Category Archives: Knitting & Crochet

Humming and Thrumming

By carmen | Published: December 30, 2011

I’ve been spending more time in the studio over the holidays than I thought I would.  I thought that after the craft crash, I might enjoy a little time off.  Nope.  Want to work, want to play with work.   These made me happy.  I was definitely smitten with the mittens.  This was after I [...]

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Transportation Issues

By carmen | Published: July 1, 2011

I want to start riding my bike to the studio.  When Jennifer visits the studio, she rides her bike from Steveston and I am only 5 miles from my studio….so why aren’t I riding…. This is what I will usually cart back and forth with.  Far right, needing seaming and labels, middle box yarn needing [...]

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Too Calm

By carmen | Published: June 28, 2011

….something must be wrong.  Oh, doomsayer me.  I am less than 30 days from Filberg, behind in inventory, postal strike deeply delayed my fibre shipments, I have two too full classes to teach and a bunch of fibre at the studio to be rinsed (thanks Kristen) and somehow things are still pretty awesome. I have [...]

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Inventory

By carmen | Published: June 8, 2011

I’ve been knitting a lot.  More than usual.  More than I thought possible.  A lot. It wouldn’t take a lot to talk me into doing something else.  I sense a major carding day coming.  Photo of giant pile of finished hats will be available shortly.

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Places to Knit in Vancouver

By carmen | Published: May 2, 2011

Pearl took me to a wonderful place to knit today.  Queen Elizabeth Park.  At 5pm there was so much sunshine.  Thanks Pearl for reminding me that I can knit in places that don’t have the space channel and that outdoors is pretty wonderful.   Current project on the needles, so much hand spun for this [...]

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Not Being in the Studio Has It’s Advantages

By carmen | Published: April 24, 2011

With the Dr. Who marathon finally complete, I can get back to work.  At last, I wrote out and test knit the kit pattern I have been working on for months.  Pardon me, NOT working on. There’s a lot of garter stitch here and it looks great.  Kits will be posted sometime next week.  It [...]

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Happy Easter (Gabi does it again)

By carmen | Published: April 23, 2011

  Thanks Gabi!

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Your Knits + My Yarns = Happy Good Times

By carmen | Published: April 20, 2011
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On the Road Again

By carmen | Published: April 18, 2011

I love, love, love taking the bus to Whistler for meetings.  I’m heading home on the bus after 9PM, using the time to update the blog.  Seriously cool.    This is pretty much how it’s going to be starting next month right up until the end of the year.  On the road, on the way to [...]

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Unrestrained Knitting

By carmen | Published: April 8, 2011

Oops.  I could not and did not contain myself.  I knit one of my 355 yarns for my own guilty pleasure.  I blended it with a hand dyed bulky merino just to extend the experience. It was a ridiculous afternoon in the studio with Kristin, Joan and Toni, all coming over to fondle the fibre [...]

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