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I could not be more excited to present the Fall/Winter 2018 lookbook for my collection of naturally dyed yarn. I hope you enjoy it!

A colour study from my winter trip to Mexico.

There are only 2 weeks left until my biggest show of the year, the One Of A Kind Show! To celebrate my 5th year there, I'm giving away an Arctic Headband and two tickets to the show!

Welcome to your new favourite hobby! Botanical printing is so fun that once you start you won't be able to stop. It's surprisingly simple to get stunning results every time. Take a look at my simple step by step guide.

I've done a fair bit of indigo dyeing using the powdered, pre-reduced indigo and have always found it completely magical, and pretty simple to achieve beautiful results. This year, I asked my friends Glynis and Fraser of Aldergrove Farm to grow some fresh indigo for me, so I could try to take the process all the way back to the source (as well as use certified organic indigo). So, in late September, I picked up a big ol' bag of Japanese Indigo (Polygonum tinctorium) from them at the farmer's market and set to work. Below, I'll share the method I used to extract the indigo and make a dye vat, as well as several stumbling blocks I experienced along the...