[Open Access] “We offer actors a variety of silk and merino under layers when setting costumes in their trailers,” explains costume designer Jennifer Haffenden. “They layer up with sometimes three sets of under layers before they get their costumes on.”
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Jennifer Haffenden, costume designer for the TV series Wynonna Earp, sent us a list of Canadian artists and products she likes to use.
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[Open Access] Just because a designer chose certain materials for a project, based on a variety of considerations, doesn’t mean that crafters need to use the same. When choosing supplies for a project, a crafter should take those same factors into consideration: personal values, ethical and environment concerns, access, cost, fibre content, brand, colours.
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[Open Access] Substituting yarn involves more than simply finding a yarn of a similar weight. In this article, I cover many of the things you should consider, and why. I also provide some advice to designers and publishers to help them ensure that crafters can easily use yarns they love to make their patterns.
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If Anna Hunter’s homesteading journey were a movie, this moment would be accompanied by swelling, triumphant music…
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Part of our Trees feature, this cross-stitch pattern says “Stay Home” in Canada’s two official languages – “Restez chez vous” – amongst leaf motifs. Presented both with a colour chart and an accessible symbols chart.
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[Open Access] Founder Kate reflects on pivoting to teaching knitting online.
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