We love our new Slipped Stitch Studio Pattern Keeper wallet.  Use this light weight pattern wallet at home or for taking knitting and crocheting patterns on the go.

The wallet and magnetic bookmarks are a perfect blend of form and function. No more searching for crumpled pages of instructions, no more guessing where you left off in a pattern, no more straining to focus on a complicated lace chart.  Lightweight interfacing over fun fabric prints allows the holder to be both flexible and sturdy.  The low-glare page protector makes pattern reading easy in varying light conditions.  Use a wet-erase marker on the page protector for erasable notes and alterations.

Pattern Keeper Magnetic Bookmarks are the perfect solution to following any pattern or chart.  Never loose your place or knit the wrong row again!    These magnetic strips coordinate with the Pattern Keeper wallets but can also be used on pages in a book or with loose pattern sheets.

Stop by and check out these great knitting accessories!

A Grey Loop goes yellow for summer!

We knit this long loopy scarf in Americo Linen Cordon, a blend of linen, cotton and silk.  Shown here looped once and twice around the neck.

Knit in the round on 32″ Addi Turbo Lace needles, we  were concerned about joining 340 stitches without twisting.    Solution:  knit the garter stitch edging flat and then join.  Details of our modifications can be found here on Ravelry.

Eight luscious colours of Americo Linen Cordon  68.5% Linen/29.1% Pima cotton/5.1% Silk/634 yards/100 gms

Last spring we knit Sweet Peasy for The Girl and it’s been one of her favourite  sweaters.  This pattern is a fun knit and we love the easy care and durability of linen–just pop in the washer and dryer, it gets softer and nicer with each washing.

But, alas, kids grow a lot in a year . . . so we’ve knit Sweet Peasy #2, this time in the beautiful Aqua-coloured linen.

The Girl is off to school in her Sweet Peasy #2, Size 7-8, knit in Euroflax Aqua, 2 skeins.

These sweet little needles remind us of a spring bouquet.  Serendipity Needles are precision turned from white birch for a smooth silky finish that is easy on the hands and a pleasure to knit with.  The polymer clay finials are individually handcrafted in a variety of styles and colours.  These short needles make a perfect gift for children learning to knit.  Available in 5.5 and 6mm sizes.

(I would pop in photos of some of Mandy’s amazing designs too, but I don’t have permission from her publishers to use the pictures, so go visit her designer page on Ravelry here)

Knitters Helpline was designed as a catch-all class to allow knitters to bring in any project and receive assistance. Crocheters are welcome, too – I can help with basic projects (amigarumi, granny square blankets, and edgings) but I steer people with advanced crochet projects to Mandy’s class!

All levels are welcome, and a class will often include a wide skill range from a new knitter finishing their first hat, to someone working on altering an advanced sweater pattern to fit and flatter their particular shape.


Since there isn’t one particular topic of discussion, we make our way around the table to help each student in turn, and one of the neat side-effects of this class is that students get to eavesdrop on each other’s questions and start picking up tips and tricks for future projects. Cables aren’t so intimidating when you’ve seen someone else master the basics in a snap, and watching someone else sew together a sweater may convince you to either choose seamless styles, or to make sure your edge stitches are really firm and tidy for beautiful seaming!


Each session runs for 3-4 weeks, and many students will work on multiple projects during the month to maximize their Q&A time with the instructors (though others are happy to work on a single simple project, and just enjoy scheduled time out of the house with help available if it is needed)

Don’t have a particular project in mind? Mandy and I have been knitting and designing for years, and can guide you through practice swatches to help you learn multiple styles of knitting, a variety of cast-ons and bind-offs, different methods of working directional increases and decreases, complex cables and lace patterning, finishing techniques, and the basic concepts needed to begin creating your own designs!

Check dates on our Classes page, and call the shop at (604) 874-9665 or drop by to register!

Happy knitting!

An example of yarn and pattern perfectly matched . . .

Kauni Effektgarn is a unique shetland-style Danish yarn, milled and dyed in Estonia with extra long colour repeats that blend seamlessly.

Bermuda is Ilga Leja’s short-row shawl, ingeniously designed to highlight gently self-striping yarns like Kauni and evoke the movement of waves on the shore.

Today our table was spread with five Bermudas, four of them knit in different Kauni colourways . . .

and one, far right, knit in Noro Silk Garden Sock.  What a burst of colour on these grey rainy days!

Just arrived  . . .  Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in 24 beautiful colours.  Perfect for spring/summer knitting!

Our version of the In Threes Cardigan, knit in Spud and Chloe Sweater, a buttery soft all-seasons cotton/wool mix.  This is a  top-down pattern, quick to knit, simple enough for beginners, and available in sizes from newborn to 5T.

Last fall we knit this fair isle sweater for The Girl using Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool knit at a Sport Weight gauge of 25 stitches/4 inches.  The yarn worked up beautifully in fair isle and the fabric is light and soft, perfect for children’s wear.   The  pattern is “Child’s Fair Isle Yoked Sweater” from Traditional Knitting of the Scottish and Irish Isles, available here from the Vancouver Public Library .

The Girl wears the sweater occasionally but it was her brother who really fell in love with this fair isle pullover.

So we promised a second one . . . and just completed it this week.

The Boy calls this his “Easter Egg” sweater–the colourful yoke reminds him of painted eggs.

Knitting was identical to the original sweater detailed here on our Ravelry Project Page. Generous sizing fits 3 to 6 years.   This is a fun knit, relaxing and mindless in the beginning with exciting colourwork at the end.