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Squishy Bug Arts
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Kirsty. She/her. 🇨🇦 Fibre artist. I love to weave, sew, knit, and upcycle. I sell my wares locally, in Kemptville, south of Ottawa, ON. I am creative, well-educated, and unafraid to call my business a micro-business.
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'I won't back down': How and why Canadians are boycotting the U.S.
Canadians being extra mindful about where they spend money
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#tariffs #trade #trump #boycott #travel #shopping
'I won't back down': How and why Canadians are boycotting the U.S. | CBC News
We asked Canadians to tell us more about how and why they are boycotting U.S. goods and travel. Here's what you told us.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Progress.
July 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Work I progress - you can already see how a change in yarn choice for the sky is affecting the piece.

#weaving #tapestry #fibreart #ontheloom
July 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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I think I'm at a point where I'm finally satisfied with this tapestry I've been working on since September. It was picked apart and re-woven so many times I felt like I was Penelope waiting for Odysseus to come home. It's wonky, but done.

#tapestryWeaving #weaving #fibreArt
July 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Newly finished scrappy mug rugs for Canada Day. I had to stitch on an appliqué maple leaf to make the flag. Honestly, I prefer the red and white ones.

#weaving #upcycledtextiles
Grid of six separate images of red and white woven rag rugs style mug rugs with a brown and cream mug on top.
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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One band, 7 new key fobs just in time for Canada Day.
#bandweaving #weaving
7 woven key fobs in red and white on a wood table.
June 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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New band design on the inkle loom. This one is for Canada Day. I love the possibilities of plain weave.

#inkleloom #bandweaving #weaving #fibrearts
June 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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A little night weaving finished tonight.

#weaving #miniTapestry #paintingWithYarn
A small woven tapestry. The picture is a large moon in a clear sky with the moon reflected in the water beneath
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Keeping it simple. Happy Monday.

#weaving #miniTapestry #paintingWithYarn
June 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Getting back to work on this band I'm weaving to turn into a lanyard for my youngest when he returns to uni in September. I love his school colours.

#weaving #bandWeaving #inkleWeaving #beingAMum
A red and black striped band with yellow dots woven on a wooden inkle loom.
June 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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I finished this one last summer, but only got around to photographing it today.

#weaving #circularWeaving #woven
A circular weaving made with blue-grey, blue, and cream yarns and a yellow and orange cotton fabric. Close up of a circular weaving made with blue-grey, blue, and cream yarns and a yellow and orange cotton fabric.
June 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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I finally got around to weaving in the ends of this manic hanging that I made a few years ago. As the world gets more and more mad, I can foresee myself returning to making more frenetic works like this. Ugh.

#weaving #wovenWallHanging #handwoven #FinallyDone
A fringed woven wall hanging in blues and reds.
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Scarf photo shoot today. Thank goodness we are finally getting some decent weather! Time to take stock of my supply and update my website.

#weaving #handwoven #wovenscarves
A purple, blue, and black woven scarf draped over a mannequin with shrubs blurred out in the background. A purples and grey woven scarf draped over a mannequin with shrubs blurred out in the background. A copper and woven scarf draped over a mannequin with shrubs blurred out in the background. A burgundy and cream woven scarf draped over a mannequin with shrubs blurred out in the background.
June 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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I was at a small Pride Party market on Sunday and rather than pack my pocket sized loom, I brought my inkle. It was awkward to pack, but once I pulled out one of my bins, not as awkward to use. W00t.
#weaving #weavingonthego #inkleweaving
An inkle loom warped with red thread sitting atop a plastic bin, tucked behind a table.
June 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Hello gorgeous. New woven table runner using up cycled textiles including cotton, sheets, shirts, and saris.

#weaving #tablerunner #handwoven #upcycledtextiles
May 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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We finally have a little sunshine here today. Hopefully the gardens will soon be full of colours like the ones I'm using for this table runner.

#ontheloom #rigidheddleweaving #weaving #handwoven #handmade #upcycledtextiles #tablerunner
May 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Show me the part of your craft you always put off as long as possible. For me, it's weaving in ends on a woven tapestry. Ugh.

#fibrearts #fiberarts #showme #weaving #weavinginends
The back side of an unfinished woven tapestry with many loose threads needing to be woven in or cleaned up.
May 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A while back, when everyone was stuck at home (you know when), I started making these little sock dolls. I call them Study Buddies, initially created to keep kiddos company when they were home schooling, but lots of friends wanted them to keep them company at work.
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#sewing #handmade #sockdoll
Four squares with images of sock dolls with button eyes in each. Three squares with images of sock dolls with button eyes in each.
May 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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I've just finished a new group of Travel Buddies (clip on personal support critters) in prep for my first market of the season on Saturday in Kemptville, ON. So cute.

#sewing #sockdolls #handmade #shoplocal #supportMakers
A line of 5 clip-on small sock dolls with button eyes and long ears.
May 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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And just like that (well, after some sewing and finishing) my recent band weaving projects are now wristlet key fobs. Ta da.

#bandweaving #weaving #fibrearts
An upright wooden hand with 3 woven strap key fobs across the palm with about a dozen more fobs laying at its base.
May 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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I'm gobsmacked. This little gem was spotted in the photo I posted of all of my mini tapestries last week and soon it will be off to its new home on the other side of the province!

Thank you so much!

#thankful #supportMakers #shopHandmade #miniTapestry #fibrearts
A thank you card on a table under a mini woven tapestry of a grassy landscape with a blue sky with a large fluffy cloud.
May 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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After a couple of months obsessively weaving mini tapestries on my palm sized loom, I'm returning one of my larger looms. Yay.

#tapestryweaving #handwoven #handmade #weaving #fibrearts
The start of a woven tapestry. Black night sky with 2 grey clouds.
May 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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My son found the knitted case I made for his iPod eons ago. It's based on a Rebecca Danger design, but is now as obsolete as the iPod itself.

#throwback #knitting #ipod
Flat pill shaped knitted iPod case. It is a green monster with a wide mouth opening and small floppy ears. Wears a pink striped sweater.
May 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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I came home from grocery shopping with the intention of finishing and filing my taxes, but the inkle loom was sad and needed to be warped. I swear, I'll get to the taxes soon.

#procrafteration #bandweaving #weaving #inkleloom #fibrearts
April 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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And here I was thinking that I haven't been that productive in the last 4 months. Sometimes you need to look at the big picture in order to recognize your accomplishments. The small things (literally) do add up. Well done, me.

#weaving #paintingwithyarn #minitapestry #fibreart #lovetoweave
Display of about 28 mini woven landscapes.
April 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM