The Oslo Cowl is a chunky wool piece designed to keep you warm for a Nordic winter-or at least a Canadian one! The yarn is 65% wool and 35% alpaca so it is super toasty. We used Drops Nepal and created a blue ombre pattern that reminded us of the ocean. We found a cute […]
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DIY: Collingwood Cowl and Free Pattern
We designed this Collingwood Cowl to show off the beautiful hand dyed wool from Northern Bay Fibres. It is the most simple pattern, which is perfect for beginner knitters. I knew that I wanted to make a cowl using the colourway called Celebrate! so I swatched a variety of stitches here. I really wanted to try […]
The Kiku Corner Etsy Shop is Open!
Kiku Corner’s Etsy shop is now open! We’ve been planning and working on the Kiku Corner Etsy shop for a while now. Now, we’ve got several items available in the shop, and we ship worldwide. Please keep in mind that we make all our items by hand with quality materials: our accessories are made with […]
The Woodstock Fleece Festival – Woolstock
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 […]
DIY: Woolly Rustic Knit Infinity Scarf and Free Pattern
This rustic knit infinity scarf has a simple construction, intended to showcase the chunky wool and metal embellishment. Donatello brought the slub white wool from Colombia a few years ago, and it has been sitting in my stash waiting for the right project to come along. Later as I started de-cluttering my stuff (part of my 2016 […]