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Bandana by Joanne Seiff

8/29/2017

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Have you been knitting one of the beautiful 13 designs from the Flatlands Collection is support of the Manitoba Fibre Festival?  There is a KAL (knit-a-long) happening now until the festival Sept 15 & 16th.  If you knit one of the designs you will be entered to win some great prizes like Festival swag and a luscious skein of the limited edition colourway by Cloud 9 Fibreworks.  If you wear one of the designs to the festival you can get in for free!  Not only that you are supporting both prairie designers, dyers and artisans who have all been part of this years' inaugural collection.
I knit up Bandana by Joanne Seiff.  It was a very fun, relaxing and fast project and I am SO happy with it.  A beautiful soft pink, not normally one of my go-to colours but I can hear my grandma saying "it will brighten up your face" haha.  There is a paisley design in the stitches and the texture it creates is super cool.  This design can be worn in so many ways; as a bandana cowl, shawl, hood and even to keep your hair out of your face.  I can't get enough of multi-use projects.  They are a must in my wardrobe.  I attached a bright, butterfly button to the end of the tie.  This was the choice of many of my Instagram friends.  
Kits for all the designs will be available at the festival from both designers and dyers.  Be sure to stop by the Flatlands booth to see the complete collection.  I will have kits for Aura at my table and Ally of Dye For Ewe will have some as well. 
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Flatlands Collection

8/1/2017

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Alex Richards of October Evening made a beautiful Lookbook featuring all the artisans involved in this collection, click on the cover photo above to check it out
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Stella Slouchy Set by Abigail Elena
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Bandana by Joanne Seiff
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Botany by Alex Richards
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Prairie Waves by Heather Zueff
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Apex by Johanna Giesbrecht
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harebell by ash alberg
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Hands Afire Mittens by Jen Potter
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Open Fields by Mandyz Moon
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Devil's Punch Bowl by Odessa Reichel
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Luna Sol Wrap by Sarah Schira
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Aura by Susie Gourlay
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Prairie River Shawl by Sigrid T. Isford
  The Flatlands Collection has officially launched!  This inaugural collection includes 13 designers from my local fibershed in and around the Canadian Prairies supporting the Manitoba Fibre Festival.  All of these designs have been made using yarn/fibre from vendors at this years Manitoba Fibre Festival. 
Join us on Ravelry, Facebook and instagram (using the hashtag #flatlandscollection) for a KAL. Official FO posts can be made on the Manitoba Fibre Festival Forum to qualify for a prize. Join us and purchase your patterns between August 1st and 6th to receive a 30% discount (automatic at checkout)
Thank you to U&i / perspective for modelling. photos by Hilori Thompson, Ash Alberg, and Mandy Furney.
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Aura Pattern Launched

7/31/2017

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Poncho Style 1
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Shawl
  The Flatlands Collection has officially launched!  This collection includes 13 designers from my local fibershed in and around the Canadian Prairies.  All of these designs have been made using yarn/fibre from vendors at this years Manitoba Fibre Festival.  I have been waiting to show you my design and here it is!  I love versatile patterns that can be worn in a variety of ways.  I wanted a meditative pattern that is also very functional yet still stunning with a nice drape.
Aura is part of the Flatlands Collection featured at the 2017 Manitoba Fibre Festival. Join us on Ravelry, Facebook and instagram (using the hashtag #flatlandscollection) for a KAL. Official FO posts can be made on the Manitoba Fibre Festival Forum to qualify for a prize. Join us and purchase your patterns between August 1st and 6th to receive a 30% discount (automatic at checkout)
This generously sized rectangular shawl will become your new go to accessory. Knit on the bias with 3 different skeins, you can play up colours, maximize yardage and wear it in a number of ways!
Aura: is the ever-changing flow of life energy around one’s body, the essence of an individual, an invisible force surrounding a living creature, a breath of air
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Capelet
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Wrap
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Infinity Cowl
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Poncho Style 2
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Scarf
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Over sized Shrug
The stitch patterns lend themselves well to solid colours, stripes, gradients, speckle dyed, tonal, hand painted yarns and handspun!
I am proud to partner with local prairie artisans with this design, including Ally of Dye for Ewe and Ash of Sunflower Knit, in support of the Manitoba Fibre Festival.
Materials: 
- 3 skeins of fingering weight yarn approximately 465 yards each 
Dye for Ewe – Fingerlicious 465 yards (425.2 m) 115g Single Ply 100% Merino 
Colour A: Can’t See the Forest for the Trees 
Colour B: Fall Shadows 
Colour C: Plum Dandy
  • 32” Circular knitting needles ~ size US 9 (5.5 mm)
  • Interlocking stitch marker (optional)
  • 7 - ¾” buttons
  • Tapestry needle
  • Tools for blocking
Gauge: 
18 stitches X 24 rows = 4” (10 cm) over stockinette unblocked using size US 9 (5.5mm) needles

Measurements: 
Before Blocking: 63” (160 cm) length X 21.5” (55 cm) depth 
After Blocking: 69” (175 cm) length X 33” (84 cm) depth

Skills Needed:
Basic knitting and purling, increases and decreases, slipping stitches

Abbreviations and stitches used: 
k – knit 
k2tog – knit 2 stitches together 
kfb – knit into the front and the back of stitch 
p – purl 
rs – right side 
sl – slipped stitch 
ssk – slip, slip, knit 
ws – wrong side 
yo – yarn over
You can purchase the pattern on Ravelry, as well as in person at the Manitoba Fibre Festival this Sept 15th & 16th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Kits will be available so you can knit your version in the scrumptious Dye for Ewe Fingerlicious Merino single yarn. 
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Flatlands Collection

7/21/2017

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This year, in support of the Manitoba Fibre Festival, they have come up with the great idea to start a pattern collection using designers, dyers and artisans in the Prairie fibreshed.  This is the first year and you are in for a treat.  13 designs will be available for purchase starting Aug 1st and I have been following the sneak peaks and I'm super excited to be a part of this project.  It is called the Flatlands Collection and if you knit one of the designs and wear it to the festival you get in for free!  All weekend!
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 I am really looking forward to sharing my design with you and will post more about it after the reveal on Aug 1st but it is called Aura and I teamed up with dyer Ally of Dye for Ewe and just LOVE how it turned out.  This pattern uses 3 skeins of fingering weight yarn and Ally will have kits available at the festival for purchase as well.  ​These designs will be available on Ravelry as well as at the festival.  
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