Laura Chau

@cosmicpluto.bsky.social

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Knitting designer and editor in Toronto.

Golden brown, super flaky layers of a loaf of croissant bread, still in its pan on a cooling rack.
Silicone baking mat on a light countertop, rolled out dough with a butter block in the centre.
City councillor Lily Cheng holding a to go cup, standing in front of a plywood storefront of Gong Cha tea shop.
Laura is leaning against a panel window wearing a warm brown cardigan with the top 3 buttons closed. The bottom had of the cardigan has brioche ribs that travel horizontally.
A brown cardigan on a wooden floor, with raglan shaping, long sleeves, and buttons. The bottom half of the sweater body is worked perpendicularly in brioche stitch.
A sheet pan lined with parchment, with 6 finished rectangular pastries. Cream cheese is piped in squiggles on top and dusted with peanuts and sugar.
Three female cardinals hopping onto a platform feeder one right after another.
A square cake on a white plate being he’d by a window. It’s golden and fluffy with pineapple pieces on top.
A jigsaw puzzle on a grey felt background, overlaid with the puzzle box showing that the image is cut off on the actual puzzle.
Top down view of containers of treats on a wooden coffee table.
A wax paper lined sheet tray with a jumble of dark chocolate covered square candies.
Three dark, wrinkly beans on an outstretched hand. They’re about an inch long and half an inch wide.
A knit piece made up of blue, lilac, silver and ochre squares, piled on top of a neutral quilt on the couch.
A slice of very dark chocolate cake on a white plate, a single layer with shiny chocolate glaze on top and down the side.
Laura, a Chinese Canadian woman, wears a plum coloured seed stitch pullover. She’s standing by a chain link fence, looking down with her hand on her hip.
Laura, a Chinese-Canadian woman, poses in front of a wooden fence. She’s wearing a mauve handknit lace cardigan, white tee and blue striped skirt.
Laura, a Chinese Canadian woman, stands in front of a weathered wood fence. She has her hands in the pockets of a blue and white striped skirt, and is wearing a white tee shirt and mauve handknit lace cardigan with 3/4 sleeves.
A gingerbread-brown sweater in progress laying on a wooden floor. Both sleeves are on the needles. The lower body of the sweater is worked in perpendicular brioche stitch.
Laura, a Chinese-Canadian woman, wearing a mauve hand knit lace cardigan over a white t-shirt and striped blue skirt. She’s standing in her home studio with her hands in her pockets, looking down.
Two dark pans on a stovetop with English muffins in progress. The ones on the back pan are browned and almost done, while the front ones are just getting going.
Diagonal ribbed knitted lace in shades of gold, turquoise, plum.
Laura, a Canadian woman of Chinese descent, standing in front of a bright paned window wearing a Perpendicular Pullover in teal and yellow stripes.
Underside of a glass bowl with red, purple, and blue Jello.
A blue bowl of ruffle-y noodles with veggies.
Four knitted squares in different colours attached into a strip, with the edges on a circular needle. Background is a crochet chevron blanket.
Laura is a Chinese Canadian woman wearing a yellow and teal handknit sweater with horizontal stripes on one half and vertical stripes on the other, with the colours inverted. She’s posing by a window with snow outside.
A purple seed stitch sweater being knit from the top down, laid out on a wooden floor. The sleeves are done and now I’m back to working on the lower body
A bowl of halushki: cabbage, onion, homemade drop dumplings that are browned in butter. Sour cream on top!
Knitted striped pullover on a dress form, with a V-neck and long sleeves, in teal and yellow.
Dough balls rolled in black and white sesame seeds, being deep fried in a pot of oil with a thermometer