Holland

Zaanse Schans:



Ice at Enkhuizen:


Haarlem:

Zaanse Schans clog museum:

Knit Red

Here’s a sneak preview of a pattern of mine that will be published – in a book! – in June.
The book is Knit Red by Laura Zander and her super-dynamic team at Jimmy Beans Wool, supporting the Heart Truth awareness campaign about heart disease.
The brief was for something classic – it’s probably the most traditional of all my patterns. The yarn is Classic Elite Silky Alpaca Lace.
A big thank you to Sandy at Jimmy Beans for knitting the sample stole, and to Bethany for making it all happen!

river walk

tea-coloured water:

tiger stripes on the riverbed:

bubbles on the surface:


Mini on the bank:

February Colours

some colour…




some knitting – drop stitch leaf:

drop stitch diagonal:


hexagon:

camellia:

January winners

Thanks to every body for supporting Knitlab during January!!
The winners of the prize draw are countdogula and jisbella.

For everybody else, here are some fresh tulips, and Mini:



The pattern for Ruff shawl is now available on Ravelry and my website. Thanks to pinkpetals for helping with the pattern, and to Izzy for modelling:


Some February monotones:

January monotones

Saturday walk in Dun Laoghaire:


Lichens on the pier:



Camino Zigzags made it to number two:

Camino zigzags

More pictures of the new pattern – the first in a series with contrasting areas of plain knitting and mesh created by dropping lots of stitches.
The series is called Camino because: the first sample I did reminded me of the scallop shell symbol of the Camino de Santiago.
The colours are a bit over the top.

Camino

Here’s a new pattern I’ve been working on, with Zauberball and dropped stitches:


Saturday in Howth:

dappled diamonds 2

Thanks for the nice comments on this pattern. Here are some more photos in different lights -




and a blob of oil on a rainy road:

dappled diamonds