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Top 10 Fit Tips for Hand-Knit and Crochet Garments
Sweater fit expert Kim McBrien Evans shares her top ten tips for making knit and crochet garments that fit well on any body.
Building an Adaptable Wardrobe for Pregnancy and Beyond
A textile artist shares her strategies for adapting your wardrobe to accommodate the physical changes a body experiences during and after pregnancy, while minimizing your textile-use footprint.
Top-Down Hat for Babies and Kids: A Knitting Pattern
A knitted hat pattern sized for babies and children, worked from the top down, with instructions for worsted weight and sock yarn. This pattern is adapted from Kate Atherley’s book “Custom-Fit Hats.”
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Words in Wool: The Needlepoint Artistry of Theo Heras
Theo Heras is a Toronto-based children’s author, artist, and former librarian. In 2017, after needlepointing pillows, wall hangings, cushion covers, and keychains for several decades, she was inspired to embark on a years-long “Words in Wool” collection resulting in...
The SciArt Crochet of Tahani Baakdhah
Dr. Tahani Baakdhah doesn't just study eyes—the retina, the lens, the cell structure—she also crochets them! In addition to being a skilled crocheter and crafter, Tahani is a science communicator and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto, where she...
Fibre Fun at the 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Fair
It was the last Sunday in May and time for an annual treat—a visit to the 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Fair, a wonderful celebration of local products and people. The fair is held in Coombs, British Columbia, a small rural town on central Vancouver Island that is known...
Letter from the Editor: Fall Update
Fall is my favourite season. Crisp mornings herald the return of sweater weather, while a new school year (or new financial quarter) brings fresh enthusiasm and much-needed routine after a summer of lazy days…. These changes always feel like a renewal of sorts. This...
A Bullet Pulling Thread: Grief, Justice & Quilting
Content Warning: This article deals with suicide and gun violence.Heartache. In the first few frames of A Bullet Pulling Thread, viewers watch as the word is appliqued onto a quilt, the scene punctuated by the heavy whirring of a sewing machine. The camera shifts to a...
Stitching Memories
Content warning: This article deals with the death of a parent, and medical trauma.My mother had been failing for a while. Between the summer of 2020 and the winter of 2024, there were multiple trips to the emergency department at her local hospital. Most of them were...
An Important Announcement
With a mix of emotions, we're announcing that co-founder Kate Atherley is permanently stepping away from Nine Ten Publications. Kate navigated a very intense and challenging year personally; so much so that she went on leave back in March. This summer, Kate came to...
Archive Deep-Dive: Craft Patterns
Digits & Threads is not primarily a pattern-focused magazine, but craft patterns complement our articles and deep dives. Below are all the craft patterns we’ve ever published. If you aren't a Studio Member yet, join today for just $9!Craft Patterns [caf_filter...
Can New Funding Bolster the Canadian Wool Industry?
Turkish cotton… Chinese silk…French linen… Could Canadian wool join this list of global namesake textiles?It’s certainly something Matthew Rowe, CEO of the Campaign for Wool (and its parent organization, the Canadian Wool Council), would like to see. To that end, the...
Spinning a Community: Meet the Fibre Friends Road Trip
The year was 2013 and I had just moved from Oshawa to Hamilton, Ontario, full of hope for a successful retirement from my library career. One of the main factors that cinched the move was a yarn shop opening about a ten-minute walk away from my new condo. Yes—a yarn...
June 2024 Studio Hours Recap: The #SciArt Embroidery of Lia Pas
In our July 2024 Studio Hours session, we had a great time speaking with multidisciplinary artist and D&T Studio Member Lia Pas and enjoyed a preview of her Digits & Threads article that came out on July 17. We love having the opportunity to speak candidly...
Letter from the Editor: Stay Tuned! Coming up after the Break…
At this month’s Studio Hours gathering, our special guest was multidisciplinary artist and long-time Digits & Threads member, Lia Pas. As I listened to Lia talk about adapting her creative practice to accommodate her chronic illness, I was struck by the...