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I’m Shannon of Very Shannon - a Canadian knitwear design company that focuses on modern, mindful and relaxing knits. I hope that my designs find their way onto your needles and into your gorgeous handmade wardrobes and that they encourage you to slow down, take a breath and sink into the rewarding process of slow fashion.

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🍂Sneak peek!🍂 I’ve been primarily offline these last few weeks (life has been 🤪) but my awesome testers and I have been hard at work behind the scenes getting the Songbird shawl ready to release next week. Yay! This one makes me all emotional friends ☺️. I’ll admit I’ve even teared up on a few occasions seeing testers versions. It’s definitely an emotional experience when you pour your soul and struggles you’re facing into a pattern. I try to tell my stories within the textures/stitches/wool and then bring them to life with the help of photos (this shoot is one of my all time faves ever - @danafilani is just so breathtakingly captivating and @koyahniphotography captured it all so beautifully & effortlessly). My hope is then that another knitter will find those same stitches both soothing and healing. I’ve been feeling lost for a long time but designing both the Courage & Songbird shawls this year has brought me so much solace & personal growth. My hope is that within their stitches you’ll find help for you to find your way back to yourself as well. 💗 I’m trying to remember that its ok to not have all the answers and to not know your way. It’s also damn hard to admit & ask when you need help or feel lost. I found that sometimes it’s in the asking that you find your path back to your true self. 💗
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🍂Wool is Elder by the talented @ritualdyes in colorway Clay. It’s worsted, a quick knit and uses 3 full skeins of Elder or approx 570yds/522m worsted weight wool you love 💗.
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🤣I’ve been buried in boxes and cleaning and boxes and more cleaning (and kids and puppy life).....as we pack to move and try to sell our house. I haven’t had the mental or physical energy to knit or do much else in weeks....so here’s some pics of my fur baby instead 😊. Can you believe how big Charlie’s gotten? Last weighed in at 36lbs (just over 4 months old). Missing you all and I’m hoping to be back to regular work (and social media) soon 😘.
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💗How have you’ve all been? What have you’ve been knitting / making the last few weeks? 🤗 Xoxox .
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how to embroider your own buttons

March 19, 2009

i just can't get enough of the buttons, but to tell you the truth, i have never thought of embroidering a button. here ya go - a tutorial on how to do just that. head on over to craftstylish for the down and dirty.