Archive for the ‘garden’ Category
tulips
Posted in dublin, flowers, garden on May 13, 2013 | 5 Comments »
August
Posted in flowers, garden, inspiration, knit, mini, nature, pattern, water, wicklow, wip, yarn on August 22, 2012 | 5 Comments »
More knitting – Camino Diagonals in Zauberball:
colorshift wisteria ready to knit:
Sunday walk in Wicklow:
heather and gorse:
mist descending:
knitting update
Posted in flowers, garden, inspiration, knit, new pattern, wip, yarn on August 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
lots of knitting – I’m planning a stranded crescent for the colorshift yarn, here are some swatches in Jamieson & Smith:
A new version of scarlet starlet – this one increases at a different rate and has more beads (750) – I used yarn overs instead of beads in this sample. There’s a mini-KAL starting in October.
spotty moths:
more dahlias, with crocosmia and hydrangea and giant borages in the background, the vase is by corien ridderikhoff:
Bubbles
Posted in flowers, garden, knit, mini, nature, pattern, water, wicklow, wip, yarn on June 25, 2012 | 7 Comments »
New Pattern, Camino Bubbles:
Peonies in the rain:
Mini in Wicklow a week ago:
Emerging from the bog:
Recurrence of eye problem (cleared up now):
Waiting for dinner to be served:
Current wip, Zauberball and Lang Jawoll:
Knit Red Winner is …
Posted in flowers, garden, home on June 15, 2012 | 6 Comments »
… Doclynn – congratulations!
Thanks to everybody else for all the nice comments – here are some flowers instead:
May colours
Posted in beads, design, dublin, flowers, garden, knit, mini, nature, new pattern, sea, wildlife, wip on May 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Weathered hoardings:
Second version of new pattern (a third is blocking):
Poppy suffering effects of awful weather:
Howth – a seal swimming out to greet a boat:
spot the dog:
Inspirations – old notebooks
Posted in design, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, nature, pattern, textile on May 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Some pages from a pre-digital age with inspirations and sketches for textile designs:
2 postcards from Ljubljana:
More peonies from Farmleigh:
Front door flowering cherry:
Have a nice weekend!
Knit Red Stole, etc.
Posted in echo beach, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, knit, mini, nature, pattern, wip, yarn on April 22, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Some more pics of the stole from Laura Zander’s Knit Red Book – these photos were taken by Sandy of Jimmy Beans by the Truckee River – Sandy knit the sample, thank you very much Sandy! – the lovely model is her friend Victoria:
Other news:
This image of Echo Beach is going to be in a book about Irish crafts due to be published soon:
Mini trouble (no sock is safe!):
Apple Blossom and Tree Peonies at Farmleigh:
Knitlab clutter:
Recent project for new pattern – it turned out to be a funny shape at the neck so I need to redo it – the yarns are Hedgehog Lace and mohair with gold beads:
Birr Castle
Posted in flowers, garden, mini, nature, travel on March 27, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Thanks for recent comments!
A visit to Birr Castle to see Magnolias etc:
Early photography at Birr:
The telescope:
Czar Plum Blossom at home:
From orangepippin.com:
“Czar is a large dark black/purple early-season plum, with good astringency and useful for culinary purposes. It can also be eaten fresh if you leave it to get fully ripe. The blossom is a notable characteristic, being unusually large for a plum.
The Victorian fruit enthusiast and author Robert Hogg was sent some samples in August 1874 by the growers, Rivers of Sawbridgeworth. This was the year of its first fruiting. Hogg subsequently rated it as an “excellent plum”. Rivers named it Czar in honour of the Czar of Russia, who visited England that year.
Czar soon become a popular garden plum in English gardens, being easy and reliable to grow (thanks in part to blossom which has some frost resistance), and producing good crops.”
Hopefully some knitting news soon…
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