After the dazzling display of leaves throughout the month of October, I always welcome the more subtle beauty of this grey and gold month. The wild blueberry fields are blazing with red, the tamarack trees (or larch) a brilliant orange/yellow. As you walk under them, the needles gently fall among your feet. Our walks have … Continue reading Foxtail Icelandic Fingerless Mittens: A Woodfolk Pattern
Hello!! From a very snow blown island. The west facing side of our house is freezing cold and of course that's where I find myself. My small little work room is probably the coldest room in our house, with huge gaps between the old wooden floor boards and a large window facing the westerly … Continue reading Canadiana Toque and Snow Fall Warnings
" I'm so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers." Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, 1908. Sometimes I feel so honoured and lucky that I live on the island that inspired L.M. Montgomery. Reading through her journals, she is the essence of Anne: highly spirited, optimistic, in love with nature … Continue reading Forage and Forest
Hallo Friends! How are you! I hope well 🙂 I am blogging to you today from my small work room. Listening to Sonic Youth with Henry taking up much of the floor and a grey, stormy sky outside. This morning, I drove Jamie to work so I could send off all the Etsy Orders, look … Continue reading Beulach Ban Falls Sweater
A very happy Imbolc to you! I am very excited to share this little post with you! I finally wrote out a wee pattern in my notebook and decided to snap some photographs and share it with you. If you are interested in attempting to follow my wonky instructions, then please by all means do! … Continue reading Snowdrop Fingerless Mitts
Hello and how are you! I am well, wrapped in blankets with a hot cup of tea, candles lit and one of my favourite Irish bands playing, the Bothy Band. It's Sunday and rain is gently falling. We have been having fires every day, even if it's just to keep the damp out on a … Continue reading Autumnal Handknit Sweater
Hi out there Earthlings and Fae Folk! ** It's now a windy Saturday morning - I wrote this yesterday afternoon with the weather so different than this morning. It's strange posting a journal like blog post when you feel so incredibly different than the day before - however I'm going to leave it as it … Continue reading Simple Knits & Slower Days
** UPDATE The pattern is now available in the Ways of Wood Folk Etsy Shop ** This week, the Pangur Bán sweater will be bound up with twine, placed in a cloth hand-sewn bag and shipped to Germany. Across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving behind its humble beginning on Prince Edward Island. This original sweater was … Continue reading “So in peace our task we ply, Pangur Bán, my cat, and I…”
