Yesterday was the day that the winners of the National Tea Cosy Competition were declared and I hear there was great excitement at the event. I wasn’t able to be there myself, but my friend Sue was there and gave rave reviews of the entries!
The overall winner of the competition was superb and it was [...]
Filed under: hyperbolic crochet coral reef, tea cosy by Irene Date 21 May, 2012
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Yesterday saw me high-tailing it into town to make the afternoon post, I had my two tea cosies all wrapped in pink tissue paper and carefully placed in a brown cardboard box. They were duly sent off to Karen who is running the National Tea Cosy Competition here in Ireland this weekend. I look forward [...]
Filed under: Yarn Classes, hyperbolic crochet coral reef, tea cosy by Irene Date 15 May, 2012
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The workshop today was an action packed affair oozing enthusiasm and ability and some serious creative attitude!
A Seriously Creative Bunch at Skive County Library
© Irene Lundgaard 2011
The pedestrian area of the town was even festooned with bright pink ribbons to support breast cancer awareness. Or as they say here in Denmark, [...]
Filed under: Workshop, hyperbolic crochet coral reef by Irene Date 1 October, 2011
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This week is turning out to be a riot of colour and I thought I would share a bit of the colours that I have been surrounded by. Who knows, this teaser might just entice you to go and have a look at the pretty exhibition of The Irish Reef, which is created by some [...]
Filed under: hyperbolic crochet coral reef by Irene Date 22 July, 2011
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I have finally landed after a hectic week of fun and games in Denmark. It was a family time, but never far away from fibre related matters at any given time. There was Circus by the children, there was an 8th birthday, a christening, walks by the beach and then there was a hyperbolic crochet [...]
Filed under: Crochet, hyperbolic crochet coral reef by Irene Date 3 July, 2011
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There is great excitement among The Reefers these days as The Irish Reef is due for it’s first outing away from the East Coast as it is due for yet another home coming in Cork, where very many creative crocheters contributed to our lovely woolly wonder. It is going to Cork at Farranferris College and [...]
Filed under: hyperbolic crochet coral reef by Irene Date 20 February, 2011
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Over the weekend very many very loving hands put The Irish Reef to sleep. It is back in its boxes and ready for a new adventure.
The Irish Reef in Tinahely
I compiled this little video of our beautiful reef during the exhibition at the Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely. The tune playing is called ‘Hyperbolic Guitar’ [...]
Filed under: hyperbolic crochet coral reef by Irene Date 4 November, 2010
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Friday morning we had some spook at The Courthouse Arts Centre as 27 scary pupils from Tinahely National School came for a dive on The Reef. They were so colourful and receptive. And they kindly gave me a beautiful flower and a lovely Halloween card to go with it. I adored the way they were [...]
Filed under: hyperbolic crochet coral reef by Irene Date 25 October, 2010
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I have finally managed to load the Twisty Twirly Scarf pattern so that it’s now available on Ravelry. It took a while and a bit of ploughing through the help files… Reading the small print is obviously not my strongest point! The pattern doesn’t have a lot of small print, it’s fairly straight forward and [...]
Filed under: Crochet, Design, Fun, Pattern, hyperbolic crochet coral reef by Irene Date 18 October, 2010
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Last night was Culture Night and my local village was teeming with activity. First of all, we launched the Tinahely Arts Group with a beautiful group exhibition, then there was crowd theatre, a play by a local playwright at the arts centre and not least an outdoor movie.
I entered my Congregation Vessel in the exhibition [...]
Filed under: Tapestry Crochet, hyperbolic crochet coral reef, tinahely arts group by Irene Date 25 September, 2010
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