Canadian, Please

 I got this from my felter friend Andrea Graham, I love it! Enjoy.

Back home again after what seems like ages on the road, far from my own bed and ‘fridge. The first two shows of the season went well if a little strange when compared to past shows, however, each brings it’s own surprises. The sun and warmth of the first day of the One of a…

I recently had a workshop on Cochenille’s Garment Designer pattern making software and one of the attendees, Marthe, was French, (she drove all the way from the other side of Ottawa so she came a long way), and had a little trouble with what I was telling everyone. (June 12th’s Blog: Garement Designer Workshop North)….

Well, cruisng the library for something else I found a wonderful book in the business section: ‘Shops and Shopping 1800 – 1914’. Yes, it really is a book about what it says. I’ve just dipped into it so far but I’ve decided that I have to find a copy for my own library in my…

Soon we will no longer need these….. hand knitted socks, however I will still keep knitting them as I knit socks the way other folk (well some) smoke….except I don’t stand around in doorways knitting socks. There is a zen to knitting and it can be very calming, it’s a shame we can’t knit on…

Well, I’m knitting as fast as I can, however, things have gone very slowly over the Summer and I feel so behind in my orders for my knit cardigan jackets. The cardi in the pic is one I designed last Fall and did so well with in Chicago at the One of a Kind Show…