New locally designed patterns!

Janna in her snow-covered yarn holding her work-in-progress, an Ambershore Shawl, by local designer Inese Sang.

​A warm hello from the Sunshine Coast,
We had our first snow day of the season today. That is, we got snow for the first time and the entire school district closed for the day. Having lived in Montreal and New York, it always makes me laugh how ill-prepared we are in BC for any amount of snow. That said, we're no better as a family. Even though we have all weather tires on our vehicles we were stuck at home today since our driveway is very steep. We walked to the local corner shop for some treats and had a cozy day inside. I hope your day was cozy, too.

Speaking of cozy, as always there are a lot of beautiful new knitwear designs being released. Below is a sampling of some locally designed ones. If I have missed any let me know and I'll add them to the next newsletter. Thank you!

• Andrea Rangel released the worsted weight Full Circle Cowl 
• Caitlin Shepherd released two holiday colourwork hats and her ram-motif Side-Eye Sweater is now also available in child size. Her sheep motif Fancy Fencework sweater is her newest release.
• Holli Yeoh released the pocketed Bespoke Cardigan  
• Meghan Nodecker released the Aurora Headband
• Josée Paquin released her belted swing cardigan Good Omen
• Sylvia McFadden released the lacy, sideways knit Baleen Sweater
• Inese Sang release the aran weight, lacy Ating shawl
• Abbye Knits released the bias knit garter stitch Dessert Bloom shawl
• Wool & Pine released the child size Sorrel pullover, this cozy fingering weight colourwork reglan pullover, as well as the stunning fingering weight cabled Ponderosa sweater.

This was an excerpt from my most recent Vancouver Yarn newsletter

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Janna Maria