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Marty Lynn Classic knitwear
Grown, milled, and made in Canada

The Parkland Headband is a close-fitting wool ear warmer designed to sit snugly around the head while leaving room for a...
10/05/2026

The Parkland Headband is a close-fitting wool ear warmer designed to sit snugly around the head while leaving room for a ponytail, bun or ball cap. It is knit in the same geometric colourwork as the rest of the Parkland Collection, using only the natural cream, grey and brown shades of undyed wool.

Like every piece in the collection, the wool was sourced from Alberta farms by Traceable Textiles and spun locally before coming to my studio to be made-to-order.

It is small and practical, but it carries the same local fibre supply chain as the sweater and scarf—from Alberta farm to finished piece.

The Parkland Headband — $141, shipping included.

One size fits approximately a 20–25” head circumference. The current preorder is open through October 9, but may close earlier if I reach production capacity.

Available through Marty Lynn and Traceable Textiles.

Traceable Textiles Edmonton Jillian Barvir | Canadian Knitwear

Photography Morgan Pinnock
Model Monique • Campsall

One of my favourite details in these photographs is that Isis’s Woodland Sweater is very clearly not new.It has been wor...
09/29/2026

One of my favourite details in these photographs is that Isis’s Woodland Sweater is very clearly not new.

It has been worn enough for the wool to soften and pill, which initially made me wonder whether I should be showing it so closely. The more I looked at the photographs, though, the more I realized that this is exactly what I want to show.

Isis spends a great deal of time outdoors and describes herself as hard on things. She told me that wool might be the only thing durable enough to hold up to her "fence-hopping, grass-rolling, weather-obsessed, fire-loving lifestyle".

Most clothing is photographed at the beginning of its life, before anything has happened to it. This sweater has already become part of Isis’s life, and I think there is something much more interesting in that.

Wool changes as it is worn. Those first pills can be shaved away (I now offer fabric shavers on my website), the fabric settles and softens, and eventually the sweater begins to take on the shape of the person wearing it. It can be washed, repaired and mended when needed, allowing it to keep going for years.

I don’t make these sweaters hoping they’ll stay pristine; I make them hoping you’ll wear them like Isis does: day and night, inside and outside, through all of life’s adventures, until they soften, settle in and become a reflection of you.

Isis wears the Woodland Sweater in Peat, Size 1.

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The Aspen Lace Button-Up was my first attempt at designing with wool for summer. I added the lacework details to encoura...
09/27/2026

The Aspen Lace Button-Up was my first attempt at designing with wool for summer. I added the lacework details to encourage more airflow in what is already a lightweight and breathable fibre.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not reaching for it on a hot summer day, but it has turned out to be a beautiful layer for milder summer days and the beginning of fall.

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I designed the Parkland Scarf to be substantial enough to actually keep you warm this winter. At 12 inches wide and 72 i...
09/24/2026

I designed the Parkland Scarf to be substantial enough to actually keep you warm this winter.

At 12 inches wide and 72 inches long, there is enough wool to wrap it closely around your neck, layer it over a winter coat or simply let it hang long. It carries the same geometric colourwork as the Parkland Sweater, knit in the natural shades of undyed Canadian wool.

The fibre was sourced by Traceable Textiles from Alberta farms and spun locally before coming to my studio, where each scarf is made-to-order.

The Parkland Scarf — $224, shipping included.

The current Parkland Collection preorder is open through October 9, or until I reach production capacity.

Available through Marty Lynn and Traceable Textiles.

Traceable Textiles Edmonton Jillian Barvir | Canadian Knitwear

Photography Morgan Pinnock
Model Monique • Campsall

There was one answer from Emma that I found especially hard to condense for this feature.When I asked if there was a pho...
09/22/2026

There was one answer from Emma that I found especially hard to condense for this feature.

When I asked if there was a photograph she had taken that stood out in her mind, she thought of two black-and-white photographs of her younger brother, Eli, shot on her first 35mm film camera in the summer of 2010.

In one, he is lying in the grass with his eyes squeezed shut, making a face at the camera. In the other, he is sitting in the back of their parents’ truck with his arm out the window. He is underexposed and out of focus, while the poplar trees passing outside are sharp.

Two years later, Eli took his own life at seventeen.

Emma doesn’t consider them particularly “good” photographs, but that isn’t what gives them their value. As she told me, “I can feel what it was like to be there, next to him.”

Her photography practice is deeply tied to that awareness of mortality and memory, and to the understanding that everyday moments become precious because they do not last. It helps explain why she returns to the same people and landscapes with her camera, building an archive of lives as they are actually being lived.

Alongside her own practice, Emma is the Festival Manager for Exposure Photography Festival, where she works in programming, curation, fundraising and building community around photography across Alberta.

Exposure is accepting submissions to its Open Call exhibitions now. Anyone curious about participating should get in touch.

There is much more from my conversation with Emma and Isis in the latest Rural Folk feature.

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For a lot of people, a pumpkin spice latte signals the beginning of fall. For me, it’s a wool vest.I love this time of y...
09/17/2026

For a lot of people, a pumpkin spice latte signals the beginning of fall. For me, it’s a wool vest.

I love this time of year because I can give my summer blouses a little more life by layering an Alder Vest over top, adding just enough warmth for cooler mornings without putting them away for the season quite yet.

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