Manitoba Fibres

Currently I am immersed in Folklorama at the Scandinavian Pavilion, so it seemed a good time to get serious about spinning local wool and alpaca for the Pembina Fibre Shed One Year One Outfit Challenge (2022 edition) and the Great Canadian Wool-a-Long. Meanwhile, we're also preparing for the Manitoba Fibre Festival returning to the Red…

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Manitoba Fibre Trail 2021

Sweaters and Beaded Knits Suddenly it is September of 2021 and another year of a Fibre Trail (in lieu of a single-location Festival) is upon us. I miss Festivals and All The People - and that's coming from an introvert. I'm looking forward to visiting multiple locations across our province, but I'll be staying fairly…

Sock-itis

Rescued from Drafts, autumn 2019. 2019 Strangely (for me) in an ongoing state of burn-out, I find myself knitting a lot of socks. The knitting in itself isn't odd, it's the fact that my projects are socks. I suppose that the high level of productivity for Yule gifts helps with my current state of mind.…

Local

With lockdowns well in place and online shopping booming, I am grateful for local options and contactless pick up or delivery. While my daughter waits for her post-holidays gift-card-shopping online stuff to arrive in the mail, I was able to quickly solve two knitting dilemmas locally. For the first, I started a mystery sock knit-a-long…

Adding an Insert

I received an inquiry about being able to add a filter opening to my two-layer cotton masks. As these masks are already in the possession of many folks, I sought a simple solution. I have experimented on my personal masks and there is a relatively simple option for folks who might want to "hack" their…