DIY: The Mistral Pullover by Emily Greene

I knit myself the Mistral Pullover by Emily Green, published in Breeze by Making Stories. I bought several skeins of 100% Rambouillet wool yarn from Rambling Yarns. Juliet, the farmer, bought a flock of Rambouillet sheep from Alberta and brought them over to Ontario. Custom Woollen Mills in Alberta processed the yarn, as they have […]

DIY: Knit Macaulay Cardigan and Free Pattern by Katie Green for Blacker Yarns

We included the Macaulay Cardigan in our roundup of free cardigan knitting patterns last year. I liked the design so much, that I decided to knit one for myself! To knit the Macaualay Cardigan, I used six skeins of a DK weight yarn from Linc Farm. Linc Farm is a biodynamic farm in Niagara that […]

The Woodstock Fleece Festival – Woolstock

Woodstock Fleece Festival

We haven’t made it to Rhinebeck (which was this past weekend), but we went to our local fleece festival, the Woodstock Fleece Festival (aka Woolstock) in Woodstock, Ontario, the weekend before. Some friends joined us so we had a nice little field trip out to the country to buy some beautiful fibres! I made sure […]