Craft

Urban Cozies in Context

Examining Cozies at Confederation Park The Enchanted Forest, Confederation Park

Rather than show photos of cozies all by their lonesome, we thought we’d show more photos of urban cozies in [...]

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Maison Charron Craft Lab Workshops

Parc Jacques-Cartier, Winterlude 2010

With one weekend to go until the end of Winterlude, there’s still some time to drop by our craft workshops happening this Saturday at Sunday at Maison [...]

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Spins & Needles at Crystal Lounge

Battling a cold cold night and the opening cermonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in our home country but the show went on! We had a spirited crowd come out to the Crystal Lounge at Confederation Park to listen to some funky beats and make some stuff. Thanks [...]

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Urban Cozy Project Artist Profile: Sally Melville

Urban Cozies at Parc Jacques-Cartier

The fifth Winterlude Urban Cozy Project maker profile features widely published and highly sought-after knitting designer superstar Sally Melville who, surprisingly, is [...]

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Urban Cozy Project Artist Profile: Laura Twiss

Urban Cozies at Parc Jacques-Cartier

The fourth Urban Cozy Project maker profile features Laura Twiss, designer extraordinaire and all-around friendly neighbourhood gal based in Ottawa who forms [...]

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The Urban Cozies Are All Up!

Winterlude Urban Cozy Installation - First Session, Confederation Park

It took us several days over two and a half weeks, over 30 volunteers and lots of [...]

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Urban Cozy Project Artist Profile: Carol Secord

Textile Graffiti Remnants Textile Graffiti Remnants Outside Wabi-Sabi

The second Urban Cozy Project maker profile features Carol Secord, owner of the fabulous knit/weave/spin shop Wabi-Sabi in the up-and-coming west-end [...]

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The Deets on What’s Going On

Spins & Needles @ Winterlude 2010

For those of you who missed opening weekend for Winterlude, there’s still *lots* of Spins & Needles stuff going on [...]

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Spins & Needles @ Opening Night Ceremonies, Winterlude 2010

Extreme Craft + DJing

It was a crisp but lovely night last Friday and the crowds came out to see what was going on for Opening Cermonies at Winterlude 2010.

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Urban Cozy Project Artist Profile: Greta Grip

Swtich-Swatch Switch-Swatch (2007, 2010)

As part of the Winterlude Urban Cozy Project, Spins & Needles is profiling some of the makers who have contributed to this public art installation at Winterlude [...]

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