happy St.Patrick’s day!!

mossy oak:

lichen:

cabled bark:

beach:

sand patterns:

impressionist donnie:

mountain top:

currently knitting with Rennaissaince dyeing:

and Brooklyn Tweed:

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chestnut crescent – mystery KAL 5

some photos from the designing and knitting of this pattern:


yarn:


first swatch:



rip:

start again – parts 1 – 3 of first version, not happy with it:

start another one – parts 1 & 2 of second version:

photoshopping ideas for part 3:

working on part 3:

assistance with yarn selection:

not happy with part 3:
rip back to part 2:

final version of part 3:

part 4 finished:

photographic assistant:

photos in Wicklow – finished!:

high speed Donnie:

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everybody, and thanks for all your visits and comments in 2016!

Holiday walks with Donnie:

a rock:

a squirrel:

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leafy

magnolia leaf with kilim and plates:



the background in this one is a glimpse of the mystery KAL project:


Phoenix Park:

trip to wicklow:

frosty grass:

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autumn continued

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more pictures of donnie, leaves and yarn

portraits:

magnolia leaves:

Renaissance dyeing colours:

Sunday morning in Bray:

snake bark acer:

sunflower:

window:

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donnie on the run

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:

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