Happy Holidays!

Season’s Greetings from Donnie:

A new pattern coming soon inspired by Japanese indigo textiles, yarns including Jamiesons of Shetland Spindrift, Kate Davies Milarrochy Tweed, Renaissance Dyeing/La Nollin Indigo-dyed Crewel Lace Weight, Wild East Yarns indigo-dyed Merino Silk, Wild East Yarns Shetland Lace Weight, Schoppel Wolle Crazy Zauberball, Loret Karmen hand-dyed, and left overs of Colorshift merino and unidentified salvaged bits and pieces:

The knitting has varying degrees of transparency:

Some more photos from stormy Dublin:

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3D bubbles

Hello from Dublin, hope you’re keeping well!
Here’s a new pattern called 3D Bubbles with drop stitches and ribbing:

Donnie on the beach:

Garden colour and reflections:

A new project of Tokyo Bubbles:

In the park:

Wicklow feather:

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working away

I’m working on a project with Dibadu’s silk yarn, this is my inspiration collage:

Walks:

at home:

Some textile inspiration:

Romeo Gigli:

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Easter Monday

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out and about with mini – and some knitting

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:

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more from Co. Fermanagh

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:

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late August

midnight sun is published:

a leaf in the park:

a waterfall in Wicklow:

games in the park:

a dog in the fireplace:

new knitting:

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September

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 –

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knitlab pub crawl

Decorative details from some of Dublin’s pubs…
The Long Hall:



The Stag’s Head:



Kehoe’s (pronounced kyoze):

The International Bar:



The Palace:

Mulligan’s:


Back home:

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