Handloomed Knit and Felted Artwear
Sounds strange to be talking about a year so long ago but one major thing happened…I established Carolyn M. Barnett Designs. Yes, I walked down University Avenue in Toronto and registered that name…I was going to call my business Jumpers Read More …
Well, with Winter here, though not as bad as in the ‘old days’ when Lake Ontario always frozen over enough to drive across to Wolfe Island, and hold little festivals on the lake, adaptation is key. One of the thing Read More …
Well, the salt from the sea is washed out of our bathing suits and our tummies are returning to normal after bit if holiday ickiness…and we had a great flight back home. Doesn’t often happen (too bad) but our head Read More …
In nearly four decades I’ve used a few different mannequins to display my work and to use to photograph my jackets. For the past years, I’ve had nice rounded ones (for a long time I had some great wooden ones Read More …
Now that my shows are all done for the year and I’m taking some time for myself I find I’m trying to straighten out my studio or mopping my kitchen floor. I’ve done these tasks and more and the results Read More …
Well, I just got back from a weekend hanging with the ladies in the Fingerlakes. I learned a long time ago that in the US machine knitters tend to used Brother knitting machines. As a long-time Singer knitter, I finally Read More …
Well, not so short. I made up a jacket using my cache of Kantha Quilts. I love them and had a hard time deciding how a simple jacket should look. With five quilts, all double sided, I had a lot Read More …
Here we are in the depths of a Canadian Winter and I am fortunate to have been able to travel to the Caribbean for a warm getaway. Not something I have been able to do often I revel in the Read More …
With an email from Marcy Tilton’s blog/website I got all fired up about Kantha quilts. I didn’t think the price was too unreasonable and I thought I’d like some to make a cool jacket. Anyone who knows me and my work Read More …
We’re well into 2019 and a new show season but we artisans and craftspeople are reviewing our 2018 shows. It’ll be tax time soon so we have to crunch and record the numbers, decide which shows to continue with and Read More …