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First 40 Years!
Well, June 2nd, 2022 found me celebrating the day, forty years ago, that I walked down University Avenue in Toronto to register my business…Carolyn M. Barnett Designs…how imaginative…NOT! However, I thought that ‘Jumpers’ just wouldn’t fly in Canada (the Brit word for sweaters) so I went with my name. That’s worked well in that when…
Etsy Trunk Show and Workshop
I’m here in Toronto at the Ontario Crafts Council at the Etsy Workshop and Trunk Show which was organized by my friend Lindsey Fair! I just learned a bit more about having my shop show up on my blog! Here it is …. I hope. Now I had better get back to listening!
Bonnie’s Last M Knitting Blast!
Road Trip!!!! Three women, one red car and a machine knitting seminar, the Bonnie Triola seminar, to get to. We arrived to late to find a bottle of wine to relax after the long road trip so I dug out some chai tea bags and we hit the hay. A busy first day, getting registered,…
Oh Brother! Hidden Stitches.
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 got a Brother 940 and also have two Garter Carriages to use on it. I…
Knitters Jamboree & Mother’s Day!
Well, drove three hours to get to the Knitter’s Jamboree in Mississauga …. all the machine knitting vendors (and more) in one place for a day. When your sewing machine breaks down or you need some bits you head to your local sewing machine seller. With knitting machines it’s usually time spent on the internet…
Happy Anniversary to Me!!!
A few days ago I realized that today marks the day 24 years ago I walked in to a building on University Avenue, Toronto, to register my business. Whew! I’ve been doing this a long time, not done yet, still a long way to go, many more designs to knits, avenues to take them. The…

