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Tag Archives: Art Deco
Labour day finale
I’ve walked you through some of the museum sights I saw on my Labour Day trip to Toronto. At the end of all that there was just enough time for me to make a trek to an Art Deco building … Continue reading
Saturday knitting update
This winter has been awfully long – or at least it felt that way. My work changed in January which meant a small additional amount of driving. Between that extra time and the extra time I put in to try … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco, inspiration, knitting
Tagged Art Deco, Fyberspates Scrumptious, Lace Revelations, Lucifer, Marine Building
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Canadian Art Deco Knits: Shawinigan Scarf
It’s March, and that means it’s time for the third pattern in my year-long pattern collection. The Shawinigan Scarf was inspired by the Shawinigan Building, an Art Deco skyscraper in Montreal. I could tell from a distance that the building was … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco, Canadian Art Deco Knits, design, inspiration, knitting
Tagged Art Deco, Canadian Art Deco Knits, Indigodragonfly, Montreal, Shawinigan Building, Shawinigan Scarf
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January’s Art Deco Pattern location: Université de Montréal
January’s pattern from my Canadian Art Deco Knits ebook is the Cormier Grille Shawl. Today I’m going to show you some of the pictures I took of the Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, the building with the metal grilles that inspired this pattern. … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco, Canadian Art Deco Knits, inspiration
Tagged Art Deco, Ernest Cormier, Montreal, Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, Universite de Montreal
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Halifax Art Deco
I’m still continuing to go through this summer’s vacation pictures. Last time we’d made it to Halifax. I had planned to visit two buildings in downtown Halifax. They happen to be magnificent Art Deco buildings and they’re conveniently close to … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco, inspiration
Tagged Art Deco, Bank of Nova Scotia, Dominion Building, Halifax, John Mackintosh Lyle, Vacation
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Finding my September rhythm
We got back from vacation and it’s taken me a few weeks to ensure we were all set for the kids to return to school and to get back into a rhythm. There are still so many things around the … Continue reading
Ottawa Art Deco: Substation #4
Months ago on a very cold day I went and took pictures of the old Ottawa Hydro HQ building designed by W.C. Beattie and I talked about a couple of my favourite substations which he also designed. I recently visited Substation … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco, inspiration
Tagged Art Deco, Ottawa Hydro, street sculpture, Substation 4, WC Beattie
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A walk around the park
Remember a couple of weeks ago when I was in downtown Ottawa? The classes with Nancy Bush were at the top of a hotel right beside the massive Museum of Nature, and at lunch time I went out to hunt … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco, inspiration
Tagged Art Deco, art deco architecture, Ottawa, Park Square, The Trafalgar, Windsor Arms
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Deco design in progress
I showed you this lovely blue Indigodragonfly Merino Silk 4 ply sock yarn before it became anything. I wound it into a ball at the start of the Olympics and I used about 90% of the skein to become this … Continue reading
March Break Art Deco
We had a great March Break this week visiting my parents and splashing around at Great Wolf Lodge. On the way down I persuaded my family to stop into downtown Hamilton for a half hour so that I could run … Continue reading
