get your toque* on

It is finally here... my last holiday show! Okay, so if you missed the last two, here is another chance to swing by and do a little crafty holiday shopping. Opening tonight from 6-10pm, as well as tomorrow from 11-4pm, this show will feature over 20 vendors. Click here for more info on the event! Hope to see you there!
*for those of you who don't know what's a Toque (pronounced "took"), it is a knitted hat/cap you wear in the winter... very popular up here in Canada. I think Americans call this a "Beanie"... but using that word up here would result in a lot of blank stares.

toque recap

This past Friday and Saturday, Roger and I (along with Track and Field Designs) shared a table at the Toque Craft Fair at the Western Front Gallery. Just wanted to thank everyone who made it out to support the gallery... especially those who braved the torrential rainfall on Saturday! Here are a couple of snaps from our table... a wee bit cozy, but we made everything fit. One craft fair down... one more to go!! I will post event details for the next upcoming craft fair tomorrow!

what is a toque?

If you happen to be in Vancouver this Friday and Saturday, come and visit me at Toque, Western Front Society's annual fund-raising craft fair! Both the husband (Crooked Walker) and I, with fellow Hob Snobs Craft Collective ladies (Track and Field Designs and The Beautiful Project) will be there with 18 other artists and designers! Come by Friday if you like sipping wine and snacking whilst shopping.... er, and come back Saturday to do more sober shopping that you may have forgotten to do while sipping and socializing from the night before!

Also, if you happen not to be Canadian, and are wondering, "what the heck does Toque mean anyway?"... well, I am here to enlighten you. Pronounced like the number "2" with an added hard "k" or "c" sound at the end (two-k), it's a common name we use up here for a knitted winter hat. Since we wear them quite a bit up here in the winter days, it gets a bit wordy trying to always say "knitted winter hat" all the time. So next time you are about to say, "knitted stocking cap" or "ski hat" or "winter hat"... throw in a little Canadiana and call it a Toque.

Details:

Friday, November 27, 6-9pm

Saturday, November 28, 11am -5pm

Western Front

East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC

www.front.bc.ca

toque at the western front

Come visit me and several other talented artists and crafters at this year's Toque at the Western Front Gallery in Vancouver (303 East 8th Avenue). The event will be tonight, December 5th 6pm - 9pm and Saturday, December 6th 11am-5pm. I will be sharing a table with two of my favorite artist/crafters Crooked Walker (who also happens to be my hubby Roger) and Track and Field Designs. Partial proceeds of all sales goes towards funding for the Western Front Gallery, an artist run centre. Hope to see you there!