A new pattern with stacked stitches: Donnie celebrated his eighth birthday! A trip to Belvedere House in County Westmeath: Some more photos ..read more

Thank you for your recent visits and comments! Here’s a new pattern called Pomegranate Patchwork. Curvy intarsia inspired by stylized pomegranates, symbols of fertility, fruitfulness and abundance in Mediterranean textiles. The rounded shapes are created by increasing and decreasing within a chevron pattern. Some flowers: Donnie was recently given some strong medication after what the ..read more

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 Indigio-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 ..read more

a new pattern coming soon called “four seasons”, using the Crazy Zauberball yarn I worked on with Schoppel Wolle (and lots of beads): some more autumnal pictures for inspiration ..read more

Colour inspiration from Patthana Garden in Co. Wicklow: And Altamont, Co. Carlow: Back Home ..read more

Some Summer trips. Belvedere Co. Westmeath: Duckett’s Grove, Co. Carlow: Tullynally, Co. Westmeath: Avondale, Co. Wicklow: Farmleigh, Dublin: Home: A trunk show with Craft Cruises ..read more

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-inspired colorways created by Schoppel Wolle ..read more

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 ..read more

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Renaissance Stripes and Sound of Waves: Wintry trees and signs of Spring: Beaches: a trip to Howth ..read more