Jane Thornley

Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jane's passion for yarn began at the age of 21 in a most unlikely way - knitting a trunk-warmer for an elephant!

Jane supplemented her design education with a few extension courses but taught herself the arts of beading, embroidery, sewing, painting and drawing, techniques that have since embellished the surfaces of her life and her work. Her early work consisted of multi-coloured sweaters which contained as many as 50 different colours of yarn. Jane states, "For me, colour and texture rule and most of the inspiration feeding my imagination comes from the natural world. I see knitting as art, as viable as any other, and no matter what the tool or preferred palette, in human hands, magic happens."

Jane also fashions unique jewelry and writes fiction. Inevitably her beads, collected from around the world, find their way into her fabulous, multi-textured and hued yarn creations. You can share in Jane's creative process through her blog, resplendent with rich photography and beautiful prose. Jane also sells intricately illustrated patterns for making some of her creations here.

Jane's current collection is available in the e-boutique.