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If you still have moments where you're like "wow, this is really cool rock" and you slip that rock into your pocket for later because hey, cool rock, congratulations, you're not a grown up yet ;)

Having grown up in the land-locked city of Toronto, actual "sea-glass" wasn't something I experienced as a kid. However, when I lived downtown I made regular treks to a place called Tommy Thompson Park (colloquially, the "Leslie Street Spit").

The "Spit", as it's known, was created during the excavation of Toronto's Yonge subway line. The refuse from the construction was dumped in the lake where it formed a finger out into the inner harbour. Over the following years, the land created was taken over by nature, and today it forms an important (and protected) stopover for migratory birds.

Owing to the nature of the Leslie Street Spit, (the wind and wave patterns, and the nature of the material that's been dumped there), it's a pretty nifty place to find pretty nifty things. And HERE you can find coloured glass, rocks that have no business being on a Toronto beach, and odd things like stacks of telephone poles, old safes and piles of discarded toilets (no colourways coming from the discarded toilets though).

And this month's "Findings" collection is all about just that; finding the unexpected in the mundane, celebrating gentle, wearable, natural colours, and creating beauty from the little things that we, like magpies, stuff into our pockets.

Caramel - Gradient

Caramel is as sweet as it sounds. Somewhere between gold, rust, burnt sugar and toffee pudding is this rich gradient.

Rose Gold - Gradient

A long mainstay of Blue Brick yarns, Rose Gold is a light, feminine golden pink while still being versatile and wearable.

Slate - Gradient

Slate is petrichor; the smell in the air after a rainfall. It’s also the colour of overcast days, of a stormy sea, and of frozen rivers.

Bark - Gradient

The perfect wardrobe neutral, Bark is woody and natural, calming and warm. It has vibes of sepia, shiitake and burnt umber.

Charcoal - Gradient

Charcoal is just what it sounds like, a straight fade from medium gray to dark gray. On some bases it will go almost black.

Blue Agate - Gradient

Blue agate is bright, powerful blue skies, but also sweet and natural Robin’s eggs. It’s Carribean seas and Mountain Bluebirds.

Lime Quartz - Gradient

Fresh and verdant, this spring colour is light and leafty, bringing to mind warmer weather and freshly cut grass.

Fluoride - Gradient

Minty and fresh, but also calming with tropical sea foam vibes. Shallow pools and sandbars, lagoons and reefs. This is a sweet, sea green.

Findings - Gradient

This one really stretched my skills as a dyer, there are 14 separate layers of dye used to create this composite gradient of all our beach findings in one place. Because of this, this colour will only come in Husky, Mammoth and Beast Mode skeins and will not be available as kits.

Bug Box - Giant Malaysian Leaf - Gradient

Only on pre order for a short time, and by demand :)

Bug box colours are only available as skeins and sock twins.

Bug Box - Madagascan Sunset Moth - Gradient

Only on pre order for a short time, and by demand :)

Bug box colours are only available as skeins and sock twins.

Bug Box - Rainbow Milkweed Locust - Gradient

Only on pre order for a short time, and by demand :)

Bug box colours are only available as skeins and sock twins.

Bug Box - White-Spotted Agrias - Gradient

Only on pre order for a short time, and by demand :)

Bug box colours are only available as skeins and sock twins.

Bug Box - Purple-Winged Grasshopper - Gradient

Only on pre order for a short time, and by demand :)

Bug box colours are only available as skeins and sock twins.

Bug Box - Hewitson's Agrias - Gradient

Only on pre order for a short time, and by demand :)

Bug box colours are only available as skeins and sock twins.