For 42 years, Comrags has been a mainstay of Canadian fashion. In August 2025, they announced they would be winding down operations, and in a beautiful gesture, Joyce and Judy chose to donate their overstock of textiles to support the Textile Museum.
A poster for the Textile Museum of Canada's fabric sale, with roughly quilted pieces scattered about. The sale is March 27-28th 2026 from noon to 5pm, and tickets are pay-what-you-wish. The Textile Museum's address is 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto ON M5G 2H5. Comrags gave us bolts & bolts of fabric to sell when they closed, and we've cut some of it into 2-3 metre lengths for grab & go and also have some still on the bolt that can be cut to order.
Toronto people, the Textile Museum of Canada will be having a fabric sale on March 27-28 from noon-5pm. There is fabric from Comrags, some cut in 2-3 metre lengths, some still on bolts.
Tickets are here, pay what you wish:
textilemuseumcanada.ticketing.veevartapp.com/tickets/view...
Gift of Miss Agnes Clarke, 1938
Shoes
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101014
I’m experimenting with fastening options for a second version of my belt pattern, while travelling this week.
Currently thinking to keep the advanced options out of the free pattern and save them for a low-price advanced upgrade pattern a little later. Not sure if that’s a common practise at all?
The back view of a long sleeved long skirted dress in a vibrant pattern of purple waves and yellow flashes. Ruffles and pleats add to the effect of the textile
A partial view of the bodice of the 1830s purple patterned dress showing gathering centre front and a shawl style collar
Only in surviving garments can we appreciate the full technicolour of c19th dye experiments. This late #1830s mohair dress used a pioneering pigment innovation called cudbear developed in Leith, Scotland, resulting in this wildly colourful pattern @NtlMuseumsScot #kelvingrove #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A large cake of cream coloured Aran yarn with a label reading ‘baa ram ewe COAST Aran 100% British wool’ and a bag of dark metallic round beads on top.
Celebrating the new job with yarn for my 2nd belt test knit!
(And some other swatches)
Fingerless mitts with a feather shaped twisted rib cable pattern up the side of the hand. The mitts are knit in a light dusty purple yarn.
A close up on the bottom cuff of fingerless mitts with a feather shaped twisted rib cable pattern up the side of the hand. The mitts are knit in a light dusty purple yarn.
A close up on the top cuff of fingerless mitts with a feather shaped twisted rib cable pattern up the side of the hand. The mitts are knit in a light dusty purple yarn.
It's my first pattern release of the year! Meet Assilag. Named for the Storm Petrel, Assilag features a gorgeous feather cable pattern that stretches between the top and bottom cuff of the mitts. It's super fun and will fly off your needles!
#AssilagMitts #LizCorkeKnits #Knitting 🧶
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First person view of someone’s lap. The’r upper legs are clad in a knitted blue skits, lower legs have dark purple leggings, dark grey leg warmers and black leather boots. Their left hand is pale and holds a circular knitting needle with about 10 rounds of ribbed knitting on them, in red yarn.
Invigilating at a gallery today has given me some moments to cast on.
:-/ :-(
I wish someday to have the honour of being a victim to this 😆
Have so much paperwork stress today, that I have had to skip knitting group.
I don't even have a cast-on right now, that's how busy life is! And it's going to be fairly chaotic for the next two weeks, unfortunately. I'm definitely not an aspirational lifestyle vlogger! Whew!
And here is Episode 2!
I show off my learning-to-spin progress, knitting progress, and a small pile of yarny gifts and charity shop finds.
I learned a lot from episode 1 and hope to continue improving my delivery and presentation a little each episode.
#knitting #spinning
youtu.be/ZZ1CurczYEg
Great analogy. Saw this on an anxiety page.
🧶 #knit
Very directly at times - some people, especially women, die of choking, because they leave public places to try and politely hide their distress.
But indirectly by not speaking up soon enough when something that happens to us or others is wrong, too.
YAP Session 2 is uploaded to YouTube, Thumbnail done, TIMESTAMPS added, and will release at midday (GMT) today.
First Sunday of the month again!
I love the camera angle, I just want to walk in a landscape based on it!
