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Coast Salish/Cowichan Knitting Workshop
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Last Friday (May 29th), I had the chance to attend author/knitting expert Sylvia Olsen's Great Canadian Knitting Tour workshop in my area. In this tour, she discusses the history of Coast Salish knitting, in particular the Cowichan sweater tradition.
Guys, I was really lucky to get in this workshop. I was on the wait list because the class was full. Fortunately, the yarn shop (Creative Yarns) was able to hold another one because too many wanted to do the class...yay!
To see these authentic Cowichan items was just great, and Ms. Olsen is such a great story teller. If you have the opportunity to go see her, I highly recommend it:)
The workshop included a toque kit (yarns and pattern), because we were also taught how to knit the way Coast Salish knitters do. So different from the traditional colour work style of Fair Isle/Intarsia knitting....
This dress was awesome outside AND inside.
There was a draw for prizes that the yarn owner (Nina) did. She's so nice.
And me with me Sylvia Olsen:D
I had her sign the books I bought, and I also bought a fingerless mitts kit (which I've started already).
This is the finished hat from the workshop:)
What it looks like inside. I haven't perfected the technique, but still happy with how it turned out:D
Here is the video that made me want to know more about Coast Salish knitting. I truly believe every Canadian should know this story, as it is a very important part of the country's First Nations history.
It's nice that they could hold another one, I know this is so important for you. I always enjoy seeing the results of your knitting too. x/Madison Useful Apps
Those patterns are really cool! I haven't done a workshop in a while, but I go to cooking class once a month. Next one's this friday, looking forward to it (mostly the eating part :-)!
That was so cool Emmy, that you got in the class. I want that dress and that was awesome she signed your books. What a great experience! http://www.averysweetblog.com/
Love, love and love! This is so wonderful that you are having a creative moment and learning some pretty incredible history. This is some really beautiful artwork.
I love her red clogs! I am going to watch the vid with my kids.
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I wasn't sure what salish knitting was (not that I'm studious in the topic period) but it is so awesome to learn this about Canada. I can't watch the video right now (laptop battery is dangerously low and plug is nowhere in sight, naturally) but I am so on it tomorrow morning. Thanks for introducing me to this knitting world I was unaware existed.
So beautiful and amazing! This winter I really hope to graduate to using more finer organic yarns and fiber and make sweater and more intricate patterns. I feel like I have so much more to learn and hopefully I'll get to a level where I feel more confident!
Here are some recent shots taken with my Pentax K1000 film camera. I decided to mail my films and have them developed at Downtown Camera , and oh my gosh, you guys! Such a big difference with how they turned out. So so happy, and will be sending all my 35mm films to them from now on. (All these shots were how they were sent to me...no editing. Used Fujifilm ISO200 films.)
I know a lot of people don't like wearing leggings as pants. I'm not one of those people. (I do have a rule that the top has to be long enough to cover your butt. Otherwise, I don't know what you're trying to advertise....you know what I'm saying?) old sweater from Hot Topic and leggings from Aritzia, Vans slip ons Are you a leggings fan?
I've been a huge fan of Lois Van Baarle, or simply known as Loish , for awhile now. She's an amazing Dutch digital artist who has worked for Lego, Guerrilla Games and Coca-Cola.I just started supporting her on Patreon , where she shares a lot of tutorials and more art work:) Her work has been such an inspiration...something about her art work just speaks to me, probably because she was influenced a lot growing up by The Little Mermaid, and that is one of my all-time favourite Disney films! I constantly turn to her two books, The Art of Loish and The Sketchbook of Loish. She also has a third one coming out soon:) Here are samples of her works (from her website ): Even though I'm a traditional artist and Loish's work is digital, I tend to do do a lot of studies of her works, mainly in my art journal:) I did this with watercolour, colour pencils and aquapastels from the Jane Davenport line. same as above:) I've decided to dabble with digital art, using an old draw
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I love her red clogs! I am going to watch the vid with my kids.
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