Knit from the cuff down with an integrated heel, the Beech Bud Socks were inspired by the first signs of spring. With an intricate yet easily memorizable colourwork pattern, they’re the perfect project to knit in the garden on a warm, sunny afternoon.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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. …