January monotones

Saturday walk in Dun Laoghaire: Lichens on the pier: Camino Zigzags made it to number two:

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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 [...]

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Camino

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

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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:

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dappled diamonds

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the art of falling apart

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January knitting

I made this swatch last Summer, but decided to work on Shetland Daisies instead: The idea has been salvaged in a new colourway, the yarn is still Jamieson & Smith (this will take a couple of weeks to finish): I chopped it up in Photoshop for a variation:

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sleep and tulips

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January prize draw!

I have an exclusive little knit/lab picture book to give away this month – with photos from the blog, photos of my patterns, some arty stuff, and of course Mini. It’s soft cover, measures 6x8in/15x20cm, and has 20 pages. Anyone who purchases a pattern from my website or Ravelry store during January will be in [...]

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Happy New Year!

New Year’s Eve, Dun Laoghaire pier: New Year’s Day puddle:

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