The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

I was putting together a printed collection that focused on our travels through Ontario – some of these have been up on the blog before, but I thought I’d save some of my faves :)

Tito and I decided to take the day, and the cameras, and head out to the Cheltenham Badlands. We made a few silly decisions along the way, (mostly related to the flawed perception that a time change meant a 10 degree difference in the weather…

This is not typically a travel blog, but owing to the fact that I’m sick of these monochromatic and freezing days I’m going to share a few pics from our vacation. Because they all look mighty good right now and I’m calling summer baby….

Vacation knitting is always a conundrum, right? You don’t want to be bored, you don’t want to lose all that precious knitting time, and you don’t want to run out of stuff to work on. Here’s my criteria: Mindless (No charts, no lace, no pattern…

I love winter. I really do. But this winter… this winter has finally done me in. Every year we go out and do stuff, photography, hiking, road trips… but this winter has been a real doozey. With -30C days and worse, even my walk to…

While Rayna and I were in Waterloo we decided to check out another brand new store in nearby Kitchener, called ‘Woolverine’ (great name!). This store is literally a week old, and located in a fantastic space above street level. It feels a little tucked away…

Last Saturday, Rayna (my partner in fiber-related crime) invited me on a road trip to Waterloo to visit a yarn store I had never been to, ‘Shall We Knit?’. Much damage to my credit cards ensued because, wow, what a gorgeous store. Good thing I’m…

I do a lot of things in my day job, but photography has always been the best part of what I do. One of our clients in particular is a huge part of my photography life, and every year we choose a shortlist of my…

Ok, last photos of Italy, promise! I know it’s supposed to be the Friday Shiny – and I’ve got some adorable pieces to show off, but first I must share my absolutely favourite part of the Amalfi coast. Not much to say, just tons of…

The island of Capri lies just off the Amalfi Coast, about an hour long ferry ride from Amalfi itself. The ferry ride is gorgeous, passing the town of Positano on the way in. Positano was so lovely, that I decided then and there to spend…

Amalfi has been on my list for a very long time, so this time when I went to Italy I knew I had to make it down there. My first revelation was that ‘Amalfi Coast’ referred to a number of communities along a rocky shoreline…

The Fuljifilm x100s is not a camera I would have chosen for myself, despite its gorgeous design, simply because it’s an all-digital that costs twice as much as a beginner DSLR. However, now that I’ve test-driven one in Italy I’ve got to say that I’m…