This photograph was taken with my phone because my camera is not quite to hand.
I completed a postgraduate diploma in information technology with Dublin City University in 2005, and following that, I started some handcrafts. I have done big pieces of mosaic, some tapestry and lots and lots of crochet. Sometime shortly after that – [...]
It being winter, a new shawl is under production. It is being made of Rowan Kidsilk haze, the expensive version with interesting colour way.
It means that my knit group now assess yarn purchases in terms of whether it is as much money as Treasa would spend or somewhat less bankrupting. I have 100g of the [...]
Some time ago I acquired a hairpin loom to do hairpin lace and got stuck into doing a top which you’ll find here – just a little way down the page. I was planning to do the dress too. I wanted to do the top first and I had some Sirdar silky look green stuff [...]
I’m Getting Stuff Done. I meant those capital letters by the way.
This is the infamous lace skirt, in a pile on the floor in the living room. I’m about half way through it which means I should be ready to wear it in 3 years time if the half done is anything to go by.
I [...]
Knitting hurts. There. I’ve admitted it. Unfortunately I have a lot of it to go because I decided yesterday (rather unwisely) to start knitting a tanktop in DK cotton. It’s going to take a while. I’m three rows in I think.
Yesterday I went to Springwools in Walkinstown with two friends. We all spent money. I [...]
Ages ago – we are talking around 3 years ago at least – I bought a pattern book called Crochet Southern Comfort somewhere in town. I think it may have been in Hickeys but I’m not sure. Anyway, it called for a crochet cotten called Southern Comfort which I eventually tracked down to the wool [...]
Okay.
Yesterday evening I got the train to Cork. While I’d normally bring some crochet with me I find it a hassle on the train because the balls go all over the shop and it’s hard to keep the pattern from moving so I brought some tapestry with me. Ah yes, Tapestry. I used to do [...]
During the week, I got a hairpin lace loom from Ed Jenkins because I had had trouble finding anything large enough for my plans during the week. My plans are basically this dress – I’ve wanted to make it since I first saw it but was a bit unenthusiastic about buying yet more crochet patterns [...]
I mostly crochet as can be seen from anyone who actually spends time with me. Today, I spent some time finishing a crochet choker. I should have also finished off a doily but it’s just not going to happen because I’m shattered and the thread is molto very fine and the stitches are blindingly small.
The [...]
That’s a slight exaggeration. However, there’s this cardigan. It’s called Saruman because it seemed to be born in some circle of evil that I had some trouble defining. It was a Christmas present for someone, for Christmas 2009, to be started after I finished my own version of said cardigan.
So the first one went okay. [...]