losing and you're having to learn from scratch for some of the surgeons.