Last night I worked until around 2:00 am updating my Hunter Photographics and Studio H website at www.thehuntergroup.ca . I have been wanting to get images of the Coffee Sweaters and the Driftwood Bracelets up on the site for ages. I have been dragging my heels for months as I had been debating over what to do with the whole “Shop” concept. In the end I have decided to go with a simple shop on my website and focus on selling local, word of mouth, markets, local sellers and if required I will ship within Canada.
As the products have a bit of “eco friendly” angle, it seemed silly to me to sell these items world wide as a lot of resources are used in shipping far distances. So for now I am taking the “grass roots”, close to home approach. I think it suits what I am doing.
I might have chatted about the Coffee Sweaters before. They are cool as I dye them in natural dyes by hand and then knit them by hand in the round. I have knit A LOT recently, but it is a good winter time activity. I have enough of my old wool stock left for about three Coffee Sweaters and then I will be on to my new wool supply of locally produced and locally milled wool. I am dying to knit up the new wool. I spent the weekend dyeing a range of colors, colors different to what I was achieving before. Different wool, different colors. Really interesting.
I have also added the Driftwood Bracelets to the site. The cotton threads I again dye naturally and tie by hand. I collect the teeny driftwood pieces when we are out on the beaches of the West Coast. Winter seems to be a good time to collect the pieces while the waves are smashing everything to bits. The bracelets are also embellished with glass beads. These bracelets have a very earthy feel. A great item for lovers of the outdoors.
I will add a few of the links here. As more items are completed I will share them either on this blog or on www.debrahunter.wordpress.com .
The new shop Coffee Sweater page can be found HERE.
The new Bracelet page can be found HERE.
The new Shop page can be found HERE.
Hopefully soon I will have more items to share with everyone!
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These are beautiful. I love that you dye the yarn yourself. An Art in itself!! I have only dyed yarn once, years ago. Love the new drift wood bracelet! Anything from the beach is awesome in my books.
Thanks. Once I rebuild my Coffee Sweater stock I will be spending more time on the bracelets. I LOVE natural dyeing, I joke to my husband that the witch is at the cauldron when I am doing it……and then famous lines from Macbeth are said……..
Looking forward to seeing what you do next. Macbeth, too funny. Do you repeat them every time LOL.
you amused me with your knitted coffee mug sweaters! maybe the same knitting good for a blues harp?
So funny. I think I will have to knit one up! Perhaps one for formal wear and one more casual!