The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

Ah! The last of my leaves. From here on it’s all flowers for me… but in the meantime here are 2 gorgeous new autumn jewellery pieces in silver bezel settings:  

Both of these lovelies have already sold, but I wanted to share a peek at my new direction now that my autumn leaf period is over – preserved flower petals. This large pendant contains the petals from a preserved chrysanthemum. And this beauty contains the petals…

I can’t get away from the autumn leaves, though my stores of preserved ones are getting woefully low :( However – I had enough for a few last pieces in my autumn leaf series and I think these are my most beautiful and romantic items…

This mug was inspired by my karate style; Goju Ryu. Goju Ryu means ‘hard/soft style’ (the kanji on this mug says ‘soft’ – yes, there is another, complimentary mug coming, but the ‘go’ mug wouldn’t be fired in time for Christmas so I left it…

I designed this cute little number as the ideal one-skein winter project. Cute and sexy, these boot toppers work up fast and use only one skein of my favourite: Tanis Fiber Arts Green Label yarn. The cables are simple enough for a beginner cable knitter.…

A few weeks ago, on possibly the last really warm and sunny day of autumn, I had the honour of doing the engagement shoot for 2 dearly loved friends; Kris and Kevin. We shot at the very beautiful Cheltenham Badlands. They’re a very short drive…

I finally got around to writing down the pattern for my Bay of Fundy scarf – a huge, soft, scarf/wrap that I whipped up on vacation while down east this autumn. Don’t be intimidated by the idea of a scarf on 3.5mm needles, the pattern…

So I’ve been really addicted to resin lately – but definitely ready to move away from the leaves (good thing too, we had our first snowfall today!). The last 2 days I’ve been experimenting with putting drawings into resin and I came up with some…

And here it is! http://www.ravelry.com/designers/shireen-nadir There’s only one pattern in there right now, a free download of my baby blanket hoodie crochet pattern, but I hope to add more soon :)

My next experiment in cooking for diabetics took me to The Blueberry Girl’s blog for her amazing breakfast cookie recipe. She referenced it from here and, while both versions sound delicious, I put my own spin on it and made them for mom this weekend –…

I tried out this free pattern from Coco Knits By Julie Weisenberger – the Fear of Commitment Cowl, and I love it! It’s super flexible, and easy to wear. I bought a few different toggles for the closure – it’s not attached so you can give yourself…