I wanted this to be a Wordless Wednesday post but I need to at least explain a little. Last Friday my mom and I attended the Fabric of our Lives quilt show put on by the Brant Heritage Quilt Guild. These are some of my favourites making today’s post a little photo heavy, for a good reason.
Now that the latest session of Haldecraft Yarn Club has ended I want to share the wonder. This past round was inspired by some of the lesser known elements of Norse Mythology and I once again put myself in for the sock weight option.
The May offering came to us in what can only be called a glow. As explained by the maker:
“So who was Sif? Sif was Thor’s wife, Goddess of the Earth, and her famous long blonde tresses are said to signify corn or wheat, and the harvest. Thor much loved Sif’s hair, and Sif was extremely proud of her locks – almost vain, even. One night when she was sleeping, Loki snuck into her chamber and cut off all of her hair. Was there a reason, other than Loki wanting to cause mischief?”
I’ll not give away the rest of the story but leave it for you to read in full and enjoy. The sock weight yarn for Sif is Andre, a 80% Superwash Merino/20% Nylon blend and the swag was handmade Haldecraft stitch markers.
June brought something from a completely different colour spectrum. Gleipnir is third of the fetters holding Fenrir, the giant wolf, and son of Loki. Fenrir will remain bound by Gleipnir until Ragnarok, at which point he will escape and kill Odin. June sock weight was again Andre and this time the swag was coasters using various designs from the tv show Vikings for inspiration.
The third and final installment of this round of club quite seriously took my breath away. The colour is inspired by Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life. Again, I’ll leave it to you if you want to do some research, it’s worth your time though. If you know me, you know I love green and the fact that June’s sock offering was in my favourite Marion base, a 80% Superwash Merino/10%/Cashmere/10% Nylon blend, was like a special gift all for me. Then there was the swag, a project bag from Tuesday Tutus & Totes, also green and just beautiful.
If yarn club is your thing the next round is going to be Fantasy Literature. I’ll just leave you this final photo of the summer club, all together.
Yes, that’s what we call it and my FO isn’t even knitting but before I get to that I need to give a well deserved shout out to my friend.
I’m talking about my friend that was just here visiting from Europe. No I don’t know how many yarn shops we visited, sorry. But after she moved on she got to one more and she mailed me the most glorious gift. That, over there, on the right. It’s a yarn called Frolicking Feet from Done Roving Yarns, the colourway is Highland Haze. Yes, it is purple and green all at once in one yarn. Does she know me or what???
As for the FO, in my last post I shared a photo of a lamp I picked up at the thrift store. Well guess what? Here is what it looks like today.
Boxer Yarns 