Allison Durno
@allisondurno.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Weaver, embroiderer, crafts instructor, guitarist, singer, hiker, retired elementary teacher, photographer, Governerd, filker, sf/fantasy fan.
Really like how this scarf is turning out. Mosaic crochet is so much fun. Pattern is Proteus by Crochet With May. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #crochetwithmay
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Really like how this scarf is turning out. Mosaic crochet is so much fun. Pattern is Proteus by Crochet With May. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #crochetwithmay
Saturday I taught a class making quilted ornaments at the Burr House in Richmond Hill. They are fun to make and look so elegant. I like learning new patterns and especially learned a lot from The Ornament Girl. I took her advanced ornaments in to show the class. #craftsky #ornaments #quilting
December 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Saturday I taught a class making quilted ornaments at the Burr House in Richmond Hill. They are fun to make and look so elegant. I like learning new patterns and especially learned a lot from The Ornament Girl. I took her advanced ornaments in to show the class. #craftsky #ornaments #quilting
First fully finished mosaic crochet project, a maple leaf, pattern by Olena Osaka. Not perfect, but very fun to do! Already starting a new pattern on another scarf. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #mapleleaf
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
First fully finished mosaic crochet project, a maple leaf, pattern by Olena Osaka. Not perfect, but very fun to do! Already starting a new pattern on another scarf. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet #mapleleaf
Working to teach myself mosaic crochet using yarn in my stash. I may make this first piece into a pillow after making a couple of pattern repeats. Pattern by Cats-Rockin-Crochet. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Working to teach myself mosaic crochet using yarn in my stash. I may make this first piece into a pillow after making a couple of pattern repeats. Pattern by Cats-Rockin-Crochet. #craftsky #crochet #mosaiccrochet
A “Fauxsaic” I made earlier in the week in the Procreate art program. Fauxsaic technique by Abby Nurse. Go, Jays, Go! #procreate #fauxsaic #digitalart #bluejay #torontobluejays
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A “Fauxsaic” I made earlier in the week in the Procreate art program. Fauxsaic technique by Abby Nurse. Go, Jays, Go! #procreate #fauxsaic #digitalart #bluejay #torontobluejays
A “Fauxsaic” I did earlier in the week using the Procreate art program. Technique by Abby Nurse. #craftsky #procreate #fauxsaic #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A “Fauxsaic” I did earlier in the week using the Procreate art program. Technique by Abby Nurse. #craftsky #procreate #fauxsaic #halloween
When a fav fandom meets a fav craft. Early in September I found a Star Trek inspired (see the colours of the three original uniforms?) tartan pattern online and I was inspired to weave hand towels. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #tartan
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When a fav fandom meets a fav craft. Early in September I found a Star Trek inspired (see the colours of the three original uniforms?) tartan pattern online and I was inspired to weave hand towels. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #tartan
Hand towels woven from a Star Trek inspired tartan I saw online. It includes all the colours of the original series uniforms, plus the background dark blue. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #weavinghandtowels
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Hand towels woven from a Star Trek inspired tartan I saw online. It includes all the colours of the original series uniforms, plus the background dark blue. #weaving #startrek #rigidheddleloom #weavinghandtowels
I taught a friend yesterday how to do a log cabin weave on her rigid heddle loom. Pleased with how it’s turning out. Interesting teaching all the steps. She’s making a four foot table runner with 4/8 cotton. #craftsky #weaving #weavinglogcabin #rigidheddleloom
September 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I taught a friend yesterday how to do a log cabin weave on her rigid heddle loom. Pleased with how it’s turning out. Interesting teaching all the steps. She’s making a four foot table runner with 4/8 cotton. #craftsky #weaving #weavinglogcabin #rigidheddleloom
Finished Gingham Log Cabin cotton scarf on the rigid heddle loom. Pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavinglogcabin
September 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Finished Gingham Log Cabin cotton scarf on the rigid heddle loom. Pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavinglogcabin
Working on Log Cabin Gingham Style scarf, pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #logcabinweaving #celticknot
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Working on Log Cabin Gingham Style scarf, pattern by The Rogue Weaver. #craftsky #weaving #logcabinweaving #celticknot
Ended up crocheting fifty poppies to take in to the weavers guild today. We are going to put all our poppies together as part of a legion project in Mississauga, where a poppy art piece will be put together for Remembrance Day. #craftsky #crochet #crochetpoppies #poppies #remembranceday
September 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ended up crocheting fifty poppies to take in to the weavers guild today. We are going to put all our poppies together as part of a legion project in Mississauga, where a poppy art piece will be put together for Remembrance Day. #craftsky #crochet #crochetpoppies #poppies #remembranceday
