NWT Arts

Lesley Ann Evans

Region:

North Slave

My mother taught my sister and I how to bead and sew at a very young age. We got used to using a needle by making pendants and necklaces. I have always enjoyed sewing and beading, but only picked it up seriously again after my first daughter was born.

After high school, I always wondered...

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Jennifer Lam

Region:

Inuvik Beaufort Delta

Community:

Inuvik

I learned how to knit when I was a child. My mom taught me how to knit as an effort to keep me out of trouble, and it kind of worked! So I knitted from a very young age. I still do a lot of knitting for my family. My husband goes off hunting when it’s -45. He’d better have a good toque on his...

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