Tag: Crochet
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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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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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So I finished this lace shawl, and it’s so gorgeous I can’t believe I knit it. It’s the first thing I’ve done entirely from charts, and I have to say I’m pretty pleased with m’bad self. The pattern is Mystic Fire by Anna Dalvi, and the yarn is Northbound knitting Superwash Merino in the gorgeous…
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Cool weather is coming; just last night in Toronto it was downright chilly. Time to stock up on some fall accessories! Mushin is a Japanese term frequently used in Martial Arts training that means ‘Without Mind’. It’s totally appropriate because this is completely the easiest, most mindless project for instant gratification. I worked this up…
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I had this gorgeous skein of cottony blue yarn with absolutely no stretch to it, as I found out while trying to make fingerless gloves from it. Because I was determined to make something out of it, and because I was hungry for a quick FO, and because the colour is perfect for my home…I…
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The Lisa Shawl is a free crochet pattern by yours truly – a fun, quick crochet project with beads to spice it up. The shawl is named after my gorgeous and colourful friend Lisa who was the first person to love this design :) The shawl is worked up using 2 skeins of sock weight…
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Quickie post today – I just finished a cute pair of crocheted Mary Janes in a beautiful robins egg blue – complete with cute little hand made ceramic buttons. I whipped off the buttons while bored in the ceramic studio a few months ago and I’m happy I finally got to use them for something!
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I have been sooo busy these past few days, between work and packing … and work… and packing. This condo is going to be gorgeous. I spent a ton of time putting my core skills to work in designing it, of course – I drafted a top-down, to scale schematic of the apartment and laid…
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