The Whetungs are family. I’m telling you this because the only reason we haven’t featured this amazing place before on Kiku Corner is that we’ve been visiting the Whetung Ojibwa Centre since we were babies, and we’ve overlooked it as part of the beautiful Canadiana that we love to feature on the blog. Our childhood visits to The […]
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Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts Neighbourhood Festival
Every year the Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto puts on a free outdoor art sale over the weekend. To make the event even better, many of the neighbourhood residents take advantage of the increased pedestrian traffic to put on yard sales. It seems like there are five or more yard sales on each block. The Cabbagetown […]
Purl Soho
Tomiko and I discovered Purl Soho through their blog The Purl Bee. Then we discovered they had a shop in New York City. In Soho. So when we visited our aunt over the long weekend, we naturally trekked down to Soho to take a look! The shop stocked beautiful Liberty fabrics, thick and colourful felt, […]
DIY: Knitting Needle Protectors
I started a herringbone cowl with a super fine alpaca. I love making it, but it hasn’t been my fastest project. Honestly, it’s been untouched for a few weeks. One thing I discovered while working with a delicate yarn is that it does not want to stay on my needles! Without having any point protectors, […]