This post is part of my Handmade Wardrobe Series Erea Sweater. Photo Credit – J. Seaver Today’s craft post has been over a year in the making. I hold my hands up and confess that sometimes my knitting can be...
Welcome to week 1 of the Let’s Get Woolly Hat Knit-along. It’s time to grab those needles, choose your hat pattern, start checking your gauge and cast on. Half Theory Hat – Image provided by Woolly Wormhead You can also...
Sometimes it’s hard to know when to let your craft projects go. To realise that they are never going to be that gorgeous sweater you thought it was or the shawl on your needles is never going to behave the …
This post is part of my Handmade Wardrobe Series Have you had handknits go wrong while knitting them? I thought long and hard before I wrote this post and from the title, you can imagine that I don’t love...
Photography by Joseph Feller. What do you do when one of your dreams comes from being an idea you tossed around in your head into reality? A tangible thing that you can hold and show the world? I have always...
Oh yes, it’s time to dust off your W.I.P. (work in progress) pile, climb that yarny mountain and take control of your projects. This summer I am having a Frog or Finish thread over on Ravelry and it has some...
Time is moving on and I thought I could do a quick Woollinn roundup and a look at what is currently on my needles and this time I did it on YouTube. So why not make yourself and cuppa, grab...
I thought I would share one of the fun things that I got to do recently and that was the Reef Breeze photoshoot with Jen from JST Knitwear Designs. When I say fun, I also mean wet because...
Macha by Aoibhe Ni in Hedgehog Fibres Merino DK This shawl is one of my personal favourites from Aoibhe. An Irish shawl design with an Irish hand dyed yarn from Hedgehog Fibers, what’s not to love? I have already...
This is post is part of my Handmade Wardrobe for Kids Series During the house clear out, I had to pack up all of my baby knits so I thought I could share two of my favourite patterns with...
This is post is part of my Handmade Wardrobe for Kids Series It’s tricky knitting for tiny humans. Before I start knitting a pattern for a gift or for one of my own children, my head is buzzing with thoughts...
As soon as there is a chill in the air in the morning knitters get excited. Knitting season is well and truly here, though, for some of us it never really got warm enough to disappear this year. One of...
I don’t know about the rest of you but right here in Ireland I am listening to the rain pelting down and the wind howling around my cottage. Is it like this everywhere? It’s a typical wet Irish autumn...
This weekend I ventured out to the beach during the wind to try and get some shots of my Dacite cardigan for all of you. This has been in need of finishing since the knit-along last year and it...
Today’s interview is with none other than our favourite Hat Architect, Woolly Wormhead. Woolly very kindly took some time out of her busy schedule to answer some questions on her new Elemental Collection that has just been released. For...
Today, I’m sharing a project that has needed a blog post since October 2015! I would love to say that I really, really think things through before posting…….. in fact yes let us go with that. Last week I...
Last week I posted about joining in with The Fibre Co. challenge for September. Guess what, I did it! I am happy to do the FO (finished object) swagger. Oh yes, I have thrown the summer of the unfinished...
This week I am taking a closer look at one of Ireland’s beautiful crochet designers Aoibhe Ní Shúilleabháin. Aoibhe very kindly took the time to answer some questions for the Notebook. Today is Part II which focuses on hobbies and …
This week I am taking a closer look at one of Ireland’s beautiful crochet designers Aoibhe Ní Shúilleabháin. Aoibhe very kindly took the time to answer some questions for the Notebook. Today is Part I which focuses on design. …
It’s that time of year where I struggle against cast-on-itis. Once there is a cold snap to the air, I’m thinking of all the projects that I just have to have, right now! Though, as I have the attention span …
Hi I’m Nadia. I’m a coffee loving gardener with a passion for craft and DIY. On the blog, you will find posts on Gardening, craft lifestyle and our Edwardian cottage. Grab a cuppa and come and join me
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