Category: Shop News

BLM Fundraisers

Thank you so much to those who made a recent purchase from my shop!

As a reminder, I’m doing a fundraiser and donating 100% of the profits this month. I originally intended to send the funds to Reclaim the block but, they have since received overwhelming support and are now re-directing donations elsewhere. After much consideration, I’ve decided to send my donation to Black Lives Matter Toronto instead.

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Japanese Americans for Justice Fundraiser

Emi Ito, also known as @little_kotos_closet is hosting a fundraiser on @jasforjustice Instagram account starting tomorrow and I am proud to be a part of it! Proceeds are being donated to several Black run organizations.

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Pearadise Island x Les Garcons

Pearadise Island x Les garcons

I’m excited to share with you today this special collaboration with Maxim Cyr of Les garcons! Max is an artist extraordinaire – a knitwear designer, author, and illustrator and I’m honored for the opportunity to create a special project bag with his art!

You may recognize the bear is wearing Vincent’s The Montrealer and the fox wearing Max’s For Fox Sake sweater. Isn’t it adorable?

Pearadise Island x Les garcons

The bag is made of organic cotton canvas in Olive and I screen printed the design using Permaset Aqua‘s white ink.

This bag is customized with the Les garcons logo screen printed on the back.

The pocket, lining, and top casing are also made with organic cotton canvas in black. The zipper and drawstring cords are in white to match the ink.

These bags will be available, exclusively at https://boutiquelesgarcons.com tomorrow, March 28, 2020, at 10 am EST.

Photo by Maxim Cyr

Check it out!

Max and Vincent of Les garcons are fellow Canadians from Montreal, Quebec. I’ve been admiring their work in knitwear design and beautiful hand-dyed yarn from afar and I’m so grateful to have worked with such inspiring artists. Thank you!

J’adore mon tricot / La vie en tricot

// J’adore mon tricot / La vie en tricot //

I’m a little behind in updating the blog so if you’re a newsletter subscriber or follow me on Instagram, you would have already seen these.

As you know, I was supposed to vend at the inaugural Knit City Montreal at the end of this week but the show is postponed until July due to Covid-19 and sadly, I’m not able to attend on the new dates. Aside from the new “Make” and Olive bags, these were supposed to debut at the show. I thought it would be fun to make some limited edition French bags for my neighbors in Quebec. Oui?

I chose to keep these simple so I can offer it at a different price point. There are no pockets for either style and the tote is left open on top. I did put a longer handle so it can be worn over the shoulder if preferred.

Pictured here beside the regular tote bag for scale.

Let’s get plaid!

Pearadise Island - Plaid Tote Bags - Limited Edition

// Holiday 19 – Limited Edition //

It’s been a while since I did a limited edition! If you’re new here and didn’t know, every so often I like to switch things up and make something completely different for the shop. Think of it as a palette cleanser!

I’ve had this fabric for over a year now – but never got around to cutting and sewing until now! The good thing is, plaid is a timeless pattern that will never go out of style.

I will have a small amount of these plaid tote bags in the shop tomorrow and newsletter subscribers are always first in line to my limited edition updates. It’s a small way to show my appreciation! They’ve already been notified what time these will go live but it isn’t too late if you wanted to join us! Click here to sign up and you’ll get a notification when they go live.

I couldn’t decide between the dark/light leather zipper pull to use because I love both! Which one do you prefer? I think it’ll be fun to have an option to pick, don’t you?

These tote bags can fit 3-4 skeins with a WIP comfortably! I absolutely love them and have already kept one for myself :)))

I hope you like them and you’ll stop by the shop tomorrow!

Tote bags and more!

It’s happening!

The shop will be restocked this Saturday at 1pm EST with lots of bags!

Here’s what you’ll find:

// TOTE BAGS //

All 3 styles – Knitterati, Knit and Sheep will be available as a tote in all the colors.

Which one is your favourite?

// DRAWSTRING BAGS //

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colors

Copper Marine (navy/copper), Pink Flamingo (pink), Mellow Grellow (grey/yellow), Sophisticate (black/pearl white), and Classic (natural/black).

// ZIPPER BAGS //

Quantities are limited for the zipper bags and once they’re gone, they’re gone! For this update, only the Knit and Sheep bags are available in this style.

Hope to see you there!

SHOP UPDATE: OCTOBER 19 @ 1PM EST
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Shop Update

Wait, where did September go?

With the move, my wrist injury and show prep, my 2nd-year-anniversary update completely got away from me!  Everything that could go wrong did! You can read all about it here.

The good news is I will have all the new colors available and I’m making up for the shortage of Knitterati tote bags on my previous one. SHOP UPDATE: SAT, OCT. 19 @ 1PM EST

I will be discontinuing the medium-sized zipper bags moving forward. If you like this style, keep in mind this is the last time I will be offering them at the shop for this size. Hope to see you there!

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Knit City 2019

PEARADISE ISLAND x STARLIGHT KNITTING SOCIETY

Are you going to Knit City?

I’ll be there in spirit! Make sure to check out Starlight Knitting Society‘s booth for all the project bags including their custom combo of sky blue and silver!

KNIT CITY VANCOUVER
Oct. 5-6, 2019
PNE Forum, Booth # 253
2901 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V5K 5J1

There are lots of tote bags and smaller drawstring bags in the new colors so be sure to check them out!

From top left, mellow grellow, pink flamingo, copper marine, the sophisticate (black + pearl white), their custom sky blue and silver, and of course, the classic (natural and black) bags will all be available at their booth!

#knitcity2019