Driven by an obsessive, passionate and often tumultuous relationship with colour, Felicia Lo, the founder of SweetGeorgia Yarns, has been writing about all things knitting, spinning, dyeing, and weaving since 2004. Follow her adventure in colour and fibre here »
I try to make Spinning and Dyeing classes at Place des Arts very flexible and adapt what we learn based on what the students are most interested in learning. This time around the students were keen on putting together an indigo vat and seeing what that was all about. Even though I’ve made my own…
Addicted to Pinterest? Yep. Me too. This week, I have excuse to indulge in Pinterest since I’ll be pinning things on behalf of Craftsy! When I first started learning to spin and dye, I was so inspired and motivated by photos I had seen on the web of yarns other spinners had created. I hope…
As is quickly becoming obvious to me, I’m going to be teaching spinning and dyeing this fall at Place des Arts in Coquitlam. Never experienced the joy that is PdA? You can come down and see it for yourself! Place des Arts is hosting an open house this coming Thursday evening where you can tour…
Several weeks ago, I was out in Colorado filming one of Craftsy.com’s first spinning class offerings, called “Spinning Dyed Fibers“. And I’m so excited that it’s finally launched and available now! You all know I love colour. I’ve been dyeing and spinning and indulging myself in colour since early 2005. I’ve had spiritual encounters with…
I believe I travelled to the Mecca of the fibre world last week. It might never have crossed your mind, but much of the spinning, weaving, knitting and fibre world is headquartered in Colorado. Schacht Spindle makes my most favourite spinning wheels and looms in Boulder. Interweave, which publishes Interweave Knits, Spin Off, Handwoven, and…
A couple weeks ago, I was excited to teach my first dye workshop in a couple years. Since I opened the studio in 2008, I had held a few dye workshops in our space, but as we got busier with more and more production dyeing, it just wasn’t feasible to have students in the very…
With all the excitement around publishing the winners of the KAL, I nearly forgot to post about this! I’m very excited to be taking over the teaching of both of Irene Weisner’s workshops this Spring at Place des Arts. Irene was my instructor for a couple years at Place des Arts and I am half-thrilled,…
There is much weaving progress going on at the studio… among all the students and weavers, except me! Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, I’ve been so busy with dyeing and writing the never-ending cardigan pattern that I haven’t had time to touch my loom. So instead, Carina is making good…
The [boys club](http://www.menknit.net/) has a new member. ‘Cisco’s first knitting in Galway worsted weight wool on No. 8 bamboo needles from Daiso. My sample in yellow Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran scraps. A couple days ago, I taught my friend, Francisco, how to knit. It was just last week when he was over at our house…