Where Have We Been?

Well, that's been a Very Long Break in blogging, hasn't it? There's been some illness, a lot of busyness, and life events intervening. 

Here, as a teaser, are a couple of photos of Roisin's entries taken on April 22 at the 3rd annual Ecouture fashion show held this year at Dwight Hall....that's a lot of people attending! The first show was held at the Rodmay in the central hallway....that's how much interest has grown in this fabulous show. 
The rest of the beautiful photos--taken by Stephen Grover and Jennifer Dodd--are on Facebook at this link (scroll down to see the photo entries--all 350 of them!)

ECouture Fashion Show & Events

Carol modelling...she looks professional, doesn't she?

And Phil with great grandson Robbie looking very handsome.

Cowichan Style Sweater Class In Progress

Claire showing off her work to date. She comes over every Wednesday afternoon on the ferry from the Island. So far, no delays, no problems! And Claire definitely gets an A for Effort.

Claire's sweater taking even more shape.  We think this is the cheekiest Raven and totally in character with his trickster reputation.  We need more cold weather so Claire can wear this soon.

This whale design is being knit with Briggs & Little by Shirley.  She knit the same one for her grandson for Christmas, and now Grandpa gets his own! 

Joan will be finished pretty quick with this one for a special daughter. It's a great looking sweater, using Prairie Sea Fusion 6 strand twisted wool.  Nice work!

This whale will be swimming pretty soon on Texada Island.  Bonny has already ripped this all the way back once, don't think that will happen again. It will be very special sweater when finished.

And this one is Samuel's - a wonderful 18 yr old knitter!  The motifs are all his own. We can't wait to see this finished too. We're hugely impressed with his knitting.

The ZevolutionJ

Olga modelling two versions of Roisin's latest original creation, the "ZevolutionJ."

Inspired by Elizabeth Zimmermann and Jude Skeers, it has evolved into this jacket, knit with Prairie Sea Fusion 100% wool

All natural colours and wool, and all gorgeous! 

And everyone, even Olga, looks hotter in sunglasses.

Lundie Hoodie For Avery

Avery looking so cute with her missing tooth and her Lundie Hoodie knit by wonderful grandma Wendy.

Shirley's Sweater

There are a lot of knitting grandmas here in Powell River... here is Shirley's Christmas sweater love for her grandson, in Chicago.  Knit in our class, and no doubt worn gratefully in much-colder-than-here Chicago.

The Lundie Hoodies

Mary's, Patti's and Sue's Lundie hoodies, works in progress at the Friday morning class. They will be fab! Such great colours.

Maria's Hoodie

Maria's front and back in a hoodie, a Diamond pattern and yarn.  Cozy and just the right colour for her (it's purple!), and lots of knitting. 

Carole's Sweater

Carole finished this Diamond Chroma sideways sweater for daughter Ciara.  It looks good on Mum!  Nice work Carole!

Wendy's Lundie

Wendy's granddaughter will be strutting her stuff in this Lundie Hoodie, knit in our Friday morning class.  Looking forward to a picture of her wearing it.  Lovely colourful work Wendy!

Teresa's Gansey

Teresa lives in Ohio and was here in the summer for a visit. She bought wool and a pattern (an Alice Starmore) at the store to knit herself an Eriskay gansey (Eriskay is an island in the Outer Hebrides group of northern Scotland). 

Ganseys are complex to knit and a quick browse through Ravelry makes it clear that it takes some people A Very Long Time to knit one. 
Teresa finished hers in about three months and is starting one for her husband. Here's hers. Absolutely gorgeous.

Hunter's Jays' Sweater

Hunter - our Loopy Lounge mascot- is growing....Mum Hilary knit him this totally cool dude sweater from scraps (how lucky to have all the right colours!).  


We're looking forward to Hunter being able to come back to class, AND Hilary, too, of course.

Knit A Lundie

And our Lundie Hoodie Class is on-going too!

Start/Finish yours - Friday Oct 21st, 10am to noon.

Baby, toddler, older kids, adult - you can make any size, in any yarn, in any colour or many colours!

Drop-in, pick up yarn and register. 

Miruh's Cardie

Miruh showing off her beautiful finished organic cotton cardie. Her signature stitch is the feather and fan!  Miruh made some adjustments to this pattern--as in, turned it from a pullover into a cardigan--and it fits really well.She says it feels cozy even though it's cotton.  Organic probably has a lot to do with that.

Ruth's Cardy

Ruth is showing off what/how to do with leftover yarns.  This totally fashionable baby cardigan shows off different yarns and stitches.  We've challenged Ruth to do it again, but she can't until she has more left-over bits and pieces.  All yarns were Sirdar Baby Snuggly, and Baby Crofter, oh, and some Debbie Bliss baby too.

Patti's Lovely Things, Part 2

Patti's Noro cardigan turned out exceptionally well too, knit with Noro Silk Garden lite.  We're impressed with the wardrobe of creative wear Patti is accumulating.

Patti's Lovely Things, Part 1

Patti has been finishing things.  This beautiful 'thing' was knit sideways, from sleeve to sleeve using one strand of Malabrigo Finito and one strand of Malabrigo Silkpaca for stunning results!  Her friend and super accomplished Aussie knitter, Heather, added some finishing touches and all in all we declare this a masterpiece!

  

Bob's Birthday Vest

Roisin's granddaughter Finella, modelling her dad Bob's birthday gift from his mum.  Knit with Chunky Galway, there's a large orca on the back, two eagles on the front sides, and small orcas swimming across the top.

Looks like it didn't suffer from jet lag and was well received.  Bob says he loves it, but Fin loves it too, so he might get to wear it...sometime? Roisin was impressed to know that daughter-in-law Mylee loves it too--that's a big compliment.

Hunter's Milk Jug

Hillary and Hunter dropped by to show off Hillary's latest piece, knit with Sirdar Cotton/Acrylic.  It was Hillary's first knitting-in-pieces and sewing together experience.  We're impressed with the outcome, and so is she.  We're going to get Hunter going with  knitting needles once he's done with his current fascination for empty milk containers.

Laura's Sweater

The Coast Salish Knit class is finishing up.  Laura's button choosing day-- they're not sewn on yet but we like her choice.  Lots of time and serious effort went in to the knitting of this classic sweater.

You'll get to see it around town (on Laura) once this summer thing is over.  Congrats Laura, anticipating the next one!

Petra's Sweater

Petra outshone herself AGAIN with this gorgeous Coast Salish Sweater .  We love the colours and designs she chose, and buttons too!  Wonder who the wearer will be?  She used Custom Woollen Mills twisted yarn, used less than 5 cones and produced a quality product.  Congrats Petra!