Today was my sweet girls 5th birthday party! Where has the time gone?? This is the second year we have had a birthday party with T’s friends and I’d have to say this one was A1! T wanted to do a rainbow party and it was pretty easy for me to add art into the equation. Any excuse for children to create and I am there! I made a bday… Read More »Rainbow Art Party | Celtic Cast On
The weekend seems to have turned into giveaway time! I don’t mind a bit and I’m sure you won’t either 😉 I recently finished a test knit for Libby of Truly Myrtle. I told myself I wasn’t going to test much anymore and when Libby asked me I said that I didn’t really have the time to test right now. She sent me back a picture of said test in… Read More »FO: Antipodes and a giveaway | Celtic Cast On
The winner of the What the heart wants giveaway is EMMA who wrote “Behind my back is my favourite, I could see me wearing that a lot. It looks a lovely collection. I am just off to add it to my rav favourites!” I’ll be contacting you shortly Emma to send you your ebook. Speaking of Justyna and her beautiful designs I recently finished a test knit for her. Pattern:Zig… Read More »Zig Zag Wings | Celtic Cast On
We had friends stay with us this past week from Arizona. I found out a week before they arrived and thought oh I should whip her up a cowl because she is probably going to freeze. The days ticked by and I still had yet to cast on….. Oh I’ll just crank it out on the weekend I thought…….. apparently I WASN’T thinking straight that week because the cowl I… Read More »Stockholm | Celtic Cast On
It’s the weekend and I’m ready to celebrate with another giveaway! Are you in? The lovely Justyna from Lete’s Knits recently released a beautiful collection called What the Heart Wants part of the Malabrigo Freelance Project I have watched Justyna grow so much as a designer in such a short period of time. I can still remember her first hat and cowl pattern that caught my eye and led me… Read More »What the Heart Wants – Lete’s Knit Giveaway | Celtic Cast On
Since starting back to work in a nut free environment it has become extremely hard for me to take the foods I live on to work everyday. I’ve had to get creative and am continually searching for things to snack on. I usually make either a few batches of something at a time or make several different things one right after the other so I have some kind of variety… Read More »This week’s snacking | Celtic Cast On
First off I need to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather that seems to have crept in on us all of a sudden. Time to pull out all the handknits! Speaking of handknits… you may remember my pattern Hierro from Pom Pom Quarterly’sAutumn 2013 Issue 6. The rights have reverted back to me and I’m excited to be able to… Read More »Hierro | Celtic Cast On
I am delighted to be able to guest post on the Fyberspates Blog this week. I’m chatting about Colour choices and Fyberspates Cumulus yarn. Cumulus is a lace weight yarn that is comprised of 74% Alpaca and 26% Silk. Think soft,warm and fluffy clouds. Colourways bottom to top: Bottle green, Pillar box, Magenta, Plum, Ruby Red, Slate, Rust Photograph: © Fyberspates, used with permission. Cumulus is available in 12 gorgeous colours… Read More »Fyberspates Cumulus Giveaway | Celtic Cast On
I’ve talked about my designer crushes before, you know those designers that just design ALL the things that you want to knit. Well I have developed a new crush this season. © Jared Flood / Brooklyn Tweed Dianna Walla is the designer behind the Sundottir sweater from Wool People 6 *probably my favourite edition so far* that I just HAVE to knit right now! It seems to be a popular pattern at… Read More »Crushin’ | Celtic Cast On
It’s that time of year again when knitters start to dream of cosy sweaters and what they will knit this season to keep them toasty this winter. While packing up my closet I’ve been pondering what I want to knit and thinking long and hard about my current handknits. I have three favourites that I wear all the time, Cattails by Melissa Schaschwary – This is a great three season… Read More »Wardrobe Overhaul | Celtic Cast On