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Craftster Releases 2011 Indie Craft Trend Report

2011 Indie Craft Trend Report

Craftster has just released its 2011 Indie Craft Trend Report, using anecdotal stories from its community of 225,000 crafters and data from [...]

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Knit It, Knit It Big

I was super excited when local Ottawa knitting artist Greta Grip (check out her Winterlude Urban Cozy Artist profile) invited me to assist her with her “knitting big” installation [...]

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DIY Project: Canada Day Stencilled Pennant Bunting | String Garland

DIY Project: Canada Day Pennant Bunting

So for us Canadians this Thursday is [...]

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Spins & Needles Now Posting DIY Project Instructions Online!

spins & needles - march 2007

Those of you who subscribe to our newsletter know this already – but after getting all our archives organized and all our DIY [...]

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Knit Graffiti as Advertising in Montreal

Soirée réconfortante du Lait

I last posted about the arrival of spring, but according to the Weather Network, we’ll be getting some flurries late next week (ouch – [...]

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Thank You for An Amazing Winterlude

Spins & Needles Opening Night

With the festival ending a few days ago, we want to give a big shout out to everyone who took the time to be part [...]

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Urban Cozy Project Artist Profile: Magda Sayeg (KnittaPlease)

Magda Sayeg: Mexico City Bus Project Magda Sayeg stitching for the Mexico City Bus Project, 2008

Fittingly, the seventh and final artist profile features who many would consider is [...]

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Sad Two Days: Installation Take Down

De-installation, Confederation Park

It was two sad days last Sunday and Monday when we de-installed the urban cozies from [...]

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Recap of Some of Our Memorable Urban Cozies

In addition to the contributions from the artists who have been profiled so far, here’s a recap of some memorable cozies. Don’t get us wrong – we love all the urban cozies that came to us, like they were are own! The ones that follow though definitely brought smiles [...]

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Urban Cozy Project Artist Profile: Robyn Paton

Robyn Paton's Cozy in Progress

The sixth  Urban Cozy Project maker profile features Ottawa-based super duper textile crafter and snap-happy photographer, Robyn Paton. Her work has been featured [...]

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