These days we are working away to sell our home, buy a home, and somehow produce enough inventory for Twist ;) So of course I decided to throw a wrench into the works by developing an entirely new colour. My process usually begins one of…
Last Friday I set out a new project; I dyed a ‘mini’ of each of our ombré colours, to show how the colours knit up, for knitters who are not familiar with gradient yarns. I compressed each gradient into 100 yards of DK weight–which means…
Peggy’s Cove is a gorgeous little spot in Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s a tiny town, with a lovely lighthouse, and a terrain that looks like you’re on the moon. The town itself is equally lovely, population 640 (in 2011). The lighthouse itself dates back to 1868,…
Changes are coming to The Blue Brick! With mom being sick lately, I realized there was a need to streamline our processes, offer more of the most popular stuff and maybe put less energy into the things that are less popular, or that we don’t…
Introducing the latest new ombré colour – Ocean fortress. Blue, to lighter blue, to seafoam, then tan, and finally a sandy brown. This colour will launch in our online store this Friday morning, along with another new colour (previews coming soon!) and the April colour…
Longbeach is an asymmetrical shawl that is knitted end-to-end using 420 yards of Killarney sock, dyed in our new April colourway. The pattern is inspired by the shape of the tide pool in the shot, and the texture of the sand in the image. It’s…
Long Beach is up at the top of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Tito and I drove up there in July 2011, as part of our annual Canada Day road trip. We arrived at sunset, and the light was spectacular.…
I am so happy and humbled by the positive, enthusiastic response to the Blue Brick’s Ombré series. Inspired by the love, I’m happily dyeing away experiments for several more colours which I’ll be phasing in over the next few months. All of them will be dye-to-order,…
I saved the loudest one for last :) It’s crazy and bright, and I love it. Unapologetic pink, blending into bright yellow/green in a perfect echo of a gerber daisy. The colour deepens to a pinky purple right at the edges. Crazy daisy :) And…
For weeks I’ve been sharing sneak peeks of my work in developing ombré yarns, and I am delighted to say that I’ve finally achieved a technique that suits my picky personality and allows me to get smooth, lovely, long-run colour changes into the yarn. This Friday, The…