Author Archives: HasmiF
On Facebook & New Designs by Anna Dalvi
Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve now set up Rocky Mountain Dyeworks on Facebook. I will post mostly pictures there of stuff coming up. Or info on upcoming shows. You can find it at this link – Rocky … Continue reading
Colour and Knitting Science
My sister and mother in law treated my son and I to a day at the new science centre in Calgary. Telus Spark was awesome! They’d been to the old one together – my son loved to go with his … Continue reading
More Winter Flowers
My friend Anne-Marie brought me these gorgeous red-orange flowers when she and her family came for dinner. The petals are a bright orange red on the face, (my favourite red!) and straw yellow on the back. They are the most … Continue reading
Lego for mommies
Okay two blog posts in one day…how will I top this one?! My friend Anne-Marie bought me one of the new “girly” Lego sets called Friends. She appropriately bought me the “Splash Pool” set since she knows how much I … Continue reading
Spring Flowers…the Felted Kind
Banff and area got about 1 1/2 feet of snow yesterday. It’s a winter wonderland so that means decent spring skiing (now that I’m a skier!).For many of you spring flowers are popping up so to welcome Spring, or pretend … Continue reading
More Makings…Staying Creative in February
January has gone and almost half of February and I haven’t had a chance to add any blog posts. One of these days I’ll do it weekly! More Makings for January – I made a new website for my husband! … Continue reading
January Makings
I decided on December 31st that my January resolution would be about Making. For at least the month of January, if not longer, I would make something each week. Not necessarily involving knitting or spinning or even fibre. I was … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
I hope you had a lovely holiday. We had a peaceful holiday, busy at times, quiet at times but a good rest. I’m working hard to get back into the swing of normal life, but I’m finally rested enough to … Continue reading
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I want to wish everyone a food-filled, joyous, quiet, serene or raucous holiday season – I want to wish you whatever makes you happy. My son is so excited about Christmas he’s already started tracking Santa on my iPhone. The … Continue reading
Dyeing a Rose
Talented designer Kristen Hanley Cardozo, known by her alias, Knitting Kninja, originally designed “Rosa” with a skein of Bow Falls Fingering in “The Perfect Red”. I made mine with Bow Falls Fingering in Bark. You can see the original in … Continue reading
