I love the idea of ombre yarns, and since I got weaving I’ve been dreaming of a beautiful ombre scarf, plain weave, with a neutral warp, transitioning over the course of a long, fine fabric. Laurie from The Black Lamb had given me 2 skeins…
I decided to give plaid a try on my loom, and discovered that weaving is a great way to stash-bust like a boss. Both these scarves are TFA scraps left over from other projects, in a mix of both aran and dk weight. The red…
This weekend, despite all the social stuff we had planned, I managed to get an entire Zauber Ball through the loom. I’m so hooked. I’m totally in love. I’m obsessed, and we’re warping up a plan for a plaid scarf now! I spent a ton…
Last night I brought home my latest toy – from The Black Lamb in Port Hope Ontario, an Ashford Knitters Loom (the 20″ one). I didn’t get home until late at night, but Tito and I set it up together and got a few inches…
I was chatting with Rayna last night about an amazing new yarn dyer that she’s discovered; Carla, at the Georgian Bay Fibre co. I was drooling over her colourways, and fell in love with the one called ‘granite’. I’ve ordered up 3 skeins of her dk weight,…
I’m finally working through some gorgeous flowers for a new batch of resin jewellery. Before I started preserving my flowers though, I decided to have a little fun with my macro lens :)
I saw this yarn on Etsy a few weeks ago that I absolutely had to have. Sure, it looked just like all my other s@!t, but it was coming from Europe and it was pure silk (and therefore it shouldn’t count against my moratorium on…
Firstly an update on my Etsy sale – I was unavoidably delayed, and the sale actually went on at 1:15 instead of noon – my apologies to everyone! Head on over and check it out! In knitterly news, I’ve finally finished my Luna Viridis cowl by…
After a long break, I’m thrilled to announce a jewellery sale in my Etsy store, starting this Friday at noon! Tito and I have been working hard on a new set of jewellery–and I honestly believe it’s some of the best work I’ve ever done.…
Last Saturday, myself and my very favourite enablers partners in crime (Rayna, Leslie & Tito) went for a road trip out to Colbourne to see the Sensei of All Things Spinning Related. Alas, I cannot share photos for a while, but I will tell you…
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 :)
