FISHER PARK CHRISTMAS CRAFT MARKET An Important Reminder! Save On Shipping While You Shop From Home!If you can make it to this show you are welcome to place an order on our website by 3:00 PM Friday December 1st, and we’ll be happy to prepare it and have it ready for you to pick up…
This week-end, September 9-10th, we’ll be at Fibrefest in Almonte (ON) . Saturday the show is open from 10am ’til 5pm and on Sunday from 10am ’til 4pm. For details on location and directions, please visit the FibreFest Show’s site. And if you want to drop by then you’ll find the Les Belles Bouclettes‘ booth in the Almonte Arena.…
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…
Spring is finally here. We can see it, feel it, smell it! The days are getting longer, the sun is warmer, the grass is starting to grow, trees are budding and putting out their leaves. We had our 1st daffodil bloom and pretty soon there will be some tulips and irises. The birds and frogs…
February is here, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and wedding season is just around the corner! For the past few weeks Nataliya, one of our talented knitwear designers has been first designing, then testing, and now is working with me to refine a mini pattern collection specially suited to celebrating couples, love, weddings and Valentine’s.…
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.…
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…
