At the beginning of this year, Isabelle and I had a great surprise when Adrienne Fong, of Bellybuttonknits contacted us offering to be one of our designers. As you will see in her interesting interview, she is a very experienced, talented sock designer who lives in California. We were really happy to see how eager…
Earlier this month Isabelle and I received a delightful surprise when Madeleine Windsor of Kingfisher Knits sent us a note! As Madeleine explains in her charming interview she is new to the world of knitwear design. For some time she played with the patterns she worked altering and adjusting the original design to suit her…
We realize the New Year hasn’t seen us back to posting regularly. We miss doing so and also miss staying in touch with all our readers! However, we have been very busy behind the scenes and we want to give you a quick sketch of why it may seem as though we’ve been neglecting you.…
We’d like to take this season of joyous celebration and light renewed to thank all of you, our loyal readers who have discovered and subscribed to our blog. It is hard to believe that at this time last year the concept of writing a blog had bearly been discussed. I was still contemplating (with a…
Today we would like you to meet the fourth designer who is currently working with a yarn from Les Belles Bouclettes. Michelle Meyer (akmmom on Ravelry) contacted us in August with some lovely ideas! Shortly there after she received two skeins of Amelia (a mohair/wool 60/40 blend) yarn and began creating a gorgeous set of…
This week we would like you all to meet Dana Gervais, the Ontario based knitwear designer who most recently discovered Les Belles Bouclettes! Among other garments she enjoys designing attractive, creatively constructed socks. So we were delighted to send her a skein of our Prairie Crocus (mohair/wool/nylon blend) yarn for her to use in her…
We felt so very lucky when Beth Major, aka Crochet Gypsy, a Fredericton New Brunswick based crochet designer contacted us. I do not know how to crochet so must confess that until that point the possibility of having crochet patterns designed for Les Belles Bouclettes yarns had not occurred to me. However, soon as the…
Nataliya (aka Tysya on Ravelry) lives with her family in the state of New York. Although she has knitted, crocheted and crafted for many years it is only fairly recently that she began editing and publishing her beautiful creative designs! You can find her pattern shop at: http://www.ravelry.com/stores/nataliya-polyakov-designs In addition to selling her designs through…
From Goats To Soaps 