We had great fun last night, Big Knit hats were being spewed out like there was no tomorrow, 50.5 to be exact!
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I have just rooted out my nifty little set of short 3 mm DPNs for a few hats I want to make for the Innocent Big Knit in aid of Age Action Ireland as I might one day need some age action myself.
I was looking through my stash of juicy coloured yarns while I was [...]
There was cakes to die for at The Yarn Room yesterday, was being the operative word. When I left after a stint of some 3 hours this is what was left on the plates.
Yummy Home Baking – Yarn Room Style
The place was packed with lovely yarnies and very many lovely faces were put on ‘Ravatars’. [...]
I have been off gallivanting over the last couple of weeks and managed to gather an impression of the Vikings woolly adventures on my journey. I went to stay a couple of nights at the Vingsted Historical Centre in Denmark with a bunch of friends and we completely invaded the Textile Workshop they have there. [...]
Strawberries and cream are simply just utter summer to me, so I stopped at one of the many roadside outlets selling Wexford strawberries and bought myself a punnet or two. I had a hard time not just devouring them there and then, but I contained myself and waited until I got home to the cool [...]
Join the South Wicklow Knitters on the Market Square in Tinahely, Co Wicklow for a knit/crochet/stitch/spin in public. Join us as we knit and crochet with hundreds of others around the world on the same day!
Where: Market Square in Tinahely, Co Wicklow
When: Saturday June 19th @ 11.00 am–2.00 pm – ish
Bring: [...]
On the way to the Science Gallery on Wednesday for Daina Taimina’s lecture we swung by the Visual Arts Practise Graduate Exhibition at IADT where we went to meet Emer Brady, whose exhibited piece was simply outstanding. There was very many other very beautiful and quirky expressions to enjoy and some have lingered in my [...]
Some time last autumn one of my favorite yarnies in the whole wide world gave me a ball of yarn from Ingrid Wagner, which in effect was felted material cut into even strips. I was also given the gift of a size 35 mm crochet hook by Stephanie… I wonder if it was a conspiracy?
Anyway, [...]
I have had this notion for a long time that I would be able to crochet something from old t-shirts. I have a bag of all-sorts for the manifestation and today was the day. Out came the scissors and the t-shirts were cut into appropriate strips making some fun tyarn (I mean, if yarn made [...]
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