Chip and Sparrow

06/03/2023

Hello all! I am dealing with an issue with my site email. I have set up a gmail account where you can reach me while I resolve the issue: [email protected]

12/03/2022

Today only! My last show of the year, and one of my favourites, 10-4 in Guelph.

05/20/2022

I want to let you all know about a new festival in my 'hood. I won't be participating (outdoor shows are challenging for me as a seller), but I'll be shopping it! May 28th in fergus!

Fergus Fibre Festival will be held on May 28 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on a closed-off St. Andrew Street and will have 32 vendors, food trucks and expert demonstrations

03/17/2022

My first show of 2022! If you are looking for a lovely way to spend the day on Sunday (or if the coming end to mask mandates make you nervous and you want to visit a show before they are gone) come out and visit me and a host of other wonderful fibre dyers, spinners and makers creating things to fuel a fantastic hobby. Remember to wear your hand knits (and a mask).😷😄

See you there!!

06/29/2021

Added a bunch of new colour ways, and all my grey Aran in my kits is now from Wellington Fibres, made right here! I’m so happy to work with the local fibre community. What’s your favourite colourway? What colourway would you like to see that I’m missing?

06/02/2021

Cutting reed this morning for a new basket weaving design, and I just love these materials. As I cut them, I was tossing them on my white desktop, and they just naturally came to rest in a curve. Isnt it pretty?
I'm currently working a a much smaller kit then my stash-ket, and I'm on my third try to get it just right. Sometimes the way I see it in my head isnt the way it looks when I'm done, so I tweak it and make another, and another until it has the right feel. Basketry can look a bit dated, ir if you use the wrong materials it can feel cheap. My goal is a modern basket, that feels really special. Painstaking but rewarding when it hits right.

05/14/2021

Moths are the enemy of the fibre artist, so of course I had to make moth buttons. Maybe they will ward off the real deal
loom kit your own gift kit kit

05/12/2021

☁️🌈🌧Cloud kits are up on my site. 😊

They come in rainbow, and rain (turquoise ombré) and 2 different sizes, including a single use loom, yummy merino roving, yarn, needle and instructions. The little ones are great for kids, and the big ones are enough to keep an adult busy for an evening.

That one on the left was made by me daughter during “beta testing”, what do you think?

05/11/2021

Packing up something new. These little kits are coming this week.

04/17/2021

So, if you guessed basket weaving, you were dead on. I’ve created the most robust crafting kit I’ve ever made, including super detailed instructions to make a “stash-ket” basket for keeping your yarn or sewing stash, or a current project nearby. Meant for experienced crafters who’ve always wanted to learn basket weaving, this is a “workshop in a box”,

And guys, I’m so proud of this one. I often struggle with seeing my work as good enough. (Anyone relate?😂), but I absolutely poured my heart and soul into this project. You all may not know this, but when I started chip and sparrow, the intention was basket weaving kits. In those early days, I struggled to get the materials I needed, and with two young children, I wasn’t ready for the work involved in creating the kits and instruction. It took a long time for this project to arrive.

available now for preorder, I’ll be shipping the week of April 26th.

04/13/2021

I’ve been very quiet lately. It’s partly because I’m pouring my time into some new kits, and they really aren’t anything like you’d expect. I’m really proud of what I’m going to be sharing soon. Anyone want to take a guess at what’s coming?

11/27/2020

My workshop isnt hested, so at this time of year days above 0 mean not a moment wasted. I'm "edging" mezzo looms, circle looms, and he is today, as well as putting the tips on some pick ups.