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Janna holds her hand-knit Ambershore Shawl designed by local designer Inese Sang. It is knit in Everlea Fingering in the colourways Water, Medium Madder and Twilight. ​

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In This Newsletter

• New Local Online Offerings
  • New from Digits & Threads
  • Online Workshops
  • Locally designed knitting patterns
  • Vancouver Yarn Community Highlights
• Fibre Libraries are now in and around Vancouver
• Upcoming in-person events
  • Fibrations Victoria
  • Knit City Mini
  • In-person workshops

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​Local Online Offerings

New at Digits & Threads

​I'm very excited to share that my series of tapestry weaving articles has begun to roll out online at Digits & Threads, beginning with An Intro to Tapestry Weaving: Vocabulary and Best Practices

Tapestry weaving is the slow, methodical and intimate art of weaving pictures. The weaver’s woven pictures can be representational or abstract, with varying degrees of detail depending on their setup.

My foray into tapestry weaving began in 2008 when I first entered Capilano University’s Textile Art diploma program (sadly, no longer offered). It was the first kind of weaving that was introduced to students, most likely because it is the perfect hands-on way to conceptualize the idea of, and the relationship between, warp and weft.

Digits & Threads is an independent, member-supported online magazine about Canadian fibre and textile arts, crafts and industry, published by Nine Ten Publications, and I'm very proud and excited to be a contributor there.

Online Workshops

You're invited to join me online via Zoom on Sunday September 26th from 1pm-3pm for Tiny Tapestries; an intimate online tapestry weaving workshop, tiny-style. Your finished tiny tapestries can be made into magnets, pins or wee wall hangings. There's so much to learn in making these tiny treasures. Join Me!

Use the code VANCOUVERYARN for 10% off a mini weaving kit at Everlea Yarn. It's the perfect kit for the Tiny Tapestries workshop.

New Online Courses at the School of SweetGeorgia

The School of SweetGeorgia (SOS) is always launching new workshops by local and international artists. Get 15% off a three-month SOS membership by following this link. New workshops there include:

• Natural Dyeing with Caitlin ffrench
• Indigo Dyeing with Kathy Hattori
• Modern Punch Needle with Sahm Jalbert
• Weaving Krokbragd with Debby Greenlaw

New Locally Designed Patterns

Local designers are always making magic. Here are some knitting patterns I've seen published recently:

• Holli Yeoh's lacy Beaconsfeild Shawl
• Meghan Nodecker's open-front reglan Aurea Cardigan
• Natalie V's drop-stitch Falling Tree tank
• Natasha Kaitlin's Spring Rain Socks and Sea Shell Socks
• Josée Paquin's Alma Tee and Mountain Relfections shawl
• Syliva McFadden's black Sea Ink shawl
• Inese Sang's airy, two tone Rasa Shawl
• Abbye Knits's Spring Love hat 
• Wool & Pine's long, lacy Plumeria tank

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