This shawl kit contains the Cormier Grille Shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 2 skeins of Yvieknits Yarn Sock in the Pewter colourway, and 1 silver shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Cormier Grille shawl is a reversible lace triangular shawl inspired by a metal grille that architect Ernest Cormier used in the hall of honour in the Pavilion Roger-Gaudry at the Université de Montréal. There is enough yardage in these 2...

This option allows you to create your custom shawl kit by allowing you to select the shawl pattern and the yarn and colourway. Your shawl kit will be packaged in one of these boxes and it counts as one item for shipping. Step 1: Choose your shawl pattern from Natalie Servant Designs. You can find a list of Natalie’s patterns here. Step 2: Choose your yarn and colourway that you would like from the yarn currently available on this website....

September was my busiest and most successful month so far. I’m slowly catching up on things, like blogging, that I let slide during those crazy weeks. Shortly after sending off my first yarn order off to The Robbins’ Nest in Brighton, Ontario (previous blog post), Francine and I were vendors at the 2nd Annual Wolfe Island Fibre Fest on Saturday, September 14th. The festival was a two day event but as this was our first year...

This box with skeins of my Angel Select Lace, BFL/Silk Select Lace, Merino Light Fingering, Merino Single Ply Fingering and Sock yarn are on their way to the Robbins’ Nest in Brighton, ON. The box also contains copies of Natalie Servant Designs patterns and sets of stitch markers from Fancy That. The shipment should arrive on Friday, September 13, 2013 or Monday, September 14, 2013. The Robbins Nest is hosting a 2 day trunk show for...

The 2nd Annual Twist Fibre Festival was on August 24-25th this year. I shared a booth again with my friend Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Fancine and we were given the same booth as last year (#55 on the corner). This year’s event was much bigger than last year and it was very well attended even on Sunday. The weather even co-operated this year so that it was pleasantly warm instead of super hot like it was last year. We...

This shawl kit contains the Lavender Fields shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn BFL/Silk Select Lace in the Persian Violet colourway, and 1 silver shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Lavender Fields shawl is a wavy-edged triangular shawl inspired by lavender fields and flowers. There is enough yardage in this skein of BFL/Silk Select Lace yarn to knit the large version of this shawl. BFL/Silk...

My friend Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine came over on Friday night to help me setup for my Open House. Francine has a gift of creating beautiful display as shown in the pictures below. She also bought over a selection of her shawl pins and stitch markers with her that were available for sale during the open house. My friend Natalie of Natalie Servant Designs let me have her binders full of her patterns available at my open...

I attended The Gathering in Port Hope, Ontario on April 13, 2013 with Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine. We drove down the day before and stayed overnight at the lovely Summerhill B & B. It was a lovely surprise to find that we had been given the two tables right across from where people entered. We set up our tables quickly and before we knew it, people were starting to arrive. This event is very well run and set up so...

I bought one skein of a new yarn my supplier was offering in my last order to test it out. It is a single ply fingering weight yarn with a tight twist that is comprised of 100% superwash merino. It comes in 100 g skeins with approximately 365 m/400 yds. I dyed it up awhile ago in a combinations of different reds. It took the dye amazing well. I knit the Chandelier Shawl from the Shaping Shawls book by Anna Dalvi (This is a great book!) with...

My friend and co-host of the open house Francine (of Fancy That – Creations by Francine) came over to my house on Friday afternoon so that we could setup our display. She brought her mannequins, her stand and lots of her shawl pins and stitch markers with her. Natalie of Natalie Servant Designs kindly let me have her binders containing her patterns for the open house as well. The two pictures above were taken just after we had finished...

I am holding an Open House/Trunk Show at my house in Stittsville (Ottawa), Ontario on February 9th, 2013 from 11 am to 4 pm to celebrate the upcoming one year anniversary of my website. I have invited my friends Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine and Natalie of Natalie Servant Designs to join me for this event. This means that not only will I have all of my yarns and the shawl kits available here but there will also be a good...

I headed out to Unraveled in Merrickville, Ontario to deliver these 10 skeins (4 angel select lace, 6 merino light fingering) yesterday. If you haven’t visited the Unraveled store before, you should. Beckie, the owner, has a great selection of yarn and fibre. Check out Natalie’s blog post here where she blogged about an interview with Beckie about her store including a little information about Beckie herself. Here are a few pictures...

My Mom bought this Lavender Fields Shawl Kit (picture on the right) from me in early June. The kit contained the Lavender Fields Shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of my BFL/Silk Select Lace in the Persian Violets colourway and 1 grey fresh-water pearl shawl pin made by Fancy That – Creations by Francine. She finished it and had it blocked in time for me to use as a sample at the Ottawa Knitting Guild’s vendors night on...

This shawl kit contains the Lavender Fields shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn Merino Light Fingering in the Springtime Lilacs colourway, and 1 copper S-shaped shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Lavender Fields shawl is a wavy-edged triangular shawl inspired by lavender fields and flowers. There is enough yardage in this skein of merino light fingering yarn to knit the large version of this...

Francine (of Fancy That) and I had a great time being a vendor at the first Twist Fibre Festival in Saint-Andre-Avellin on August 25 & 26th. We met lots of people including other indie dyers and fibre artists and we are already looking forward to next year. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to check out our booth. A special thank you to Natalie of Natalie Servant Designs who kindly allowed us to sell her patterns at our booth as well....

I mailed a box to The Loop yesterday with these twenty-six skeins and these three shawl pins and eight sets of stitch markers made by Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine in it. It should arrive at The Loop in Halifax on Monday. I’ve been busy dyeing up a storm in order to get ready for the Twist Fibre Festival where I will have a booth with Francine on August 25-26th. I’m so glad that there is going to be a big...

I have been invited to be a vendor at The Gathering in Port Hope, Ontario this Saturday, April 14th. The event goes from 10 am to 3 pm. There are more details about this event here . I will have my yarns, the shawl kits, some shawl pins and stitch markers made by Francine (Fancy That – Creations by Francine) and some of Natalie’s shawl patterns (Natalie Servant Designs) with me. I will also have yarn sample kits containing a small...

I have teamed up with two of my friends, Natalie of Natalie Servant Designs and Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine to create these shawl kits.  Each kit contains one of Natalie’s lace shawl patterns combined with one skein of my yarn with a co-ordinating shawl pin made by Francine.   I now have all eight shawl kits up in my e-store now. There are 2 Sunflower Field Shawl Kits, 2 Lavender Fields Shawl Kits, 2 Poppy...

This shawl kit contains the Eiffel Tower Shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn Angel Lace in the Misty colourway, and 1 white fresh water pearls circular shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Eiffel Tower is a triangular shawl inspired by lace-like details on the Eiffel Tower. It contains both written and charted instructions.   Angel Lace is a 2-ply laceweight yarn that contains 70% baby...