Knit Sock Philanthropist Making Headlines
January 15, 2017
Just had to share my favorite news story of the year…
Thank you CBC for spotlighting this amazing individual!
Warm and happy in so many ways!
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- These 39 pairs of hand-knit socks were donated to the residents of the Franklin Street Temporary Modular Housing units over the holidays and I just wanted to give kudos to the many knitters who contributed to this gift. There’s been so many fibre artists that have been quietly making their
- Coast Salish mountain goat wool yarn. Free range, wild crafted, and hand spun. @royalbcmuseum #knitting
- #placestoknit high tea in Victoria @venussophia #knitinpublic and wearing matchy matchy sweaters!
- #placestoknit ... in between a butterfly diner and a flamingo. #victoriabutterflygardens #knitinpublic
- Ready to get hands on some fibre arts in 2019? If you’re in the Vancouver area, see the link in our header for our updated list of introductory fibre arts classes including knitting, spinning, crochet, weaving and felting! Happy new year!! #bcknittersofig #vancraft #yvrknits #yvrcrafts #eastvan #eastvancraft #eastvancouver #hastingssunrise #hastings
- Antichristmas socks! Mismatched, matching stripes from a custom dyed @yarnenabler skein created specifically for @baaadannas for the final surprise of our 2018 #baaadannas12days advent calendar. The thick-thin stripes match perfectly, just in different colours on each sock! Amanda is a super talented Canadian yarn dyer and we have had a
- Happy Boxing Day [Sale]!! And as a thank you for another wonderful year, we would like to celebrate Boxing Day from 1-6pm by offering you 40% on various yarns throughout the store. This is only available in store, but keep an eye out on New Year's Day for a little
- Four hats for four cousins. Another Christmas miracle!! #matchymatchy #sisters #cousins #bestfriends
- From our family to yours... thank you for supporting small businesses. My staff and I are part of this community, and our shop also aims to support fibre artists, farmers and other indie businesses local and abroad. My sincerely thanks goes out to all who have supported us this year
- The countdown is on! Who’s ready for Christmas??
- Friday Noon Knit virtual yarn store tour went live today in our Moments and will be available for viewing for the next 24hrs. We chat about our Secret Santa exchange, the 39 Sock project, how to use variegated yarn to highlight individual colours within, and putting a pompom on it.
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Inspirational!