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Kingston, Ontario ·
Announcement
bUTTONS aNd bITS
My hand made polymer clay buttons have had a home here for a while but now I've added other items from my studio including my stock of sweaters. Welcome to my stash of sweater accessories, buttons, sweater sticks and pins. Starting more than a decade ago as an accent to my hand loomed knits the bUTTONS became an entity unto themselves! Now, as I knit shawls and wraps I have made sWEATER sTICKS to hold them together or to use on buttonless knit jackets. It's been suggested they would look cool in hair!
Now and again when I have some in stock (they go fast at shows) I am listing some of my sWEATERwRAPS, sCARVES, and my kNIT jACKETS.
I have now added bARNETTdESIGNS sTUDIO with my first instructional DVD for Machine Knitters.
Follow my blog: http://www.theartofwool.blogspot.com
My web site: http.//www.barnett-knits.com
Announcement
bUTTONS aNd bITS
My hand made polymer clay buttons have had a home here for a while but now I've added other items from my studio including my stock of sweaters. Welcome to my stash of sweater accessories, buttons, sweater sticks and pins. Starting more than a decade ago as an accent to my hand loomed knits the bUTTONS became an entity unto themselves! Now, as I knit shawls and wraps I have made sWEATER sTICKS to hold them together or to use on buttonless knit jackets. It's been suggested they would look cool in hair!
Now and again when I have some in stock (they go fast at shows) I am listing some of my sWEATERwRAPS, sCARVES, and my kNIT jACKETS.
I have now added bARNETTdESIGNS sTUDIO with my first instructional DVD for Machine Knitters.
Follow my blog: http://www.theartofwool.blogspot.com
My web site: http.//www.barnett-knits.com
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Purple Ponds Quartet of Buttons
CA$19.00
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Face It Buttons
CA$41.00
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Torn Leaves Quartet of Buttons
CA$29.00
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Fossil Finds Quartet of Buttons
CA$27.00
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Leafy Garden Sweater Stick
CA$20.00
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Twisted Rails Sweater Stick
CA$20.00
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Get The Point scarf
CA$85.00
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Hand Knit Socks Reds
CA$69.00
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Hand Knit Socks Dark Fruit
CA$69.00
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Hand Knit Socks Lime Lolly
CA$69.00
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Purple Pot Bodum French Press Cozy
CA$41.00
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Aqua Bubbles Bodum French Press Cozy
CA$41.00
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Aqua Mango Felted Scarf
CA$62.00
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Coral Green Felted Scarf
CA$62.00
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KnitKnotes Notebook for Creativity
CA$22.00
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Drop Bobbles Red Necklace
CA$34.00
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Carolyn's Collars Machine Knitting Tutorial
CA$25.00
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About
One Woman Enterprise.
Trained and working as a nursery school teacher but with a year of fashion under my belt first I went back to clothing when I started to knit to sell in 1982. First hand knits starting in 1982 then, visiting a US wholesale art show in my part time job with a glass artist, I met two women creating beautiful garments using domestic knitting machines. When I got home I bought one and started to work with finer wools and cottons in 1984.
First pullovers in plain colours (hand knit) then more colourful knits and jackets as I learned to make buttonholes, that lead to my using buttons then making my own of polymer clay. Travel and aging lead to using more colours. As my jackets are pricey a friend suggested wraps as I could make them more easily and they didn't need to fit, I could sell them for somewhat less even though they took almost as much yarn. To hold the wraps in place I started to make my Sweater Pins and Sticks.
I started knitting socks in the '70's, I wanted to learn how, but a job making costume knits for a Stratford Festival production of The Boyfriend left me with lots of left over sock yarn. I had used sock yarn so the wardrobe mistress could easily wash the sweaters worn by heavily sweating dancers. I went back to knitting socks and I haven't looked back...I always have a pair on the go, for in front of the telly, riding on long journeys. With my local yarn shops and in my travels I always hit the knitting stores to stock up on more colourful sock yarn.
Teaching is something I love to do, imparting my knowledge to other knitters to carry the creativity forward, hence working up three machine knitting patterns. Thei first two were published in Knitwords a now online only machine knitting magazine.
When I'm not knitting, felting or claying I'm building web sites...another creative outlet and my 'side gig'.
Shop members
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Carolyn Barnett
Owner, Designer
I'm the chief cook and bottle washer in this business. I knit on my knitting machine, wet felt jackets in my studio, move over and work on polymer clay the create the buttons and pins for my knits and felteds.
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits
Returns and exchanges
I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalised orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)