… are available now in our online store.

A few things I wanted to chat about;

• These yarns are priced slightly higher ($5 CDN to be exact) than my other yarns, owing the the slightly more labour-intensive nature of gradient yarn. I was really hesitant to change prices, but after endless number crunching and efficiency studies I could see no way to escape it. All I can say is that (in my heavily biased opinion) I believe the yarns are worth it, and I hope you’ll agree :)

• These yarns are dyed-to-order. What that means, is that when you order it, I will dye it up especially for you, rather than grab a skein from a pre-existing inventory. Again, this is an efficiency concern, since the yarns do take a different process. There is just one con to this approach, which is that your yarn, from dyeing to delivery, can take up to three weeks. The pros, I believe, outweigh the cons; you can choose whatever base and quantity you like and there is no fear of yarns selling out. If this model works well and makes everyone happy, then I will consider moving the entire Blue Brick yarn line to this model.

• For those of you who are unfamiliar with gradient yarns, I will be knitting up samples, along with my trusty team of knitters, to show you how they look. I am also writing patterns right now specifically to take advantage of of gradient yarn.
• For those wondering about photography; the yarns will ship with their respective photo from the images in this post :)

Hope you enjoy, and as always I welcome feedback and questions :) email me at hello@thebluebrick.ca !

Instalment number 2 of the new colours I’ve developed for my spring Ombré launch! This colour is gentle and neutral, with a beauty all its own; ‘Willow’.

Willow graduates slowly from brown, to chestnut, to beige and gray with just a hint of yellow. To answer a question asked yesterday – these yarns are dyed-to-order, and you will be able to order them in any of The Blue Brick’s regular bases- worsted, DK, sock, single-ply merino and even lace.

The colours are relaxing and natural.

Just like willows :) Tomorrow I’ll release the third colour, and Friday all of these will be in the online store, available for order.

Happy March 1st! Today there is lots to celebrate at The Blue Brick – the opening of our online store, allowing us to move off Etsy and offer things with a little more flexibility (and a much nicer design). Etsy is awesome, but not for everything, and we felt it was time to give our yarn a new home. To celebrate, we’re offering 10% off your entire purchase for the next three days, simply use the code SPRING16 at checkout!

Our Etsy site will continue to operate with my Resin Jewelry book, and knitting pattern sales, but all yarns (and knitting patterns as well) are being moved to the new site at shop.thebluebrick.ca. Rather than once-a-month updates that create frustrating shopping experiences, I will be keeping the store stocked up with as many goodies as I can.

While I have tech’d and test-driven all aspects of the site, there are bound to be kinks for the first few weeks (I’m hoping I just ‘anti-jinxed’ it). I will be smoothing over the details as they arise, but hoping they will be few and far-between.

I’m excited about this new step for The Blue Brick :) Onwards and upwards!

In Newfoundland, there’s an area called ‘Flatrock’ where I’ve already based one of my colourways. If you turned 180 degrees on the spot and looked the other way, you would see this quintessentially Newfoundland view; a colourful house, perched atop a cliff by the sea.

March’s club colour comes from this same place, earthy, rich and tonal.

For the base I opted to go with our Killarney Sock; a sturdy blend of nylon and superwash merino, with 420 yards to the skein.

The base holds the colour beautifully, and has great stitch definition for the pattern I’m working on; super simple elbow-length fingerless gloves. A perfect transitional accessory for the weeks ahead, when spring still seems far away.

Stay tuned to Facebook and the blog for news on when the sale of ‘Cove’ will go live; I’m aiming for the first week of March.

Just a quick recap on how the Blue Brick’s yarn club works:

• Pattern and yarn are listed together on our Etsy site.
• You will have 3 days to purchase as many skeins as you like, from just one kit, to a sweaters worth.
• After those three days are up, I will dye all the yarn to order, get the pattern finalized and tech-edited, and ship out kits
• Kits will contain the yarn, the photo on a small metallic print and a printed copy of the pattern.
• The pattern is exclusive to the club for one month, after which is is released to Ravelry
• Once a club colourway is done, it will no longer be available.

Here you go! It’s a small update to our Etsy store, but it contains some awesome goodies:

First up; Oregon Cave. This one is my fave, hands down. 

Wondering how big that cave is? Here’s Tito standing in it.

Then there’s ‘Night Heron’. Based off the wing detail of this gorgeous bird. I caught him just as he was taking off, so there is a slight motion blur on the head, but just look at his plumage!

Here’s the full photo:

Then there’s ‘Sundown’. Just lovely and soft.

‘Calle San Sebastien’ – off cobblestone streets…

And lastly, ‘Fiesta San Sebastien’ :)

Available bases will include Tobermory Worsted, Escarpment DK and Manitoulin Merino. Sale goes live at 11am EST tomorrow, see you there!