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ACME Fibres Canada

@acmefibres.com

Your Canadian online source for knitting supplies, books, dyes, and undyed yarns Shop: https://acmefibres.com/

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Kim Werker@kpwerker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Remember when I was at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum with an author? We're already planning the (EPIC) launch of this book! Follow the Kickstarter pre-launch page and be the first to have a crack at better-than-list pre-order price, and exclusive rewards! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Coming soon: Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest

A complete and ethical guide to dyeing wool with plants, mushrooms, and lichens from the Pacific Northwest.

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Nine Ten Publications@ninetenpub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Um. We have something brewing. Follow the pre-launch page to be the first to hear when we launch the Kickstarter for the truly magnificent WILD DYES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, by Zoe McDonell. Campaign coming soon; book coming in November! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...

Book cover of Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest: A Forager's Guide to Colour from Plants, Mushrooms, and Lichens, by Zoe McDonell, R.P.Bio, with Sesemiya (Tracy Cameron). Foreword by Nadine McSpadden. A badge declares, "Kickstarter launching soon!"
Nine Ten Publications@ninetenpub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by @spindleprincess.bsky.social, has arrived! Watch for a bit of a peek inside! Kickstarter rewards will begin shipping later this week and through next week, and direct pre-orders will ship once the Kickstarter rewards are all sent.

Unboxing A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by Michelle Boyd

A USER'S GUIDE TO YARN, by Michelle Boyd, has arrived! Watch for a bit of a peek inside! You can order the book through your local bookstore or request it at...

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Kathy Reid 🇨🇦🧶🚴‍♀️🏊‍♀️@kathyreidknitter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is a great 🇨🇦 #knit story! She knitted during every Blue Jays post-season game. Now, her sweater is part of baseball history www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic...

She knitted during every Blue Jays post-season game. Now, her sweater is part of baseball history

Karla Courtney was overwhelmed with emotion as she walked into the Canadian Museum of History, taking a first look at her handknit sweater proudly sitting on a mannequin.

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ACME Fibres Canada@acmefibres.com · 4mo ago

The new ChiaoGoo square interchangeables you've been waiting for - available in 4" and 5"! Les nouveaux embouts carrés interchangeables ChiaoGoo que vous attendiez tous - disponibles en 10cm et 13cm!

An advertisement showing 2 sets of ChiaoGoo square interchangeable needle tips in red and silver packaging, with the "Quads" logo on the right side and a picture of the Adapter Swivels on the left side. The title claims that "It's hip to be square", from the title of a Huey Lewis song old enough that some folks aren't going to get it (oh my stars, I just checked and it was 1986).
ACME Fibres Canada@acmefibres.com · 6mo ago

Sometimes watching the Olympics is so distracting you can only maintain enough attention to knit a garter stitch scarf, and Shelly the Desk Crab says that's ok 😉 (🧶yarn = Select 17 Worsted, dyed 627 Kelly Green; needles = Lotus Pamir Interchangeables 4.00mm)

a bright pink plastic crab perches atop a ball of bright green yarn, holding a pair of knitting needles attached to a partially-knit garter stitch scarf
Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲@ethnographer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

At this time when 1940s Norwegian anti-Nazi toque patterns are being shared on Ravelry as "Melt Ice" hats, and as Pussy Hats are re-entering the discourse, allow me to share Tove Hermanson's (2012) prescient paper: digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/696/ #feministsky

Knitting as Dissent: Female Resistance in America Since the Revolutionary War

Primarily a feminine duty or pastime, knitting has a deliciously rich history of political subversion in fiction and life. As a preemptive measure just prior to the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Amer...

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ACME Fibres Canada@acmefibres.com · 7mo ago

You have been doing for everyone else all year; if you would like to do a little something for you, we can make it easier with some nice discounts during our Year-End Sale ☃️

Ad with a big banner reading Year End Sale - our annual customer appreciation event, with great savings on your favourites: ChiaoGoo Needles 20%-30%, Lotus Yarns interchangeables 25%, Karbonz DPNs 20%, All Books 20%, European Sock Yarns 30%
🇨🇦Songbird Yarn & Fibres🇨🇦@songbirdfibres.bsky.social · 8mo ago

For those following along, I’m wrestling with the IG algorithm-it’s nearly impossible to get timely views 🙄 so I have revamped my auction for birds. All 7 remaining knits are available for bidding until Friday, Dec 5 at 6pmET Proceeds to Birds Canada, all lovingly hand dyed and knit by me. 💁🏼‍♀️ 🧶

A Slipstravaganza knit in Great Blue Heron inspired yarn. You can bid on it over on Instagram. A Texture Time shawl knit in peacock inspired yarns. You can bid on it over on Instagram.A Split Stripe shawl knit in American Kestrel inspired yarn. You can bid on it over on Instagram.A Geogradient shawl knit in “deconstructed Blue Jay.” You can bid on it over on Instagram.