DIY: Knit Constellate Hat by Hunter Hammersen

Knit Constellate Hat by Hunter Hammersen

Hunter Hammersen is one of our favourite knitwear designers. We follow her on Instagram and Tomiko already knit her free cowl pattern, the Consilience Cowl. When she published Firmament: Stellar Stitches for Your Next Adventure in August 2018, I bought a hard copy. I loved the beautiful and unusual stitches that she used to make […]

DIY: Crochet Snow Queen Beret by Brenda K B Anderson

Crochet Snow Queen Beret by Brenda K B Anderson

I had my eye on the Snow Queen Beret by Brenda K B Anderson for quite a while, and I finally got around to it! The pattern is from the book Crochet Ever After: 18 Crochet Projects Inspired by Classic Fairy Tales. The hat is a beret I crocheted with one skein of Wellington Fibres worsted weight […]

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 […]