Posted in colour, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, inspiration, knit, mini, museum, nature, pattern, textile, travel, wicklow, wip, yarn on March 16, 2024| 3 Comments »
thank you for your recent visits and comments!
some surprise snow:
some knitting, a new version of Threadbare in all naturally dyed or natural wool colors:
some yarn:
an oldie from Mini:
a visit to the National Museum:
an interesting book cover:
Donnie:
Gardens:
Posted in colour, costume, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, greece, inspiration, knit, museum, nature, new pattern, pattern, ravelry, sea, textile, travel, water, wicklow, wildlife, yarn on June 12, 2023| 8 Comments »
It’s been a while!
I have a new pattern out in collaboration with natural dyer @lizbaltesz :
It’s called Botanical Alchemy to celebrate the magic and mystery of the natural dyeing tradition.
There’s a variation in Crazy Zauberball:
I’ve been to Greece:
And on a few trips in Ireland:
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 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 dance, germany, Italy, knit, museum, new pattern, textile, travel on June 3, 2016| 14 Comments »
Innsbruck:
festival in Innsbruck (I think the dancers are Serbian):
faces in the crowd:
faces from Innsbruck Tyrolean Folk Museum
knitting, textiles and spinning wheels:
South Tyrolean folklore museum, Dietenheim, Brunico, Italy :
Sud Tirol, German-speaking Italy:
new pattern, Frangipani, photographed in Vitipeno/Sterzing, Sud Tirol:
Posted in decoration, design, germany, inspiration, knit, museum, nature, new pattern, painting, textile, travel, wildlife, wip on May 26, 2016| 17 Comments »
I’ve been away – some photos –
Munich:
Egypt Museum, Munich:
Museum of Five Continents:
weaving from Myanmar:
South America:
Innsbruck royalty:
Tyrolean folk museum:
knitting near Innsbruck:
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 decoration, mini, museum, nature on November 9, 2015| 9 Comments »
in the grounds of the Pearse Museum, Dublin:
the museum is hosting an exhibition of ceramics, including this fabulous piece by Helen Doherty:
glendalough:
out and about:
waiting for dinner:
Posted in design, inspiration, museum, nature, textile, travel, Turkey on October 29, 2015| 11 Comments »
Posted in inspiration, knit, museum, nature, travel on March 31, 2015| 5 Comments »
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