A look at my newly designed creative move Well my Fae, this is my last post here on wordpress for the foreseeable future. I have felt the need to start a fresh creatively, and now is the time. Please join me (if you wish) at my new substack - Síle Borealis. As many of you … Continue reading Beginning and End
Hello Dear Readers, I wanted to share with you that we are now the custodians of 10+ acres of coastal forest here in ancient Mi'kma'ki / Nova Scotia. After a lifetime of dreaming, patiently working (okay, perhaps not so patiently) and having faith that all the toil would transpire into something beautiful if we persevered … Continue reading Forest Stewardship
Butterfly Fingerless Mittens Happy June!And hello! I hope you are all doing well this June 1st of 2025. It's blustery windy here in Halifax - the waves are purported to be almost 3 meters high at our beach and so here I am, inside, reminded of a creative world that seems to be slumbering under … Continue reading Butterfly Mitts + a little shop sale
Hi Dear Readers, Thank you kindly for your comments on my last post. It was really heartwarming to read and I'm honoured that my writing reached you at all! I want to come here to this tiny miniscule space and be positive - however, things lately in the world at large feel so incredibly dark … Continue reading Binding Time
Hi Old Friends, I really hope you are all well readers, curious onlookers, those that desire just beyond this insanity that is the now. Things are as well as they can be here - although I'm writing here today to both update you (on what may actually sound like nothing) but also start up this … Continue reading Finding my Way
Hiya <2 I finally found some time to prepare one of my most recent Pangur Ban sweaters for the shop. It has been sitting with homegrown lavender sachets in my cedar chest waiting for this very rainy holiday Monday here in Nova Scotia. The rain is driving and every so often a pouring day is … Continue reading Pangur Ban Shop Update
Hey friends, Hope you're all doing well this winter and wishing you a very blessed New Year! Here in Nova Scotia, we are experiencing a snowless winter. It's unusual and truthfully a little depressing to not have a cover a snow. I still hold out hope that a few decent snowstorms await us but for … Continue reading Kindling Cable Socks & Life Lately
Hello friends, How are you all? November is here with all her wonderfully diverse weather. A season of seasons. The shortening days have always been a favourite of mine. Suddenly, you no longer feel the urge to be outside past 5 pm except for a brisk cold walk. The task of heating a home is … Continue reading Just for a little while
Hey friends, It's been a few days. I've received a few messages asking how we're doing and I thought I'd share a little bit more on here. I told you all that I'd be updating the shop on the weekend and I apologize - the storm really took us all (well my family and I) … Continue reading Small Hurricane Fiona Update
https://videopress.com/v/kERIXFro?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Welcome! The Pangur Ban Sweater pattern is available for download as a PDF in our Etsy Store (link at the top of the page)! Yay!! I'm so happy to finally release this to you! I really hope it brings you some joy as it has for my sister and I. The pattern is knit … Continue reading Pangur Ban Icelandic Sweater **Pattern Available!**
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