A bunch of coasters woven on the rigid heddle loom. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #wovencoasters #coasters
August 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A bunch of coasters woven on the rigid heddle loom. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #wovencoasters #coasters
More rigid heddle loom coasters using a houndstooth warping and then playing with variations. We’re going to develop these coasters into a class. #skycraft #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavingcoasters
August 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
More rigid heddle loom coasters using a houndstooth warping and then playing with variations. We’re going to develop these coasters into a class. #skycraft #weaving #rigidheddleloom #weavingcoasters
A set of woven coasters I made from the left-over warp of the houndstooth hand towels that I wove. I added some cork backing. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #coasters
August 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A set of woven coasters I made from the left-over warp of the houndstooth hand towels that I wove. I added some cork backing. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #coasters
Working on some houndstooth hand towels on the rigid heddle loom using four shades of blue 2/8 cotton. #skycraft #rigidheddleloom #weaving #weavinghoundstooth
July 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Working on some houndstooth hand towels on the rigid heddle loom using four shades of blue 2/8 cotton. #skycraft #rigidheddleloom #weaving #weavinghoundstooth
I’ve been practising hand-manipulating techniques on the rigid heddle loom using an online class by Kelly Casanova and came up with this cotton scarf that is a combination of Mexican lace and plain weave. #craftsky #weaving #leno #mexicanlace
July 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I’ve been practising hand-manipulating techniques on the rigid heddle loom using an online class by Kelly Casanova and came up with this cotton scarf that is a combination of Mexican lace and plain weave. #craftsky #weaving #leno #mexicanlace
Continuing to crochet poppies for Legion 101 in Etobicoke in Toronto, who are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year. They are putting up a special art project in November for Remembrance Day with thousands of crocheted poppies. I’ve crocheted about fifty so far. #craftsky #crochet #poppies
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finished woven tea towel from a weavers guild group project I was part of at the Burr House. We put on enough warp for eight tea towels and we all wove one. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels #floorloom
June 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Finished woven tea towel from a weavers guild group project I was part of at the Burr House. We put on enough warp for eight tea towels and we all wove one. #craftsky #weaving #weavingteatowels #floorloom
Garden Path Scarf- pattern by Kelly Casanova, using the silk/linen yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #weavingscarf #rigidheddleloom
June 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Garden Path Scarf- pattern by Kelly Casanova, using the silk/linen yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #weavingscarf #rigidheddleloom
Practising Brook’s Bouquet on rigid heddle loom. Pattern: Garden Path Scarf by Kelly Casanova. Using linen/silk yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #brooksbouquet
June 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Practising Brook’s Bouquet on rigid heddle loom. Pattern: Garden Path Scarf by Kelly Casanova. Using linen/silk yarn I snow-dyed last winter. #craftsky #weaving #brooksbouquet
Beginner rigid heddle loom class I co-taught at the Burr House in Richmond Hill yesterday. Always fun to see how the colourful scarves turn out and how the students react to making their first woven project. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #richmondhillontario
June 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Beginner rigid heddle loom class I co-taught at the Burr House in Richmond Hill yesterday. Always fun to see how the colourful scarves turn out and how the students react to making their first woven project. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom #richmondhillontario
Another modified gamp pattern from the Penny Candy Gamp Scarf by Sara Bixler. Also my first time using a 15 ct. heddle. This #3 crochet cotton works pretty well, but I need to try other thin yarns. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom
June 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Another modified gamp pattern from the Penny Candy Gamp Scarf by Sara Bixler. Also my first time using a 15 ct. heddle. This #3 crochet cotton works pretty well, but I need to try other thin yarns. #craftsky #weaving #rigidheddleloom
Walking with John this morning on the Humber Valley Heritage Trail. #hikingontario #hiking #humbervalleyheritagetrail
June 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Walking with John this morning on the Humber Valley Heritage Trail. #hikingontario #hiking #humbervalleyheritagetrail
I love weaving a gamp (a grid woven study of colour and threading) and this one is particularly fun. It’s the “Penny Candy Gamp Scarf”, pattern by Sara Bixler. #craftsky #weaving #gamp #sarabixler #rigidheddleloom
May 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I love weaving a gamp (a grid woven study of colour and threading) and this one is particularly fun. It’s the “Penny Candy Gamp Scarf”, pattern by Sara Bixler. #craftsky #weaving #gamp #sarabixler #rigidheddleloom