We're celebrating our First Anniversary in the best way possible - with yarn by three of our local dyers.
We’re marking our anniversary at Riverside Yarns differently than we thought we would, but honestly, this is going to be so much better than cupcakes and a marching band. We’re looking at this first year mark as a celebration of friendship and a celebration of place. And the most fitting way to do that is through the beauty of yarn.
We’re happy to show off the work of three local dyers who we would never have met had we not taken a chance and bought Riverside Yarns a year ago: Jeffi Farquharson of shantiknits, Rhichard Devrieze of The Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze, and Bonnie Perry of Woolies in the Country.
Jeffi captured the summer colours of the forests and beaches that sweep down to Georgian Bay in her delightful 'Ainsley Woods'. Jeffi developed this colour way exclusively for Riverside Yarns to help us celebrate the summer of 2020.
'Ainsley Woods' is a homage to family time spent on the beach at the Ainsley Wood Conservation Area near Leith, Ontario. This fingering-weight yarn is 80% Blue Faced Leicester from Ontario, and 20% nylon. When we saw the finished product, we had the perfect project for it - the ‘Close to You’ shawl by Justyna Lorkowska. This project is a mixture of soothing garter stitch and pretty picot that shows off the brilliant yellows and bold blues of 'Ainsley Woods'.
The 'Close to You' shawl knit in 'Ainsley Woods' by shantiknits. The shawl was designed by Justyna Lorkowska of letesknits.com and the pattern is available for free on Ravelry.
We’re also smitten by the summer colours of Rhichard’s ‘Huron Sunset,’ and have asked him to bring in as much of it as he has! Summer sunsets on Georgian Bay and Lake Huron are legendary for their drama and boldness - this colour way in Thede brings that fire onto your needles. Now’s your chance to knit up a beautiful Lake Huron sunset to wear all year long.
Rhichard, who works and lives in Markdale, Ontario, has said that his colour ways are reflections of memories as well as “anticipations of things yet-to-be-experienced." We can definitely get into that.
Below: A splash of 'Huron Sunset' in Thede, Rhichard's 80/20 merino/nylon in fingering weight.
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