AND WE’RE OFF!

October 15, 2009

We spent better part of the past week delightfully knitting all of the pieces for our first boutique orders to be delivered this week to A Mano and Juniper in Seattle and Parallel in Portland. We knitted and linked and sewed in ends and watched as the fruits of our labor grew – this being [...]

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GREAT BALLS OF YARN!

October 7, 2009

We admit it – we dream about yarn. This week our dreams literally came true by way of a shipment from Scotland of cones and cones of yarn. Note Helen’s elation, being buried in masses of it! Big, warm, soft, colorful, cones of yarn! Lambswool to be specific. Wool is under appreciated in the US [...]

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VIVE LA DIFFERENCE!

September 25, 2009

Authored by Helen
Si was born in Japan.  I was born in England.
I am right handed.  Si is left-handed.
Si would rather get up at 5.30 in the morning and work out at Booty Camp. I prefer to end a hard day of machine knitting with yoga or Pilates.
Si can whip out a vector image in Adobe Illustrator [...]

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WHAT IS rain+jack?

September 23, 2009

It starts out as a vision and a dream, supplemented by the talent and determination of two amazing women – Helen Sharp and Si Doi – both of whom have years of design and knitting experience between them. Inject a massive dose of creativity + knitting hours logged, and voila, out comes a gorgeous collection [...]

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