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...

The winner of the Cormier Grille Shawl pattern is Denise who said “I love love love art deco, so the Frond mittens and Hat are my fav!”. I have sent you an email with the details on how to claim your pattern. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter my giveaway contest.

My friend, Natalie Servant recently released this Cormier Grille Shawl pattern as the January pattern from her new subscription e-book Canadian Art Deco Knits. Natalie knit her large fingering weight sample of this shawl using about 1.5 skeins of my sock yarn in the pewter colourway. This was my first time providing yarn support to a designer and I’m really glad that Natalie was the first. Natalie is releasing a pattern a month in 2015 as...

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...

My friend Natalie’s 4th annual Tour de France KAL (Knit Along) started today. It is run out of her ravelry group Natalie Servant Designs. This year’s shawl pattern is the Père Lachaise Shawl and she talks about her inspiration for this pattern in this blog post. Natalie posted pictures of the different versions she knit of this shawl in this blog post. Natalie knit the small fingering weight version using one skein of my Cash Sock...

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...

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 have finished two more items and I have two more items currently on the needles. First completed item is the 2luvcrew socks from the book Socktopus by Alice Yu (great book – I highly recommend it). I knit these socks using my Cash Sock yarn in the Autumn Glory with quite a bit of yarn leftover (28 g). The second completed item is another Wrapped Ribs Cowl (pattern by Natalie Servant). This time I knit it out of MadelineTosh Merino...

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...

It’s that time of year again. I usually give several handknit items as gifts each year. I am blessed in that my family and several of my friends like and apprecriate hand-knitted gifts. I have just finished my first bit of holiday knitting. It is a reversible cowl that is part of the Wrapped Ribs Scarf/Cowl pattern recently released by my friend Natalie Servant. I had some of my cash sock in the caribbean waters colourway leftover from my...

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 started my Childeric’s Bees shawl while I was in Halifax and I managed to finish and block it in time to display it as a sample in my booth at the Twist Fibre Festival in August. I knit my Bees shawl using my Yvieknits Merino Light Fingering in the Cosmopolitan colourway. I used approximately 440 m out of the 685 m in the skein to knit the shawl as written (14 bees) but I am a slightly tight knitter. Natalie’s patterns are always...

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 recently finished knitting a V-Shaped version of the Clover Shawl by Natalie Servant using one skein of my Merino/Silk Fingering yarn in the Hostas colourway. My Mom kindly modeled the shawl for me in the pictures. This shawl comes in three versions that you can knit: V-shaped, long rectangle (stole), and a large square. You start knitting in the middle of the 4 leaf clover motif in the round. You then knit Chart A and B still knitting in the...

My SIL bought this Whisper kit for me at the Knitters’ Frolic as an early birthday present. The kit contains 1 skein of Fleece Artist’s Zambezi and the Whisper pattern by Linda Benne. She said that the Sangria colourway (one of my favorite Fleece Artist’s colourways) reminded her of me. She gave it to my friend Natalie who was working at Sheeps Ahoy booth to bring it back to me. I received the kit last Thursday night and I...

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 recently finished and blocked my Helix Scarf by Stephanie Gaustad from the Jane Austen Knits Magazine (the cover project). It is a cute scarf and I love the twirled ruffled look. The helix effect comes from knitting a small short-row wedge on one side of the scarf followed by another short-row edge on the other side of the scarf with one knit row between each wedge. I knit this scarf with the 40g (about 315 m) of Fleece Artist’s...

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...