Belle indeed.  Oh how I love Sivia's designs.  This version of Belle Nuit is knit up in Sweetgeorgia's Silk Crush in Cayenne.  Tres Belle.

I love it when local designers use locally made yarn for their patterns.  Remember when Jane Richmond did this last August?  Love it.  Anyone know of any other locally designed patterns where they've used locally made yarn?  I bet if I went through Sivia's archive of patterns I'd find things knit up in Indigo Moon and/or Sweet Fiber Yarns (formerly known as Yarn Candy, Sweet Fibre).

So, I've been in Ulukhaktok NWT for the past week teaching knitting.  I'm here as the textiles instructor for Aurora College's Ulukhaktok Handicraft Project.  The textiles portion is six weeks long and I'll cover hand-knitting, machine knitting and weaving.  Since Monday my lovely and talented students have been making basket-weave mobius cowls and are almost done.  On Monday they begin slippers which, by request, I'll be helping them translate into custom duffels for inside their mukluks.  This may require some wet felting which I think they'd love to learn.

The students are really fast learners and very dedicated.  Today I dropped into the classroom and two of them were inside working hard on their cowls - on a Saturday!  It was a good thing I showed up too since Suzie was panicking about mistake she couldn't fix.  You know how that feels when you're learning how to knit...you dread not being able to continue on with your new addiction. 

I can't wait to start a new week with these ladies on Monday.  Head over to my workshops blog to read more about my Arctic adventure.

Janna