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Pretty Little Things For a Gentler World
Hello, my lovely hat junkies, Guess what I did? I ordered in beautiful sewing notions from Merchant and Mills and listed them in my WEBSHOP. I have had this long standing dream of having a millinery and notions shop. I decided that if you want a dream to come true you actually need to do…
A Pattern, a Podcast and PEI
Where to begin, where to begin? I have had a whirlwind month, summer….. season and I have so much to tell you, starting with my latest news. I finally published the knitting pattern for my Log Cabin Hat! I am so grateful to my friend, Micheline, who helped me with tech editing and graphic design.…
Successful Summering and So Many Hats
Hello from the middle of summer. I am happy to report that I have been doing a pretty good job at carpe dieming. (Hope you don’t mind if I make up a verb here or there.) On a very good day, I have a batch of morning glory muffins baked (I mean, what else does…
Seven Thousand Hats Later
Last month marked 30 years of making hats. That’s a whole lot of hats that I have put out there in the world. I don’t know the exact number, but I do know that I have used over 7000 labels. I’m just going to pause and think about that for a second….To celebrate, I will…
Making hats and Plans to Leave the House
Hello Everyone, Today I bring you all things joyful. I do, however, want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the kind and sympathetic comments on my last post. Sometimes the internet can be a vehicle for good. You really comforted me. But now let’s talk about hats and upcoming plans…
The Gift of Lego the Dog
This morning I walked the Back Harbour Trail with my sweet puppy. Well, I walked and he frolicked, unencumbered by his tired almost 14 year old body. As is his pleasure, he blazed the path, darting in and out of the woods, picking up as much mud as possible to proudly wear on his white…
Introducing Betty Bucket
This is not your daughter’s bucket hat. That was the line that popped into my head when I stepped back to admire my new design. Not sure if my free form association translates outside the parameters of my own mind, so I’ll elaborate. I’m constantly seeing the line, “The is not your grandmother’s (insert noun…
Make Your Own Felted Beret. My First Video Course
Happy New Year, Everyone! Today is a very exciting day for me. My first video course is now live. You can now make these pretty and practical felted berets in your own home. Click HERE to purchase the course. I have several kits in my web shop, so that you can have all the supplies…
Knit One, Cry Two
Cast on 78 stitches, knit one with main colour, listen to the news, cry, purl one main colour, twist contrast colour around main colour, try to make sense of the horror, knit 2 rounds plain, rage, knit one, purl one to the end of round….cry a little more. Another beautiful beret is completed. This is…
Seizing the Day
Hi, everyone! Welcome to October. Fall in Lunenburg is proving to be much kinder than the summer. OK, there was one little hurricane, but I’m so over natural disasters…or any other kind, for that matter. I have forgotten it as quickly as it blew in. A few weeks back my friend/neighbour, Vanessa, and I decided…