Posted in colour, costume, design, donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, kerry, knit, nature, textile, travel, yarn on September 3, 2020| 7 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 colour, design, donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, interior, knit, nature, Romeo Gigli, wip, yarn on April 28, 2020| 4 Comments »
I’m working on a project with Dibadu’s silk yarn, this is my inspiration collage:
Walks:
at home:
Some textile inspiration:
Romeo Gigli:
Posted in colour, design, donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, interior, knit, nature, sea, water on April 17, 2017| 13 Comments »
Posted in colour, donnie, dublin, flowers, home, inspiration, nature, sea, water, wicklow, wip, yarn on March 17, 2017| 10 Comments »
mossy oak:
lichen:
cabled bark:
beach:
sand patterns:
impressionist donnie:
mountain top:
currently knitting with Rennaissaince dyeing:
and Brooklyn Tweed:
Posted in donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, knit, nature, pattern, textile, wicklow, yarn on October 5, 2016| 12 Comments »
donnie had his first big outing at the weekend – here he is flying around on the wet grass at Kilmacurragh botanical gardens in Wicklow:
some plants and knitting:
passion flower and fruit from the walled garden of Dublin’s museum of modern art:
fabulous zauberball at The Constant Knitter:
my palette of Brooklyn tweed loft – I’m doing some colorwork with it:
Posted in design, donnie, flowers, garden, home, knit, nature, new pattern, pattern, wip, yarn on September 16, 2016| 19 Comments »
going to the vet for vaccinations:
disappearing in the garden to nibble and gnaw:
donnie-proof fence:
helping out with new pattern in West Yorkshire Spinners yarn:
variation of new pattern in Lang yarn:
blurry and unblocked:
Autumn colours:
Posted in donnie, family, flowers, garden, home, nature, yarn on September 9, 2016| 26 Comments »
Some pictures of new pack member donnie:
leaf:
colorshift yarn for a colourful project of Ottoman:
I’ve started using Instagram.
Posted in decoration, flowers, home, Italy, museum, textile, weaving on June 7, 2016| 9 Comments »
Mountains:
mountain woodwork:
vineyards:
Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina:
Trento museum:
Bologna:
Bologna museum:
Bologna junk shop:
African Market, Bologna:
side trip to Ravenna:
souvenirs – Murano glasses looking at home in the drinks cabinet:
Posted in design, home, knit, mini, museum, nature, new pattern, sea, textile, Turkey, wip, yarn on March 8, 2016| 14 Comments »
Safavid published:
next up – bubbles triangle:
Jamieson colours for Mystery KAL 5 – will be ready for May or June:
museum:
Harry Clarke:
duck pond:
seaside:
Thanks for recent comments and enquiries about Mini – she’s had some health issues recently and is slowing down a bit – visits to the park are a bit more sedate:
here she is waiting for dinner – on a kilim (like the image in the previous post it’s a souvenir from Istanbul):
Posted in design, dublin, flowers, home, interior, knit, mini, nature, new pattern, wicklow, wip, yarn on February 21, 2016| 7 Comments »
at home:
still working on this project:
in the park:
snow in Wicklow:
Emo Court in Co. Laois:
Mini at Kilmainham:
Dublin views:
elections looming:
crow:
