Posted in donnie, knit, nature, travel, wicklow on December 31, 2020| 11 Comments »
Some Holiday walks with Donnie, including a snowy surprise on Christmas Eve, on windswept Lugnaquilla Mountain, County Wicklow:
Glenmallure, one of the valleys below, had a calm spring-like atmosphere:
Emo House County Laois:
the Beach near Killiney, with evidence of ancient volcanic activity:
Posted in colour, decoration, design, donnie, dublin, estonia, flowers, garden, inspiration, knit, nature, textile, wicklow, wip, yarn on March 23, 2020| 5 Comments »
I hope you are keeping well!
Some pictures from Hooks and Yarn in Amsterdam, (I did some workshops there recently):
Texel island:
Spring colours in Dublin:
Some intriguing silk yarn from Dibadu
Avondale Co. Wicklow:
Posted in colour, decoration, design, dublin, flowers, garden, inspiration, knit, nature, textile, wicklow, wip, yarn on September 28, 2019| 10 Comments »
Posted in colour, donnie, dublin, flowers, home, inspiration, nature, sea, water, wicklow, wip, yarn on March 17, 2017| 10 Comments »
mossy oak:
lichen:
cabled bark:
beach:
sand patterns:
impressionist donnie:
mountain top:
currently knitting with Rennaissaince dyeing:
and Brooklyn Tweed:
Posted in donnie, knit, wicklow on February 6, 2017| 13 Comments »
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:
Posted in donnie, dublin, nature, sea, wicklow, wildlife on December 31, 2016| 16 Comments »
Happy New Year to everybody, and thanks for all your visits and comments in 2016!
Holiday walks with Donnie:
a rock:
a squirrel:
Posted in colour, donnie, inspiration, knit, nature, textile, Turkey, weaving, wicklow, wip on November 29, 2016| 4 Comments »
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:
Posted in donnie, dublin, inspiration, nature, water, wicklow on November 7, 2016| 9 Comments »
Posted in donnie, flowers, inspiration, sea, water, wicklow, yarn on October 17, 2016| 9 Comments »
portraits:
magnolia leaves:
Renaissance dyeing colours:
Sunday morning in Bray:
snake bark acer:
sunflower:
window:
Posted in donnie, dublin, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, knit, nature, pattern, textile, wicklow, yarn on October 5, 2016| 12 Comments »
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:
