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Knit and Chat with Hilary Smith Callis

Let’s learn a bit more about Hilary Smith Callis aka The Yarniad. She designed the Simone cowl for us in Nurtured.

September 27th, 2017 Blog 0

Nomade, Where Do You Want To Go?

With a high twist and bouncy finish, we truly believe Nomade is the ideal sock yarn knitters have been searching for.

June 4th, 2017 Blog 0

Spring Renewal!

New dyes and new colors for spring 2017. The colors are richer than ever.

May 16th, 2017 Blog 0

Knit And Chat With Veronik Avery

Let’s learn a bit more about Veronik Avery. She designed the Hortense pullover pattern for us in Nurtured.

February 14th, 2017 Blog 0

Knit And Chat With Glenna C.

Let’s learn a bit more about Glenna C. She designed the Francoise vest for us in Nurtured.

January 9th, 2017 Blog 0

The Nurtured Collection (part 1 of 4)

We just released our very first own pattern collection all featuring Nurtured.

November 30th, 2016 Blog 0

At a LYS close to you ~ Knitty City

Fascinated by other people’s creative path, we recently started to ask LYS owners with whom we’ve been working to share […]

July 13th, 2016 Blog 0

Fibers, Yarns, Colors & So Much More

We are happy to be part of an online knitting conference that will be held this coming fall.

June 27th, 2016 Blog 0

A Favorite Summer Salad

Today we are sharing with you one of our staple summer salad that is perfect for uncomplicated lunch or dinner.

June 23rd, 2016 Blog 0

Knitting with Friends ~ Sophie Fontaine-Bégin

A fun quiz to get to know some fellow knitters! We love people and we think that it would be great to get to know YOU lovely readers

May 15th, 2016 Blog 0

New Pattern ~ Amberle Shawl

Every knitter loves a good shawl. Shannon Cook's latest pattern is one of them. We are so happy that she chose Nurtured to bring it to life.

April 11th, 2016 Blog 0

At a LYS close to you ~ Pompon Laine + Café

Fascinated by other people's creative paths, I recently started to ask LYS owners with whom I've been working to share some of their experiences on the blog.

March 6th, 2016 Blog 0

Yarn! In a T-shirt kind of way…

We asked Annick Gaudreault, a Montreal-based illustrator, to work with us to design a t-shirt that would appeal to yarnies, while also appealing to a wider crowd.

December 10th, 2015 Blog 0

Beyond the Dyes: Nurtured (Part III)

While our logo says "Julie Asselin – Hand-dyed yarns", color is not our only passion.

December 4th, 2015 Blog 0

Beyond the Dyes: Nurtured (Part II)

While our logo says “Julie Asselin – Hand-dyed yarns”, color is not our only passion. We’re also passionate about fiber and yarn, which is why we helped design most of the yarn lines that we carry.

November 20th, 2015 Blog 0

Beyond the Dyes: Nurtured

While our logo says "Julie Asselin – Hand-dyed yarns", color is not our only passion. We’re also passionate about fiber and yarn, which is why we helped design most of the yarn lines that we carry.

November 11th, 2015 Blog 0

All The Year ~ Fino by Hanna Maciejewska

A couple of weeks ago my good knitting friend Hanna Maciejewska released a new pattern called Fino, part of our ‘All The Year’ serie.

October 29th, 2015 Blog 0

Pairing Colors for Knitters

On September 9, Shannon Cook of Very Shannon invited me to write a post on her blog as part of her Summer Sweater Knit Along 2015. Here is the original version of this post.

October 28th, 2015 Blog 0

Kumara

I am really happy that I got to collaborate with my friend Francoise of Aroha Knits and the Holla Knits team for their new accessories collection out this month.

September 23rd, 2015 Blog 0

All the fun from Twist Festival!

Last week-end I had the privilege of teaching yarn dyeing classes at Twist festival in St-André Avellin, Quebec. Every year the festival gets bigger,more fun and full of fantastic things to see, learn, buy, and now eat.

August 27th, 2015 Blog 0

Mezcal Cardigan by Thea Colman

We are really excited to kick off something we have been putting together for quite some time now.

August 11th, 2015 Blog 0

Crochet, Chat & Learn ~ Edie Eckman

My paternal grand-maman crochet; everybody in my family has a king size afghan to prove it.

May 26th, 2015 Blog 0

Hazelnut Spread

Nothing Beats Hazelnut Spread

Today I’m sharing my recipe of homemade hazelnut spread for all the sweet tooth out there.

March 11th, 2015 Blog 0

Mint Schnapps

If you read this blog, you know that if I'd be a knitted item, I'd be a hat. Well, at least if you count how many I've knitted!

February 11th, 2015 Blog 0