Last Wednesday (Dec 11th), I went downtown Ottawa to meet a friend for lunch and to do a little bit of Christmas shopping. While I was downtown, I stopped by Yarns etc to take some pictures of the store since I had forgotten to do that when I was there before. Yarns etc sells quite a bit of locally dyed yarn (Yvieknits Yarns, Turtlepurl Yarns and Riverside Studios yarns). The local yarns are currently displayed on the table in the middle of the...

Yarns etc in downtown Ottawa is now carry my yarns. I delivered 64 skeins to the store yesterday afternoon. Seema, the owner, told me that she planned to put my yarn on the table in the front window last night and they would be available for sale starting this morning. There is a selection of the following 10 yarns at the store: Angel Select Lace, BFL/Silk Select Lace, Cash Sock, Merino Light Fingering, Merino/Silk DK, Merino/Silk Fingering,...

September was my busiest and most successful month so far. I’m slowly catching up on things, like blogging, that I let slide during those crazy weeks. Shortly after sending off my first yarn order off to The Robbins’ Nest in Brighton, Ontario (previous blog post), Francine and I were vendors at the 2nd Annual Wolfe Island Fibre Fest on Saturday, September 14th. The festival was a two day event but as this was our first year...

This box with skeins of my Angel Select Lace, BFL/Silk Select Lace, Merino Light Fingering, Merino Single Ply Fingering and Sock yarn are on their way to the Robbins’ Nest in Brighton, ON. The box also contains copies of Natalie Servant Designs patterns and sets of stitch markers from Fancy That. The shipment should arrive on Friday, September 13, 2013 or Monday, September 14, 2013. The Robbins Nest is hosting a 2 day trunk show for...

The 2nd Annual Twist Fibre Festival was on August 24-25th this year. I shared a booth again with my friend Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Fancine and we were given the same booth as last year (#55 on the corner). This year’s event was much bigger than last year and it was very well attended even on Sunday. The weather even co-operated this year so that it was pleasantly warm instead of super hot like it was last year. We...

This shawl kit contains the Lavender Fields shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn BFL/Silk Select Lace in the Persian Violet colourway, and 1 silver shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Lavender Fields shawl is a wavy-edged triangular shawl inspired by lavender fields and flowers. There is enough yardage in this skein of BFL/Silk Select Lace yarn to knit the large version of this shawl. BFL/Silk...

My friend Francine of Fancy That – Creations by Francine came over on Friday night to help me setup for my Open House. Francine has a gift of creating beautiful display as shown in the pictures below. She also bought over a selection of her shawl pins and stitch markers with her that were available for sale during the open house. My friend Natalie of Natalie Servant Designs let me have her binders full of her patterns available at my open...

Earlier in July, I spent several days at my friend’s cottage in Prince Edward County (I visited this cottage with my friend last September and blogged about it here) with my Mom and brother. We had a lovely but busy time at the cottage partly due to my brother’s car problems. I brought most of my yarn with me on the trip because I planned to make an appointment with the owner of Robbins’ Nest in Brighton, ON as it was about a...

I’m in Halifax visiting my friend B. and her family at the moment. I arrived in Halifax very late on Thursday night since my flight was more than 3 hours late. Long story. Usually when I visit, we (B. and another friend) go for a girls day trip out to the Valley (Wolfville area) which we did today. We have a set plan of stops developed over the years. The first stop is the Wolfville Farmers Market, then to Gaspereau Valley Fibres which a...

Kari Verge, who co-hosts the TwoTangledSkein podcast, released the Mountain Path Socks last Sunday. She designed these socks using a skein of my sock yarn in the Mountain Top At Dusk colourway (shown on pattern page) that I had donated to the podcast to review last fall. This is the first relased pattern that was designed using a skein of my yarn. I volunteered to test knit this pattern for Kari. I decided to test out both the medium and large...

Colour Emerald Isles colourway is a mix of different shades of green and blue. Yarn Details Sparkly Sock is a 2-ply fingering weight yarn 75% super wash merino/20% nylon/5% Stellina soft with great stitch definition and a subtle gold glitter 100 g and 400 m (440 yards)     There are two skeins available in this dye batch. [add_to_cart item=”0040″ ]             project ideas This yarn is...

Colour Blackberry is a mix of various shades of purple, dark blue and black. Yarn Details Merino/Silk Fingering is a 4-ply yarn 50% superwash merino and 50% silk soft with a lovely shine to the yarn 100 g and 400 m (438 yards)   There are 2 skeins in this dye batch. [add_to_cart item=”0010″ ]         project ideas This yarn is excellent for scarves, cowls, and shawls or anything that goes directly against...

Colour Hostas is a mixture of various shades of green ranging from a darker blue-green to a lighter yellow-green. Yarn Details 4-ply sock yarn 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon good basic sock yarn that is soft with the added strength of nylon great yardage for 100g skein 100g and 420 m (463 yards) machine washable There are 2 skeins in this dye batch. [add_to_cart item=”0013″ ]              ...

This shawl kit contains the Lavender Fields shawl pattern by Natalie Servant, 1 skein of Yvieknits Yarn Merino Light Fingering in the Springtime Lilacs colourway, and 1 copper S-shaped shawl pin from Fancy That – Creations by Francine. The Lavender Fields shawl is a wavy-edged triangular shawl inspired by lavender fields and flowers. There is enough yardage in this skein of merino light fingering yarn to knit the large version of this...

These are the skeins of worsted weight yarns currently available for sale. Move the cursor over a picture and two buttons will appear: click the box with arrow symbol to view the details about that particular skein(s) or click the magnifying glass symbol to view a large picture of the skein(s). Merino Worsted yarn (Made in Canada): Out of stock