It Takes a Village.
I live in a village…or it was until 1952 when it amalgamated with Kingston Ontario and is now just part of the city. It is still called Portsmouth Village as it has been since the late 1700’s when it was Read More …
Mask Making Time
With the scourge of this awful virus and as a senior I’m hunkered down at home with my senior other half but thinking of ways to still be in the world. I’m so appreciative of the work the frontline workers Read More …
Machine Knitting Explained
I have been a machine knitter for 36 years, my Mum worked on a knitting machine back in the ’60’s in England…they were invented in 1589…but it’s either not known about (‘knitting machine???’ blank look…crickets) or thought of as cheating Read More …
Movie Night
For the last few years we have held Movie Night in our living room for friends and neighbours…we can squeeze about six in. We’ve been through old Hollywood, new releases, Film Noir, car chases, James Bond and some foreign films Read More …
Escape…
“Oh, to be in EnglandNow that April’s there,” Robert Browning wrote in his poem ‘Home Thoughts from Abroad’. We took this in school when I was a girl in England and I remember how delightful it was when our English Read More …
1982
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 …
Slogging (stitching) through Winter
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 …
Flying Knitting Needles!
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 …
Armed But Not Dangerous
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 …
Watercolours
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 …