Virtual Video Tour: Security Blanket at Craft Ontario
Join textile artist Jennifer Smith-Windsor for a video tour of her Security Blanket exhibition at Craft Ontario.
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Photo Gallery: Security Blanket Exhibition at Craft Ontario
From artist Jennifer Smith-Windsor: Security Blanket explores two notions of security. First, the security of the home—represented by antique, handmade domestic textiles such as doilies and lace. And second, the security of the state—represented by eight government-issue military blankets from Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. View a photo gallery of her textile-art pieces.
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Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey, by Sylvia Olsen [Book Excerpt]
[Open Access] Enjoy an excerpt from Sylvia Olsen’s book “Unravelling Canada: A Knitting Odyssey,” due out April 17, 2021. Kate describes the book as “about knitting, about knitters, about stopping for coffee on the road,” and that it “is, indeed, as much about the road and how it got there.”
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Common Threads: Volume 2, March 2021
This month in Common Threads: a virtual tour, a commemoration of those lost to COVID-19, a piece on a now-extinct fibre dog, upcoming Local Yarn Store Day, and a fascinating thread on the business of knitwear design.
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Studio Hours March 9, 2021: A Year of Pandemic Projects
Next week’s Studio Hours come as we begin to mark a year of pandemic life. We’ll focus on some good parts: the projects we made that kept us company, brought us comfort or joy, taught us new things. Click through for more details!
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Virtual Tourism Time Machine: Twist Fibre Festival
[Open Access] Indulge in a virtual visit through time and space to the 2019 Twist fibre festival in Quebec, the last time the festival was held in-person before COVID-19 made large gatherings impossible. We can practically feel the sun on our faces and smell the wool all around. Enjoy.
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Canadian Fibre & Textile Virtual Events: Spring 2021
Although we can’t yet gather in person due to COVID-19, there are many virtual fibre and textile events planned in Canada for this spring, which can help us stay connected to our craft and our friends.
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Listen: Co-Founder Kim Werker on How We Started Digits & Threads Amid Pandemic Restrictions
Listen to D&T co-founder Kim Werker in a podcast interview about everything from our editorial vision and how important it is to have one; to why we were committed to launching in the fall, specifically; to how pandemic restrictions affected our planning; to how we see the difference between traditional magazine subscriptions and our memberships.
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Common Threads: Volume 1, February 2021
From a portable yarn bombing to window displays to gallery exhibitions, here’s what’s going on in fibre and textile art in February, 2021.
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Studio Hours: Indigenous Bead Artist Malinda Gray in Conversation with Michelle Woodvine
Our February Studio Hours will feature Indigenous bead artist Malinda Gray in conversation with writer Michelle Woodvine, followed by small-group discussion and crafty catch-ups. Join us!
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