This bookmark is all white but you can mix and match fabric and colours to coordinate with any colour scheme. Experiment and have fun! Read more in our Winter 2016 issue. Download the PDF pattern now. Designed by Kim Beamish craftycreations–beamish.blogspot.com [email protected]
The border for this project was actually inspired by another design I did, sort of Zentangle inspired, and I began working on a series of designs another of which will appear in ANPT in coming months. Once I had the saying, it lent itself to so many hobbies that I couldn’t resist making variations. Stitching […]
Growing up in Switzerland, my parents took me and my brother skiing every winter in the region of Berner Oberland. It was so easy to go skiing as the slopes were so very close to home – I miss those mountains so much. It’s no surprise to have designed this BERNER OBERLAND Cabled Pullover as […]
Hand muffs are a vintage item. But if you think about it, there could be times when you’re sitting in a chilly arena, outdoor skating rink, watching people skiing down the hills or maybe you enjoy the outdoors, sitting admiring the winter view? Then, the hand muffs could be useful again. This hand muffs has […]
Winter. The thermometer drops, and we look for ways to get cozy. We seek out slippers, and sweaters, and hats, and mitts. Knitters have an edge in that department. There are three basic elements that contribute to a sense of cozy: colour, air, and fibre. Read more in our Winter 2016 issue. Cynthia MacDougall Canadian […]
Woolstock, the Woodstock Fleece Festival, is the little event that grew. This year, the venue occupied three buildings of the Woodstock (Ontario) Fairgrounds. The vendor’s hall had everything a fibre artist could want, from antique spinning wheels to hand-dyed yarn. Demonstrations abounded, and included lacemaking (bobbin lace and tatting), spinning, and even lathe turning (in […]
A few days before the Chinese New Year, it’s a custom to clean the house entirely which signifies removing the old and welcoming the new. After cleaning, the house is decorated using red decorations and the most popular symbol ‘FU’, as in the banners of this quilt and the symbol ‘SHOU’, on the door knob. […]
The day after the remains of the hurricane passed Grand Manan Island, we went back out to Swallowtail Lighthouse to play in the wind. On the trail along the cliff, we saw this solitary tree still standing even though it was long dead and stripped of much of its bark. Our daughter tumbled in the […]
In 2014, I received a provincial arts board grant to explore the landscape on a more intimate level, and with larger fibres. My goal was to create expressive, impressionistic art after years of detailed realism. A View from Shelby’s Garden is handstitched yarn on felt. This is what I saw from under boughs of evergreens, […]
It’s winter and the snow forms drifts here and there across the fields in the country, yards and streets in town. This furry cushion reminds us of those soft wind-blown formations. If you’re a skier perhaps this will bring to mind snowy moguls! Not your regular surface smocking, this is another fabric manipulation design. You’ll […]