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I’ve recently received an email from a customer concerned about the number of breaks in her skein of Blue Brick yarn. We are also concerned about it, but at the moment, with our current system and suppliers, up to three breaks is possible. I thought I’d share my response here, and as always I invite…
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, I think the @slowfashionoctober instagram blurb says it best: A celebration of the small-batch, handmade, second-hand, well-loved, long-worn, known-origins wardrobe. It’s a dialogue that we can all participate in, to any degree, in whatever way inspires us, and there are a set of themes to help you along.…
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A little assortment of what we’ve been up to (and my obsession with the colour yellow!). We’ve shut the store down until Oct 3rd to give us time to move ourselves, and the company to Burlington. All orders are still being fulfilled, and we expect pretty much everything to ship tomorrow :) Thanks for your…
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A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to our booth at the KW Knitters Fair this weekend! This was our first time doing that fair, and honestly, it was crazy pants. I have to give special thanks to Kathryn, our tech-editor extraordinaire but also our assistant that day who made things go *much*…
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The KW Knitters Fair is this weekend! Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex 400 East Ave, Kitchener, Ontario. Time: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Click here for more information For the KW Knitters Festival this weekend I’ve introduced a fun new product that will be a show exclusive: Jelly Bean Cakes! Jelly Beans are pretty special; they’re dyed…
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Lots of change coming to us… yet again. I remember after we got married last October I told Tito ‘lets have a boring life for a year, let’s not start anything big’. So much for plans. This year we really launched The Blue Brick. In fact, yarn is going so well for us that we…
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First of all – thank you to everyone who came out to support us at Festival Twist! We had a fabulous time, and can’t wait for our next show – the Kitchener Waterloo Knitters Fair – hope to see you there! Now, onto more yarn’y things :) The Blue Brick is planning to bring back…
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There are lots of lovely knitting patterns out there that would look gorgeous in ombré yarn, but one of the things we’re seeing on trend lately are patterns actually designed for ombré and gradient yarns. Not just any pattern will work; to really take advantage of ombré you need a pattern that will allow you…
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Is available! In our store, and on Ravelry! Lovely and textured, baby-soft in our Niagara MCN and easier than it looks once you get used to those cables. Please note that it’s only charted at the moment, though I am working on fixing that. Enjoy!
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What a fabulous, if hot and sticky/torrentially rainy day! There was everything. Jeremy, the cutest puppy ON EARTH, kittens, cupcakes, yarn, berry vanilla scented goodies, attempted theft of said puppy, lots of knitting, knitters, fibre’y goodness, prizes and even a quasi wet T-shirt contest… all packed into one humid yarn store. We couldn’t have asked…
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