My first version of this hat got sucked into New Zealand’s Lake Wakatipu. Named after the mythical giant slumbering at the bottom of the lake, Matau makes a great first colourwork project. This pattern is available for free! View Pattern
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Stripe Tease Socks
Knit from the toe up with a flap-and-gusset heel, this simple sock makes a great first colourwork project. The 1×1 stranding adds extra durability and warmth to the sock, while the varied row count of the vertical stripes keeps your interest as you knit. View Pattern
Calidum Mitts
Reminiscent of a stripy beetle’s back, the Calidum Mitts are knit entirely in twined stitch, a Scandinavian technique where two yarns are twisted around each other on the back of the work. View Pattern
Kiteborne
A quick but engaging knit, you’ll reach for Kiteborne on the stickiest, most sweltering days of summer, when you’d rather your clothes didn’t touch you at all. Its unique top-down bias construction gives it an airy, drapey feel on the body. View Pattern
Handwoven Flatcap
The fabric of this wool flatcap was woven on a rigid heddle loom. Warp yarns were bits and ends left over from various knitting projects, while the weft was recycled sweater yarn. The lining was made from a silk shirt.
Handwoven Wool Blanket
This blanket was woven in three separate panels on a rigid heddle loom and stitched together. All yarn was unraveled from thrift store sweaters and dyed using various natural dyes. Also featured in this image is the recycled-bedsheet braided carpet.
Upcycled Chevron Dress
This dress was awarded 3rd place in Fashion Revolution Canada’s 2023 Student Upcycling Contest. This was one of my favourite sewing projects to date – I was tasked with turning at least two old shirts into a dress. I happened to have two corduroy shirts at home already, and scrounged up two pairs of corduroy …
Sliding Tiles Blanket
When I first started learning how to use natural dyes, I split about three recycled sweaters’ worth of yarn into 20g skeins so that I could dunk them into whatever dyes I wanted to experiment with. After about a year or so of that, I figured I had to do something with all those sample …
Cyr wheel pants
Since starting a trade program in made-to-measure dressmaking @ecole_des_metiers_faubourgs last April, I’ve plunged headfirst into the world of sewing. As an independent at-school project, I created a pattern from a pair of purple pants that @genevieve.bouchard.art.mode made me years ago. They’ve been my go-to cyr wheel costume for years, and I was ready for a bit of colour variety. …
Braided rug with recycled textiles
It’s been a while since the last carpet and I somehow convinced myself to make another (bigger) one… These braids have been hanging around my apartment for more months (years?) than I care to admit and it’s time to sew them together. As always, all materials are recycled – this one contains a number of …