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I’ve been working on something big behind the scenes (and despite the puppies); my first pattern collection. Ombré Knits, Volume 1 is a collection designed specifically to take advantage of (you guessed it!) ombré yarns. Ombré yarns are not like other yarns, in a few ways. Firstly, you have to use at least 85% of…
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Sammy has been making beautiful progress: However, there was still a little bit that we couldn’t reach. She was still shy and quiet at home, and wouldn’t play in the backyard. Enter, Arya. The Beast. Born on Christmas Eve, Arya is half Samoyed and half Siberian Husky. She is also half battering ram and half…
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In late November Tito and I decided to adopt a dog. We had the house, and the space, and I was lonely working from home all day. Our adoption adventure led us to the wonderful people at the Niagara Dog Rescue, and thence to a dog in Kentucky named Anika. We don’t know much about her,…
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Changes are coming to The Blue Brick online store! You may have noticed that all of our colours are currently listed as ‘sold out’ and have been since Christmas. This is because we are changing our model; from dye-to-order to inventory based. How inventory will work: We will restock our store tomorrow with at least…
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I’ve developed two colours recently, and I love them both, but they’re quite similar. I’m thinking I’ll only be releasing one of them to my permanent collection, so I’m reaching out to the internet for assistance. Here is Opal; And here is her close sister, Grand Turk; Opal is brighter, more playful, the purple is a…
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To be fair, many big things happened, good and bad. The defining factor of the year would be my moms illness, the brain aneurysm and strokes that plagued about a quarter of the year for us and almost took her from me. We are grateful every day that she is still with us, still 100%…
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One of the creative experiments that I wanted to do over Christmas was dyeing vegan yarn. I don’t personally believe that yarn is cruel, but there are lots of knitters who, for reasons of ethics or allergies, would like to have a vegan yarn option in the market. It turns out that dying plant fibre…
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There’s this maple outside my window that I can’t get enough of. It’s so powerfully red right now, that when the sun hits it the entire living room turns this lovely golden red colour. A few days ago I bought home a leaf from said tree, and a new colourway was born. Maple is rich…
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The move is officially done, we closed on the condo, and I can finally start to feel settled in the house. I decided to celebrate with a little lunchtime walk, and found this most excellent little antique shop not 10 minutes from my home: Greystone Fine Furniture. Here are my treasures! Here is the strangest…
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With all this playtime in variegated yarns lately, I knew I needed to do a proper autumn ombre. I went through tons of autumn photography, and finally settled on this lovely shot from Merrickville, Ontario, where it was just getting ready to storm hard, but the sun was breaking through right at the horizon. I…
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