 Isn't this scarf gorgeous? My dear friend Ana Isabel hand-wove and naturally dyed it. It's 100% organic cotton, 10 feet long and oh so yummy.
This week Ana is participating in the Poppytalk Handmade Marketplace for their back-to-school market. Check out her goods here. Ana's Fall 2011 line of neckwear Ana's Etsy shop Ana's blog  Kristi Malakoff . Target II, crepe paper and party steamers There's a cool new segment on the Vancouver Is Awesome blog called The Opening, where they feature local artists, shows and interesting people in the visual arts community in Van. Check it out here. A few weeks ago they featured artist and associate curator for the Vancouver Art Gallery, Kathleen Ritter. She was responsible for the How Soon Is Now show at the VAG which featured some textile based artists, (ie.Kristi Malakof - above).  Jerome Havre, mixed media. Untitled from Hybrid Series And speaking of fibre-based art, there is a must-see show at the Richmond Art Gallery, Fibred Optics, on until August 28th. Read a review here in Canadian Art Magazine. Montreal based artist Jerome Havre (above) is one of the featured artists.
  I recently did a trade with Heather Dahl of Dahlhaus for one of her stripey vases:) In July I visited her Vancouver studio where I fell in love with the pink and grey stripey vase (above-beside my unfinished doll). After leaving I realized that I had to have it so I emailed her to propose a trade. Heather got one of my new eco-printed silk scarves.
And yes she threw in the grey vase too. Lucky me :) Heather's vases can be found at Vancouver's new Anthropolgie store and online here on her website. PS the painting in the pic is by Corrie Peters luv Janna   Okay, so I know this is a different kind of post for us, but when I saw these on the Maiwa blog all I could think about was who and what Vancouver blog I could send them to so they could blog about it. Instead I've decided to jump out of our usual realm and share them myself. Aren't they spectacular? They are made in India of reclaimed wood and are just some of the new stock at Maiwa East in East Van. Maiwa East is the Maiwa store in Vancouver (one of three) which sells home decor items and furniture. The other two stores, in case your unfamiliar, are both on Granville Island. One is the textile supply store (including yarn), and the other is the textile store which sells beautiful clothing and home textiles as well as accessories and books. All of their fabrics are naturally dyed, hand-woven and printed in India, South America and other places around the world where Maiwa has close ties. Also a lot of their clothing line is designed in Vancouver. Bellow are a few of my favourite things on the Maiwa website. Why I love places like Maiwa: About 6 years ago I decided that I would try to buy more locally made clothing and stop buying stuff that's made in China (unless I find it in a thrift shop) and found that purchasing less items for a slightly higher cost really pays off. Not only am I now wearing more clothing that will last a lot longer than the China-made stuff that I would only wear for one season before it started pilling, stretching and falling apart, but it also feels really good knowing that my clothing is made and bought ethically. Check out Maiwa's definition of "slow clothes" here. I have a block print dress, a pair of linen pants and a linen tunic all from Maiwa that I've gotten a lot of wear out of for the past four spring/summers. PS. I also love shopping at Tutta Mia for Vancouver/Canada-made clothing and accessories. Janna |
About the Everlea Guide to Vancouver Yarn Hi, I'm Janna. I'm the proprietor, natural dyer and instructor at Everlea Yarn. I am a tapestry weaver, longtime knitter and 2013 graduate of Concordia University's Fibres and Material Practices program. I created Vancouver Yarn in 2008 as a space to hold as much of the textile awesomeness that I could find in and around Vancouver. Here on the VY blog I mostly share about local events, pattern releases as well as share Community Highlights. Do you have an event you'd like me to post? Simply email me at janna (at) everleayarn.ca Thank you, Janna Archives
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Vancouver Yarn is a free resource which links you to local DIY textile shops and designers as well as artists and makers which are local to greater Vancouver BC, unceded Coast Salish territory, and throughout so-called British Columbia. I also list online shops and designers from around the country.
Many of my links come from your submissions - Thank you! If you tell me about a dyer, designer, shop etc I will add it.
Many of my links come from your submissions - Thank you! If you tell me about a dyer, designer, shop etc I will add it.
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