MegMakesStitches was one of the crafts vendors showcasing their unique products at Holiday Festival held at the Marconi Cultural Event Centre
The Marconi Cultural Event Centre was packed with Sault and area arts and crafts vendors and Christmas shoppers on Sunday for the Algoma Maker’s Market Holiday Festival.
One of the busier tables was that of MegMakesStitches, a local business co-owned by Meghan Rains and Rachael Mura.
Their toques and other winter wear looked especially attractive as winter winds grow chillier.
“We knit a variety of infant wear through to women’s and men’s winter apparel. We offer everything from luxury items to more economical goods,” Rains told SooToday.
Those goods include toques, baby booties, towels and custom-made items.
Rains, who works as a plant biologist, has found MegMakesStitches to be a fun and profitable side gig.
“We’ve been very busy. It’s been great,” she said.
“My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was younger, and when she passed away, I inherited all of her needles and hooks. It was something that I picked back up when I was in grad school,” Rains said.
“I continued it as a way to keep busy during the winter months, and then during the pandemic, Rachael and I went full scale and here we are.”
“We’ve had a lot of support from the community.”
Rains and Mura’s goods have appeared at many recent arts and craft shows; their business can be found on Facebook.
“We do a lot of custom orders, so you get a one-of-a-kind item. You’re not going to find somebody with the same hat because they’re not mass-produced,” Rains said.
