These past few weeks have been a roller coaster ride, and I’ve been very unresponsive to customers as a result, for which I apologize. My mother was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm that, thankfully, had not ruptured. This is a big deal because aneurysms, occasionally…
This past weekend, with barely 6 inches to spare, I bound off my Age of Brass and Steam kerchief (free on Ravelry, click here for pattern) using my Ocean Fortress Ombré yarn. To say I am delighted is an understatement. The pattern used up exactly…
Visit our online store to see all the new goodies we’ve got in stock, including the April club, Ocean Fortress, Jade, Carnelian and Chrysocolla. There are a few things that you might find a little different! We are no longer offering Manitoulin Merino. This saddens…
PSST – Longbeach, the April club colour, comes out tomorrow, along with these beauties in our online store! Here’s something totally different from Jade :) A rich, deep red, inspired by an actual sample of Carnelian stone. Going along with my theme of looking up…
PSST! Several lovely things are coming to the store this Friday, but the big one is the ‘Longbeach’ colour way and pattern, available from Friday April 1st to Sunday April 3rd. One of the projects I’ve been working on behind the scenes is a set…
The February Club pattern, Forty Shades of Green, has been added to my Ravelry store :) Link here! Originally developed for The Blue Brick’s February yarn club, “Forty Shades of Green” is a one-skein cowl that is knitted sideways and then seamed. Flowing celtic cables run…
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…
I’d like to update everyone on a hitch in my order fulfillment this week – my yarn bases are on back order. I have fulfilled as many orders as I can, and many of you will not be affected by this, but a few will…
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…
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,…
… are available now in our online store. A few things I wanted to chat about; These yarns are priced slightly higher ($5 CDN to be exact) than my other yarns, owing the the slightly more labour-intensive nature of gradient yarn. I was really hesitant…