Tulip with work in progress in Hedgehog Cashmere:
Dublin streets in spring sunshine:
low tide gallop at Howth:
Farmleigh flowers:
Waiting for dinner:
On the subject of selling knitting patterns -
I was thinking of putting together some ebook collections of patterns, but decided to leave more flexibility with an automatic 25% discount on purchases of 3 or more patterns.
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zauberball waves
Posted in flowers, home, knit, mini, new pattern, wip, yarn on April 8, 2013 | 3 Comments »
This is a prototype for a new pattern in zauberball (I’m currently working on a second version in the schokocreme colorway):
Tulip:
Dinnertime:
nz/dublin
Posted in dublin, flowers, knit, mini, nature, new zealand, travel, yarn on March 19, 2013 | 7 Comments »
souvenirs – kauri wood engravings by Allan Gale:
working on Mini Bubbles:
coromandel:
Bird painting by Tracey L. Johnson:
reunited:
Saturday in Wicklow:
a van:
a road:
a new wip in hedgehog cashmere:
The pond:
The hunter:
The tulip:
The chaos:
The seagull:
Romeo and Violet
Posted in knit, pattern, yarn on December 13, 2012 | 14 Comments »
2 patterns using colorshift yarns.
romeo:
and Lady Violet, inspired by Maggie Smith’s character in Downton Abbey, the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley:
new project
Posted in dublin, flowers, knit, textile, yarn on November 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’m working on a new version of Mercato dei Fiori with the violet to midnight set from colorshift. This is the original pattern – test knit by crocodile:
an exhibition of tribal textiles from Iran at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, (photos courtesy of the gallery):
Winter Sale!
Posted in knit, mini, nature, pattern, ravelry, wicklow, wip, yarn on November 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »
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:
Collins Barracks Museum & Tigerlily
Posted in inspiration, knit, museum, pattern, textile, yarn on October 2, 2012 | 7 Comments »
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:
September
Posted in inspiration, interior, mini, nature, water, wicklow, yarn on September 28, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Out and about with Mini:
days of rain:
at home with Mini and dahlias:
after the rain:
Dublin Culture Night -
Georgian ceiling at The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland:
Dublin Civic Trust:
Irish Georgian Society, photo by Tarquin Blake:
Na Píobairí Uilleann, Henrietta Street:
and some yarn -
knit/lab patterns
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