by Venessa | Jan 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hello! Are you well? Our school population was flattened by a virus this week. We know it’s serious when the ‘haz-mat team’ are arriving to disinfect our classrooms each evening. I hope you have been healthy, and if not, are recovering. Getting to the other side sure...
by Venessa | Jan 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
ch ch changes. . . . . good bye to a genius knitting sadly this evening Thank you everyone for the response to the new year’s programming. I really appreciate it! I’ve thought about some of your questions, and have made adjustments to accommodate you, where I...
by Venessa | Jan 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Happy Woolly New Year To You! and may all your twinkly wishes come true in 2016! It has been a peaceful and reflective two weeks, with time spent with Cardigan, special friends and family, a lot of designing and hand work, plus workshop planning and preparation. But,...
by Venessa | Dec 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’d like to wish you a Christmas that is as cozy as a cardigan! Thank you for the love and support that you have given me this year. It’s because of you that this creative and joyful life is possible. I am very grateful, and can’t wait to see you in the studio in...
by Venessa | Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. Globe and Mail news of attack on Paris
by Venessa | Oct 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Two classes start up this week, and I am hopping all over collecting up yarns and preparing binders of notes. I love this preparation time. My hands are busy winding yarn, keying in all those knitting words that make my brain quake! Even collating feels divine!...
by Venessa | Sep 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have posted this Fall’s program schedule here. What do you fancy getting tangled up in this term? ‘hope to see you soon!
by Venessa | Jul 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Cardigan and I do a lot of daily walking and hiking, especially when we can spend whole days together during the summer holidays. We are lucky to live in a beautiful seaside neighbourhood – thank you wonderful landlords who continue to rent your sweet...
by Venessa | Jun 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I am sorry about that. Today I am feeling the beautiful wind and a tinge of freedom. Ahhh. . . . . The reality of having two careers is that they collide now and then, and this term has been one of careful planning and...
by Venessa | Feb 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Getting ready to cut a steek might feel a little bit like making that long climb up to the high diving board. There is comfort in the rhythm of each step up, and each squeeze of the railing, but you know when you get there, you are going to have to jump. I have a...
