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:
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New version of an old pattern, Fair Isle Fans:
New pattern, Threadbare, now available:
Posted in colour, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, home, interior, knit, nature, new pattern, pattern, textile, travel, wip, yarn on December 21, 2023| 3 Comments »
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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Posted in colour, design, donnie, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, knit, nature, travel, water, wildlife on August 29, 2023| 7 Comments »
Colour inspiration from Patthana Garden in Co. Wicklow:
And Altamont, Co. Carlow:
Posted in colour, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, knit, nature, pattern, textile, travel, water, wicklow, yarn on August 18, 2023| 3 Comments »
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Thank you for your recent visits and comments!
A new pattern coming soon called Donnie at the Duck Pond, inspired by Donnie’s plunges and the shadows, ripples and color combinations of the pond:
The pattern uses clustered increases and stacked decreases, and is knit with Zauberball Crazy, in five botanical colorways created by Schoppel Wolle inspired by my color suggestions.
This year’s Wood pigeon squabs harassing a parent for a feed:
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:
Posted in colour, costume, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, home, inspiration, knit, nature, pattern, textile, travel, water, weaving, yarn on March 12, 2023| 1 Comment »