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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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Hamilton General Hospital has lousy parking. So every time mom and I go, we have to vie for space in the public lots across the street. There’s this guy, just shy of five feet maybe, rotund, grumpy, elderly, and he sits in a little booth adjacent to the payment machine. Now I COULD just go…
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So my uncle loans me this car. A fully electric, bright blue and white, Kia Soul. I have exactly zero cars at the moment… so a free car sounds kind of amazing, and also my uncle is being super sweet. And I’m a hippie. Electric? Green? Be still my liberal heart. I should add, I…
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We still post here, but the main attraction is our online shop ;) SOMEONE TOLD ME ONCE… A million years ago, when I was early in my days of corporate marketing, that every professional should be able to explain what they do, and why it’s special, in the time it would take to ride an…
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I’ll be renewing my attention to the blog/blargh =D I know this sounds odd, because my time these days (or lack thereof) means that I respond to emails with a frequency that’s just below luddite, and just (barely) above dead. However, I have compelling reasons to keep this thing alive, so I’ll be popping in…
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We’re getting the store ready to reopen after a three month hiatus taken to move, expand, hire, renovate, innovate, and tackle a massive order list, the likes of which will probably give me the heebie jeebies for years to come ;) Store update lands on August 1st, at 11am EST We are *not* fully caught…
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It’s been a few days since Rav posted a dramatic statement aimed at eliminating hate speech on their platform. In our 140 Character world, reposts, shares would have looked like this: “New policy, effective immediately We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry. We cannot provide a space that is inclusive…
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Heya folks, here’s a big update on where we’re at. Just before Frolic we were 3 weeks out on our very latest order. We had one week to prepare for Frolic itself and there was a tragic, young, death in the family of our assistant dyers, leading to them leaving us before we had planned…
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The Blue Brick has grown beautifully, but with that come the necessary growing pains and we are long overdue for an overhaul to the way our store works. Increasingly long lead times have, completely understandably, led to frustration for folks awaiting their yarn packages. Ombre is not like tonal yarns, and I can only dye…
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So far, I’ve stayed out of the discussion on IG about racism and inclusion in the knitting world. I’ve never made a secret of the fact that I’m brown in my posts, or that my family is multi cultural. I grew up in the diverse city of Toronto, and felt that I hadn’t really experienced…
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