D & G, FW10
Showing posts with label wool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wool. Show all posts
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
New Year, New Wool Stash Organization
Now that the holiday knit mania has died down a bit (it was by far my craziest season yet!) and now that I'm out of the cast and walking (woohooooo!), I finally had time to tidy my studio and re-organize my wool stash.
Before:
After:
Now there's only one layer of yarn on each shelf, so I can open the cupboard doors, see everything at once and get inspired. All the balls that were coming loose have been re-wound, and I took out the books and embroidery hoops so now it's all wool all the time in here. And I most excited about the middle shelf (which is the yarn for this year's line) that is now organized by colour!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Mount Royal Mint
Out of the same freezing winters of Montreal that inspired me to start making hand knit accessories, Mount Royal Mint creates these amazing hand sewn soft sculptures and ornaments!
My favourite is for sure this leaping bear ornament:
But I love them all:
So I had planned to make this the first in a series of Christmas gift ideas, but I'm spending all of my time knitting these days, so this may be the one and only feature:) But it's a great one!
Check out the whole collection at MountRoyalMint.etsy.com!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
New Aran Headband
Based on the beautiful intricate stitches of classic knitting from the Aran Islands, off the coast of Ireland. Historically, embossed cables, bobbles and ribbing formed complex patterns on sweaters to protect fishermen against winds and rain while out at sea.
Natural cream coloured yarn is the traditional choice, but these headbands are available in the following colours...
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