We’re probably all going through stuff in our homes or studios as we have time not doing shows or travelling to meetings etc. I know I’m digging in corners and cupboards to see what’s there that I either don’t need or can repurpose. I took out a package of my old patterns and also a…
Sheesh! It’s been a busy time this December….and there’s a tiny spanner in the works…my foot!With arthritic big toes needing work I had my right one worked on in 2008 by Dr. Mark Harrison at Hotel Dieu Hospital here in Kingston. Now it was time to get my left toe worked on as it slowly…
These two things came about because of Christmas … the first beforehand and the second was a little gift from my niece. I wanted to make some felted soaps as Christmas gifts and needed some mesh for the process. A colleague – Robert from Kingston Soap Co. said he had used mesh from a scrubby…
Finally some warmer weather! Stepping from my front door to my studio door the other day I actually though ‘oh how warm it is’…. I guess minus 1 Celsius is warm after weeks of minus what seems like a squillion!!!!! While hunting for something in my studio (that can take weeks!) I came across a…
Happy New Year everyone. We had a white Christmas and lots of snow shovelling, good exercise and lovely weather to be out and see neighbours after the holidays…..also time to keep knitting and create warm things to bolster us in the Canadian Winter. Here’s a shot out of my dining room window of our street…
Well, I got lost in Bangor but I then ‘dyed’ and went to heaven! This sign was outside a building for children’s art and activities….it is so fun, the classes must be super!…there’s a violin on the other side! Anyway, I digress. While hunting for Stephen King’s house in Bangor I followed the directions of the…
I accompanied my friend Anne Woodall of Knit Traders wool shop to Toronto yesterday for a Pro Knitters meeting (great by the way…I’ll post about that later) and while she lunched with her offspring I did my fave thing …. wander around downtown TO. I went for dyes and silk and also to pick a…
As most of you must know…it’s show season! After returning from Chicago in October I got ready for the Maker’s Hand in Picton at the beginning of November then Signatures show – in it’s new location – the Ottawa Convention Centre (with it’s commensurate costly parking)! My neighbour was the lovely Jennifer of Crumb aprons,…
Well, I’m back from my UK trip which was a huge family gathering so no time to explore any yarn shops…even though my cousin had one she wanted to take me to…..next time! On my return, however I received an email from a friend saying she was coming through Kingston on her way to Rose…
You MUST, MUST visit this wonderful store in North Bay! It’s like a few yarn store I’ve visited in my travels, the one I hit in Washington DC, Rose Haven Farms in Picton and a few more…. the choice of yarns is fabulous: cashmeres, possum, bamboo, cotton/tencel the list of fibres goes on. However the…