walks and wip

Frosty morning in Dublin:

Sunday in Glendalough:



New colorshift sample with orange and red gradations:

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Romeo and Violet

2 patterns using colorshift yarns.
romeo:

and Lady Violet, inspired by Maggie Smith’s character in Downton Abbey, the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley:

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Winter Sale!

Automatic 20% discount on purchases of two or more items from my website and Ravelry store.
Weekend walk at Lough Dan:




This week’s progress on the colorshft project:

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Collins Barracks Museum & Tigerlily

I just found out that photography is now permitted in some of Dublin’s museums – here are some textiles and yarns from Collins Barracks.

Samplers:


Miniature dressmaking:

Silk Yarns for weaving:

Linen yarn:

Crochet materials:

A knitter:

Some spinning:


A beautiful Harry Clarke portrait:


When the Barracks was a barracks:


Detail of Japanese costume:

Tigerlily pattern coming soon – stranding which lies flat with the help of some yarnovers and decreases – the pattern will work well with a rich dark MC and a light bright CC:

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August

More knitting – Camino Diagonals in Zauberball:

colorshift wisteria ready to knit:

Sunday walk in Wicklow:

heather and gorse:

mist descending:

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Bubbles

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:

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Knit Red Book Giveaway!

I’m delighted to say that I have a copy of Laura Zander’s Knit Red Book to give away today, courtesy of Jimmy Beans Wool and SoHo Publishing.
Just leave a comment below if you’d like to be included in the draw…
(Draw closes midnight PST Thursday 15th June – that’s 8am Friday morning here in Dublin) The draw is now closed, thanks for all the coments! – result later today Friday.
There’s a preview of the book here.
Just to remind you – here’s the Knit Red Stole:

And here are a couple of shots of the original swatch photoshopped into repeat – the swatching was done last July using Icelandic lace weight yarn.
I chose nature-related motifs to suggest healthy living and getting out and about, and went for a classic look.

This one might have been a bit too wide:

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Inspirations – old notebooks

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!

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Knit Red Stole, etc.

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:

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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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