SoulFibre Studio Gallery/Studio Open House!!

Check out my friend, the amazing Melissa Nasby! at her Studio Opening this Saturday!!

xo nikki

Fibre Fun on the Weekend!

Had some seriously lovely fun on the weekend with all my fibre friends - the Harmonious Homestead Fleece & Fibre Festival was fantastic! 

Thank you Clare & Rob!

I even got to continue the fun into Sunday by doing some impromptu Spinning & Plying 101 with my friend Katie who was gifted an antique spinning wheel which she lovingly glued back together and brought over so that we could get it running again after 30 years!

Brand new to spinning & plying but look at her go! Well done Katie!

This is her first plyed yarn - baby alpaca and some hand-painted boucle - lovely!

Completely bitten by the spinning bug (as we all are!) she later sent me this - her second plyed yarn!

After a coat of oil this morning she looks as good as new - a local wheel made years ago in Armstrong, British Columbia!



She spins like a little dream again :)

And what have I been up to?

Well, I tested my Wee Hoot pattern to see if I could use the exact same directions and make a Grande Hoot and ...

... it worked!



Grande Hoot was knit on 8mm DPN's using a bulky yarn that I hand-dyed in the crock pot with pencil rovings and them felted into yarn (easy to do if you yank it out of the hot crock pot and plunge it into cold water to rinse - only be careful not to felt the strands together in the process!)

The top and ears was some leftover bulky yarn  called "Grouse" from Sweet Georgia Yarns and some hand-dyed yarn from Nickelbee Studios for the beak.

I am quite happy with how he turned out and was about to add him to the Festival sale pile when ...



... someone fell in love with him :)

So Grande Hoot will be staying at our home but is easily made with the Wee Hoot pattern and some bigger yarn and needles :)

Happy Fibre-ing Everyone!

xo nikki

Fleece and Fibre Festival this Saturday!!

This is the show I'll be at this Saturday - pop by and say hello if you can :)

xo nikki

Coffee Break Owl Factory

Just working away in my Owl Factory on coffee break ... lol!

Getting ready for an upcoming show ... 

xo nikki

Missy Moo's Owl

I have a little story to share ... 

So, a couple of days ago, I was busy knitting up some Wee Hoot's for my upcoming show when the littlest one comes over, gently lays a hand on my leg and says in a quiet little voice,

"Momma, is that owl for me?"

And so I say that it's for the show coming up and she looks at me and replies,

"Because I don't have one yet."

And I stop short as my heart breaks, and the guilt floods in and I look at my little girl and realize, with absolute horror! that of the dozens of owls that she has watched me knit for gifts, for shows, for commissions, that she is absolutely right -

I have not made one yet for my own little poppet!!

"Oh my goodness, my love" I say, "you are right, pick out whichever wool you like and we will make you one right now!"

My sweet little girl smiles at me and races to the wool basket, quickly finding some purpley-blue Noro and running back to hand it to me.

"This one Momma!" she says all smiles.

"Those are perfect colours," I say, quickly pulling my needles out of the current owl I was working on so that I can get straight to work on an owl that is tragically overdue ... 

"Pick out some buttons for eyes, Missy Moo and I'll have it ready in no time."

  

She named her Wee Hoot "Heart" and after feeding her breakfast this morning (above) took her to school for Show and Tell.

I'm so happy that she loves her new owl and bless her heart, doesn't seem to mind that it took so long to have one to call her own.

I am humbled by her heart and the unconditional love and patience that it contains.

Thank you my love, for just being you.

xo Momma

Some of My Distractions ...

Why is it when I have so much to do that I am the most easily distracted by new and creative ideas?

xo nikki

Sharing the Fibre Love!

Hello Everyone!

My apologies in the tardiness of posting lately - I have been all wrapped up in finishing up some commissions and there hasn't been much time for much else ... well, maybe a few distractions here and there ;)

On the weekend I got some lovely photos that I want to share with you all ... it is from my dear friend Ky and the fibre fun she and her lovely daughter Jewel have been getting up to.

So it all began with a batt, that Jewel made up (all by herself), and which Ky took and spun up for her into this gorgeousness!

Which also can be worn as a very fashionable necklace/scarf but actually had a very different destiny in mind (modelled by the beautiful Jewel below)

And so with some 4.5mm needles and the Wee Hoot pattern that scrumptious yarn began taking shape ... 

into the latest family member of Wee Hoots! 

Super cuddly and cute and ready for adventure!

 Isn't that wonderful!

So enjoy everyone and share some fibre love in your own way today!

xo nikki