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trunk shows and Autumn colors

Thanks very much for your recent comments!!
Bloomsbury Swirl pattern is almost ready to publish:
A couple of trunk shows at the Constant Knitter:

Donnie having fun at the Pond

Autumn colours:

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Tullynally

A trip to Tullynally Castle, Co Westmeath to see tulips and magnolias:

an exhibition about parks:

phoenix park:

donnie dearest:

new pattern in Brooklyn Tweed Loft called weavers square:

photos taken at Ducketts Grove, Co Carlow:

yellow field in the distance:

current knitting – a new sample of Lotus Crescent in Jamieson spindrift:

gardens:

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donnie and knitting

fresco crescent, coming soon!

yarn from Renaissance Dyeing:

donnie’s frisbee:


shadowy donnie:

donnie and friends:

chestnut crescent and flowering trees:

spooky tree:

phoenix park:

donnie and bark:

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donnie’s week

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:

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hello

sky:

seabird:

sea:

shawl with stacked decreases:

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peonies and poppies

roses:

bee and sage flowers:

a new pattern with stacked decreases, the yarn is from West Yorkshire Spinners:

Agricultural show at Tullynally Castle, Co. Westmeath:

natural dyes:

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Alpine

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:

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Holiday

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:

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Thanks

Thanks for all your comments about mini – each one is appreciated!
The house still feels empty without her.

Here are some newborn lambs, seen at Airfield House farm in South Dublin:

I tried out some weaving at the monthly meeting of the Irish Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers at The Constant Knitter, Francis Street, Dublin:

I will be meeting famous knitter Cat Bordhi and friends at The Constant Knitter on May 9th at about 5:30pm – drop in if you’re in town! I recently did a trunk show there – this is a swatch of MagicWaves with Sari and Hibiscus:

New pattern with sock yarn (I don’t knit socks) and stacked decreases:

rainy weather:

sunny weather:

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