A rectangle of knit stitch with black and grey horizontal stripes. The top and bottom edges are red, and a needle with a small coil of red yarn rests on top of the knitting. There are six row markers in the knitting project.
Proof that I won yarn chicken!
Now I have to get on with editing my next YAPs YouTube video to put out tomorrow… after lunch.
The reveal of the ouside if this #FinishedObject will come later!
A flat lay arrangement of my hand knit socks on a wooden table. The socks are dark brown with purple and green accents, and thistle flower motifs. Around them are knitting needles, the remaining balls of yarn, the knit swatch, and two purple hyacinth flowers. (They were the closest thing to a purple thistle I could find at this time of year) Yarn used: PIP Naturals and Colorwork by Baa Ram Ewe.
Last month I did my first test knit, The Cluaran Sock pattern by Grey Owl Knits. They fit really nicely and I think this is my new favorite heel type. 🧶🧦💜🌿
#testknit #knitsocks #knitsky
A dark velvet jacket embroidered with pale floral motifs floral motifs. It has large white lace cuffs and a white lace jabot at the neck
The book cover of my new 🆕 publication out in April called Dressing the Queen featuring different images relating to makers who have contributed to various royal wardrobes past
I was excited to be sharing an invitation to come along to the V&A on April 9 when I will be talking about artisans of royal wardrobes past who feature in my new book Dressing the Queen. But it sold out already! I’ll pop a link in bio in case of cancellations @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
I turned up to the toastie event and everyone was knitting. The toasties were fantastic AND I didn't even burn down the kitchen.
A win-win-win scenario!
Had a lovely online craft croup session last night and made great knitting progress.
The in-person knitting group is having a toastie-tasting day today, so I think what I've gained on the swings I will lose on the tasty, tasty, roundabouts.
Paperclips as stitch markers, a YouTube video, and I'm set.
I could probably stand to make my life easier with more tools, though 😅
A knitted pangolin out for a 'walk' in a weedy meadow.
A closeup view of a knitted pangolin face and feet as it climbs up some wooden steps.
A back view of a knitted pangolin with the sun reflecting off the scales as it walks through some weedy ground.
For World Pangolin Day here is my pangolin knitting pattern. You can find it on Ravelry as 'Persecuted Pangolin'.
🧶🐡🦊 #BSNM #WorldPangolinDay
Assorted knitted motifs including Dodo, dragon, octopus, owl, witch and Mari Llwyd.
Shawl with animal motifs including wild boar.
The prompt for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 is WILD. This one is right up my street! Most of my designs are based on wild creatures!
Patterns are here if anyone wants to see more.
www.ravelry.com/designers/ca...
A hand-knit pair of Frankfooter Socks. They feature a colorwork motif of hot dogs on the leg, and the foot is worked in stripes.
A hand-knit pair of Frankfooter Socks. They feature a colorwork motif of hot dogs on the leg, and the foot is worked in stripes.
A hand-knit pair of Frankfooter Socks. They feature a colorwork motif of hot dogs on the leg, and the foot is worked in stripes.
The reverse side of a hand-knit pair of Frankfooter Socks, showcasing the colorwork floats.
The Frankfooter Socks are live on Ravelry!
#knitsky #showmeyourknits #knitting #socks
This March I’m gonna knit every day to help to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. If you can give towards such an important cause please do so. You can give between episodes of #TOTP if you like ( hint hint) 😉🧶
A small embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. The landscape depicts a wild meadows surrounded by trees - the main central base is knitted from green wool.
An embroidered wild meadow surrounded by trees - the main central base is knitted from green wool and dotted with embroidered flowers.
An embroidered wild meadow surrounded by trees - the main central base is knitted from green wool and dotted with embroidered flowers.
Combining knitting with my aerial embroidery... I knitted a base, which was then attached and sewn over to create a wild meadow 🌱🌼 the first of hopefully a series of landscape experiments using this method! I wanted to create more variety than my usual cotton bases. Zoom in to see the flowers :)
Here's what I finished today! This project is really coming along so well. My goal is to finish this motif in the next couple of days 🙂↕️🙂↕️
☆Pattern is Forests of Sumatra by Ink Circles
☆Thread is single-ply Soie d'Alger silk floss
#crossstitch #embroidery
