Posted in colour, costume, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, home, inspiration, knit, nature, pattern, textile, travel, water, weaving, yarn on March 12, 2023| 1 Comment »
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Thank you for your recent visits and comments!
This new pattern is now available on Ravelry, with an introductory discount.
Some recent walks:
Posted in colour, costume, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, inspiration, knit, nature, new pattern, pattern, textile, travel, wicklow, yarn on February 21, 2022| 1 Comment »
A new Pattern knit with Renaissance Dyeing lace weight yarn:
Rainbow Jasper
Wicklow:
It’s been stormy:
The sky recently:
Posted in colour, costume, design, donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, kerry, knit, nature, textile, travel, yarn on September 3, 2020| 8 Comments »
A new piece of knitting with short rows, stacked stitches and stranding in Jamiesons Spindrift:
Some photos from Kerry, the wayside flowers are abundant in August, the tree ferns are at Dereen House and Gardens:
Some photos from Dublin:
Lady Evelyn Farquhar, painted by Sir John Lavery in 1906 (Sotheby’s):
Posted in costume, decoration, design, flowers, France, inspiration, museum, nature, painting, scenes, sea, textile, travel, water on September 2, 2016| 10 Comments »
some photos from markets, museums, etc. in Montpellier, Marseilles, Aix, and surrounding areas:
Posted in costume, inspiration, knit, mittens, museum, nature, sea, travel, yarn on September 22, 2014| 5 Comments »
Congratulations to Daisy and Bente for guessing correctly!
Faroese landscapes:
Sheep, wool, knitting:
Harbours, boatsheds, fishing:
a boatmaker:
tunnels under the sea:
rainwater:
saving the hay:
Posted in beads, costume, decoration, garden, interior, knit, mini, nature, travel, wip on November 6, 2013| 2 Comments »
The Irish Lace Museum also has a shop crammed with costumes, bonnets, doilies and shawls – two pieces of knitting stood out – a very fine shetland triangle knit in ultra-gossamer yarn that felt like a mixture of wool and silk (unfortunately very difficult to get a good photograph):
the border of the shawl:
A starched doily in a fascinating pattern which turns up on Ravelry under different names:
beading:
near the museum, Florence Court House, is open to the public.
the Chrysler, 1925:
a favourite dog:
servants’ quarters:
a spectacular Japanese Maple in the grounds:
progress on sari:
web in a window that needs to be washed:
Posted in costume, greece, inspiration, museum on September 28, 2013| 4 Comments »
Posted in costume, greece, inspiration, museum, travel on September 17, 2013| 4 Comments »
National History Museum – military and regional costumes:
National Archaeological Museum:
Byzantine Museum:
Posted in costume, decoration, greece, inspiration, knit, museum, nature, painting, portrait, sea, textile, travel, water, wip on September 14, 2013| 4 Comments »
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