I’ve noticed Irish gourmet foods really starting to take off here in the last few years. I think there have been a lot of factors involved – we all have more money, for instance, and are more willing than ever to part with it. But I think the age where we were agriculturally competitive has…
Well, it’s not a raspberry beret, but it’s still a beret (in the making)… Perhaps I took my own resolution of knitting only from the stash a bit literally by knitting something out of the new Colinette mohair! The pattern is my own, but magicked up through some magical feat of memory of a white…
Isn’t it great when a yarn shop has a January sale like all the other shops? If you’re in the Galway area this month, check out Yarn for some great bargains. They have 20% off all pattern books and yarns, and they are selling off packs of yarn (you know, ten packs) with 25% off….
Ah yes… Having a good Christmas? Enjoying the presents? Soaking up the free time? I know I am! I’ve been getting some great knitting in and enjoying being home. This morning, I picked up my sock – these guys – and worked my way along until I came to knit the heel flap. One of…
All quiet on the Neels Front here – I have been battling off a cold and catching up on a LOT of piano practice. But you can only work flat out for a few days at a time, so I am taking a bit of a break today to look after some other necessary things….