The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

Thank you so much for the overwhelming YES you guys sent my way when asked if you’d be interested in a yarn club! I have so many photos that I don’t get to use in our regular collection, so this is a chance for me…

Bases have so much personality; they can really make or break your colours. Some of them are luxurious to the touch, and some of them practically drink in colour. On the other hand, some of them aren’t robust enough for my ombré dyeing process, and…

Late last night the book went to print – lots of time, passion, knitting, photography, layout, tech editing, spell checking, proof reading, retouching and planning have gone into this project that I confess to be so very, very proud of. The book tops out at…

They’re here at last, and there’s at least at little bit of everything in stock. You will notice that two of our old colours, Labradorite and Blue Hour, have been retired (at least for now!). Hope you enjoy these lovelies as much as I enjoyed…

It came down pretty heavily in Burlington last night, so of course I had to get some shots of my girls this morning (after digging out the car, ugh!).

I’ve been working on something big behind the scenes (and despite the puppies); my first pattern collection. Ombré Knits, Volume 1 is a collection designed specifically to take advantage of (you guessed it!) ombré yarns. Ombré yarns are not like other yarns, in a few…

Sammy has been making beautiful progress: However, there was still a little bit that we couldn’t reach. She was still shy and quiet at home, and wouldn’t play in the backyard. Enter, Arya. The Beast. Born on Christmas Eve, Arya is half Samoyed and half…

In late November Tito and I decided to adopt a dog. We had the house, and the space, and I was lonely working from home all day. Our adoption adventure led us to the wonderful people at the Niagara Dog Rescue, and thence to a dog…

Changes are coming to The Blue Brick online store! You may have noticed that all of our colours are currently listed as ‘sold out’ and have been since Christmas. This is because we are changing our model; from dye-to-order to inventory based. How inventory will…

I’ve developed two colours recently, and I love them both, but they’re quite similar. I’m thinking I’ll only be releasing one of them to my permanent collection, so I’m reaching out to the internet for assistance. Here is Opal; And here is her close sister, Grand…

To be fair, many big things happened, good and bad. The defining factor of the year would be my moms illness, the brain aneurysm and strokes that plagued about a quarter of the year for us and almost took her from me. We are grateful…

One of the creative experiments that I wanted to do over Christmas was dyeing vegan yarn. I don’t personally believe that yarn is cruel, but there are lots of knitters who, for reasons of ethics or allergies, would like to have a vegan yarn option…