Tag: yarn
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I’ve been putting a lot of thought into the company, and her challenges, and I’ve come to a few realizations. I promise, it’s not all bleak! Tito and I have had this conversation before. That we’re behind. That we need to tweak things. Enough that we know it’s not just a matter of working harder,…
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I am looking to tweak some things about how the Blue Brick operates, to adjust for some really big, relatively recent challenges. Tito and I are mom’s main caregivers. This wasn’t a surprise, we planned for this time when we all moved in together last year, but her health has taken a downturn since the…
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If you’ve followed us for a long time, you know that Kim is a pretty special person to us. She owns a Highland cattle farm out in Niagara on the Lake. The cows are her pets, along (at that time) with the pig (Wilbur), the goat (Diesel), two miniature horses, a dog, a cat, and…
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Ibis was released in April 2019, along with a pattern to go with it. I had asked Kyle Vey, a super talented local designer, to design wings for me. The entire yarn collection, of which Ibis was only part, was called The Aviary, and it seemed fitting. When he was finally ready to show it…
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Wearable, perfect neutrals In contrast to last month’s work, which was entirely punchy and hot (literally, it was the hothouse collection) this month’s work is understated and subdued. In a good way. When I go shopping for yarn for myself, I tend to match what I like to wear. I wear earth tones, naturals and…
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These days we are working away to sell our home, buy a home, and somehow produce enough inventory for Twist ;) So of course I decided to throw a wrench into the works by developing an entirely new colour. My process usually begins one of two ways. Mostly it starts because I take a photo…
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Last Friday I set out a new project; I dyed a ‘mini’ of each of our ombré colours, to show how the colours knit up, for knitters who are not familiar with gradient yarns. I compressed each gradient into 100 yards of DK weight–which means that the colours are *far* more compressed than they would…
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Yesterday I posted a photo of some of my favourite jewellery pieces – opals!) and it got me in the mood to experiment with some new colourways. First up – Boulder Opal (of course!) – full disclosure here – I didn’t have a boulder opal handy to shoot, so I worked with an image online,…
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Peggy’s Cove is a gorgeous little spot in Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s a tiny town, with a lovely lighthouse, and a terrain that looks like you’re on the moon. The town itself is equally lovely, population 640 (in 2011). The lighthouse itself dates back to 1868, but there has been a community on this spot since…
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