Sorry guys, it’s not normally my habit to get too personal on the blog but orders are late and folks have a right to know why; earlier this month my beautiful, compassionate father-in-law passed away. I mentioned it on instagram, but didn’t realize to what…
Whew! It’s been a whirlwind but twelve new colours are ready for launch tomorrow. Moody and tonal, but also rich and layered, these colours will expand our line to allow for multi-skein projects, sweaters and blankets etc. Gorgeous on their own or paired with a…
Todays colours flow across the warm end of the spectrum, and there’s one crazy addition called Iridescent. Confession: it’s not exactly a tonal, more of a variegated, but it comes from a photo I’ve wanted to do something with ever since I took it and…
Today’s colours cover the green-blue spectrum, and two of them hail from across the pond; Grotto and Ireland. Grotto looks quite different from the earlier versions I posted – I had a shot in mind that I wanted to coordinate the yarn with. I shot…
Thank you to everyone who took the time yesterday to send us a sweet note about Ollie. Each and every note means a lot to us <3 If you follow us on Instagram (@thebluebrickish) you will have seen some new yarns popping up lately; a…
We’ve finalized the Blue Brick Christmas kits – which will launch on November 1st at noon EST, and will be available a little longer than usual; until November 5th at 9pm EST or while supplies last. There are a limited number of kits, so if…
A few years ago we had an ice storm at Christmas, which caused quite a bit of damage. There were felled trees, covered cars, and downed power lines; a real mess. It was a beautiful mess though, and of course we spent it outdoors with…
My weaving bug is back! Inspired in no small way by the fact that I am taking night classes in the 8-shaft loom, my rigid heddle is getting a good workout too :) A few folks have asked for the particulars, so here you go:…
I was going to call this “Charcoal Plum” but really, is “Purple Rain” not perfect? Not only is is homage to the favourite musical artist of our resident wonder worker, but the words evoke the greys contrasted with bright hits of purple, which was the…
We are so delighted to be adding a west coast retailer to our list at last, the wonderful Valley Yarns in Surrey, British Columbia. They will also be representing us at Knit City in Vancouver this fall! Why the gorgeous dotted rays shawl?? Because they’ll…
Sammy’s results came back! They’re so outside of what I expected that Kali commented “They must’ve just thrown a dart at a bunch of dog breeds” and I think she might be onto something! So here it is! Here are Sammy’s thoughts: Since we had…