Posts Tagged ‘the hat junkie’
Hats as Resistance
Hello, hello. I have some hats, headbands, walks and thoughts to share with you. This is my latest version of my Franny Cotton Canvas cloche. I hadn’t realized how much I love colour blocking until I knit my last sweater ( as seen in one of my recent blog posts.) There is just something about…
Read MoreA Pretty Solution For a Big Problem
I’m not sure how many times you kind people will allow me to keep talking about the same subject, but this is what keeps me up at night. Textile Waste. Before I go madly off on a tangent (I’ll try to keep it short) I present you with one of my local solutions…a fabric flower…
Read MoreSpring’s Eternal Hope
The saying goes, Hope springs eternal, but I prefer Spring’s eternal hope. For the past week I have begun each morning in the garden, moving raspberry bushes, weeding the strawberries, contemplating the deer fence that the wind took down, conversing with the birds and dreaming…. …dreaming of a yard full of flowers and vegetables and…
Read MoreFlora Fedora 2.0
I have never been able to leave well enough alone. Last year I designed the Flora Fedora hat, a rather adorable hand dyed cotton canvas fedora that is perfect for traveling or for simply looking marvellous at the grocery store. While there was nothing wrong with last year’s version, I knew she could be even…
Read MoreSnow and Indigo
It’s been so beautiful and snowy in Lunenburg. I never feel quite safe confessing that I love winter, so please don’t tell anyone. I know that winter can be tough on many people and there’s nothing worse than that cheerful snow lover when you want to pull the blankets over your head until Spring, so…
Read MoreHeadbands, Halifax and Hat News
Hello! I have a new inanimate best friend. Meet my Minnie May headband. I made a batch of 12 and at 5:45 a.m, headbands in tow, I will be hitting the road for the Halifax Brewery Market, tomorrow (Saturday) from 8-1. Yes, I mentioned the time for the purposes of sympathy. Next week I will…
Read MoreA Life of Flowers and a Class to Celebrate it.
As I approach one more rotation around the sun, it occurs to me that I have spent so much of it in the creation of fabric flowers. One of my earliest childhood memories is picking dandelions on the hillside of a busy Montreal street, certain that I had discovered gold. Seeing that yellow hill was…
Read MorePretty 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…
Read MoreA 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.…
Read MoreSuccessful 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…
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