This Everyday Slouchy Beanie MCN kit contains a skein of MCN Sock in the Marmalade colourway and a skein of Mohair/Silk Select Lace in the Maarmalade colourway. The Marmalade colourway is a mix of various shades of warm orangey-yellow. The suggested pattern is NOT included in this kit. Everyday Slouchy Beanie Everyday Slouchy Beanie is knit in the round with a close-fitting folded brim using one strand of Sock yarn and one strand of Mohair/Silk...

This Everyday Slouchy Beanie MCN kit contains a skein of MCN Sock in the Pewter colourway and a skein of Mohair/Silk Select Lace in the Pewter colourway. The Pewter colourway is a subtle mix of various of shades of light silvery grey. The suggested pattern is NOT included in this kit. Everyday Slouchy Beanie Everyday Slouchy Beanie is knit in the round with a close-fitting folded brim using one strand of Sock yarn and one strand of Mohair/Silk...

This Everyday Slouchy Beanie kit contains a skein of MCN Sock in the Deep in the Forest colourway and a skein of Mohair/Silk Select Lace in the Michelle’s Green colourway. The Deep in the Forest colourway is a subtle mix of various of shades of dark green while the Michelle’s Green colourway is a mix of chartreuse with bursts of gold. The suggested pattern is NOT included in this kit. Everyday Slouchy Beanie Everyday Slouchy Beanie...

This sweater kit contains 3 skeins of Sock and 3 skeins of Mohair/Silk Select Lace in the colourway Electric Lime which is a subtle mix of various of shades of dark grey and soft black with short bursts of bright green. Calliope sweater sample mostly complete Calliope is a raglan-style sweater knit in the round from the top down using one strand of Sock yarn and one strand of Mohair/Silk Select Lace held together throughout. This creates a warm...

This sweater kit contains 2 skeins of Merino Light Fingering and 3 skeins of Mohair/Silk Select Lace in the colourway Faery Looking Glass which is a mix of various of pale shades of silvery-grey, lilac and green. Calliope sweater sample mostly complete Calliope is a raglan-style sweater knit in the round from the top down using one strand of Sock yarn and one strand of Mohair/Silk Select Lace held together throughout. This creates a warm but...

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....

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...

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 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...

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...

Just a reminder that I will be a vendor at the upcoming vendors’ night for the Ottawa Knitting Guild on Monday October 15th held at the Woodroffe United Church located at 207 Woodroffe Avenue. This event starts at 7:30 pm and non-guild members are welcome to attend for the usual $5 drop-in fee. I will have lots of yarn with me ranging from laceweight to DK weight, some of Natalie Servant’s patterns, and 4 shawl kits (Natalie’s...

I met with Mimi, the owner of the The Loop in Halifax, Nova Scotia this morning to show her some of my yarn, knitted samples, and a shawl kit. She liked what she saw so she agreed to carry my yarn for the duration of my stay in Halifax. I head back to Ottawa on July 24th. I returned to her store with the rest of my yarn and shawl kits this afternoon. There are now thirty-nine (one skein was sold while I was still there) skeins of my yarn and...

I finished the Whisper jacket that I received in the kit that I blogged about here. I love the completed jacket as it has great drape and I adore the sangria colourway. A couple of friends have tried on the jacket too and even though they are quite a bit smaller than me, it fit them well too. I knit the pattern as is except that I narrowed the sleeves. I picked up the 64 sts, knit 6 rows, decreased 8 sts evenly spaced on the next row, and did...

I was a vendor at The Gathering in Port Hope, Ontario this past Saturday (April 14th). What a fun and well organized event this was. There were so many volunteers to help to unload and bring your things inside that I think that I only carried one small box in. The picture to the left is my booth a little while before the event started. This event is meant to be an all day event for people to do some shopping and to sit, knit, spin etc and visit...

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...