Irish Knitting & Crochet Blogs 2013

This site has been sadly neglected but now that the Nominations for the Blog Awards Ireland are open it’s time to ensure that you know about the active Knitting and Crochet blogs so you can nominate a few.

We still do have plans for the site but they’re taking us a while to sort out to our satisfaction and keep our jobs going as well. Life sometimes gets in the way

This will be an ongoing list starting with those knitters who are on Ravelry, if no language is mentioned it’s in English, some of these people are people who blog but not necessarily about knitting.  Any blog with a * contains knitting or crochet content on the first page, or in the tags associated with the blog.  If a blog had this I haven’t removed it in the latest edit.

If anyone wants themselves removed from this list please inform us and we will take you off.

a year is the last year postings are on the site and the * is posts within the last 4 months, edited 15th June 2013  so since February 2013)  This has been heavily edited, any blogs that require invites or say that they’re available for sale have been eliminated.  Folks who have moved away from Ireland have also been eliminated.  I’ve done my best to update links as best I can, secondary links, like etsy shops have not always been checked.

Active 2013

2Knit or not 2Knit * who blogs in Polish now updates to facebook & twitter in English Etsy Shop here (2013*)

Alves Passos (blog in Portugese and English) (2013)

An Apology for an Idler * (2013*)

Ankonymous * (2013*)

An Snag Breac Beo * (2013*)

Anula’s Kitchen (2013*)

Aoibhe Ni * Etsy Shop here (2012)

Aranbrew * (2012)

A view into my world* (2013*) <-New

Awneekins (2013*)

Bakes, Cakes and yummy stuff (2013*)

BeckyDazzler (2013*)

Bola de Berlin * blogs bilingually in Portuguese and English (2013*)

Broken Wheel Deal* (2013*)

Bundana Begins Dressmaking (2013*)

Buzz and Lola* (2013*)

Cattapilla Designs * Etsy Shop here (2013*)

C B Lindsay (2012)

Celtic Knots* (2013*)

Celtic Memory Yarns * (2013*)

Chebe (2013*)

Chocolattebutton* (2013*)

Clarita * blogging in French (2013*)

Clasheen Feltmaker (2013*)

Celio’s Musings * (2013)

Clones Lace Blog * (2013*)

Colour and Ink* (2013*)

Constant Knitter * (2013*)

Corcra Irish Handmade Accessories* (2013*)

Craft Cottage (2013*)

Craft Lee * (2013*)

Crafts on the Rise * (2013)

Crafty Alley * (2012)

Crafty Tails* (2013*) <-new

Cuada Designs (bag business site)

Daisychain Crochet * (2012)

Dancing Threads Studio (gallery site)

Dispatches from the Deise * (2013*)

Doodlemoose (2013)

Doogarry * (2012)

DragonDays Black and White photography (2013*)

Dragon’s Crafts* (2012) <-new

DroimAnUan * (2013*)

Dublin Knit Collective* (2013*)

Duilleoga (2012)

Eclectic Stash * (2012)

Edel’s Book & Beauty Blog (2013*) <-new

Eden’s Lace * (2013*) <-New!

Electronic Sheep (commercial knitwear site)

Etsy Ireland (2013*)

Fibre Friends (2013*) <-New

Finding home with you (2013)

Fionnuala Barrett (2013*)

Flutterbyes * (2012)

Fly Along * 2013*)

Froggy’s Craft * (2013*)

From Sheep to Shawl * (2013*)

Fuzzyballfibrearts * (2013*)

Gaskills Etsy Shop

Gingerpixel Photography (2013*)

Grace Tierney’s Writing (2013*)

GwenTaylor *(2013*)

Handcrafted by LillySmuul * mostly in Estonian  but also occasional English (2013*)

Handmaiden of Adonai (2012)

Havelock the Hunter’s Lair * (2013*)

Haz Wool Will Knit * (2013*)

Hellie Anseo * (2012)

Herborium (2013*)

Hooks Law * (2012)

Hydrangea Girl (2013*)

I Captured it *(2013*)<-new

I Feel Crafty* (2013*)<-New

Irish Historical Textiles (2013*)

Julle’s World * (2013*) Blogs bilingually in Spanish & English

Kat B’s All things Beautiful * (2013)

Knit, Inc * (2013*)

Knit/Lab* (2013*)

KnitKnuts Etsy Shop

Knit Middleton * (2013*)

Knitting Neels * (2013*)

L Hogan * Etsy shop here (2013*)

La Creature and You (2013*)

Laura Eliason * (2013*)

Let’s Knit and Stitch * (2013*)

Limerick “Live” in German (2013*)

Little Green Buds (2013*)

Little Hare * (2013*)

Little Hobbits* (2012) <-New

Lunamatic * (2013*)

Mabel Makes * (2013*)

Magpeye (2013) <-new

Margie’s Crafts * (2013*)

Me, Etc. * (2013*)

Meandering Tripe (2013*)

Meli Bondre* (2012)

Michelle Made This *Etsy Shop here (2013*)

Mikki’s Sasha Dolls (2012)

Miss Aine * Etsy shop here (2013*)

Mitt liv på Irland, My life in Ireland * blogged in Swedish and English (2013*)

Ms. Walsh’s Weblog * (2013*)

Nadia’s Nice Bags Etsy Shop

NicKnits * (2013*)

NicMags* (2013*) <-New

Niria,in (2013*) <-new

One of those Days * (2013*) bogging in Irish and English

Petticoat Rebellion (2013*)

Pirate Knits* (2013*) <-New

Phoenix Rose Blog * (2013*)

Quantrail (2013*)

Playing with Fi(b)re * (2013*)

Rubysasha * (2013*)

Sabrina Dent (web and other design) (2012)

Sapidum * (2013)

Scratch Card Junkie (2013*)

Selkie’s Crochet* (2013*)

Sen Nocy Letniej * Blogging in Polish (2013*)

Sewmentalmama (2013*)

She Knit up That Ball * (2012)

Shinypurpledistraction’s Blog * (2013*)

Shoots Knits and Leaves* on Etsy here (2013*)

Spring Stitches * (2013*) who adds “I also write two other blogs, one of which is about life in Cork City as a knitter and foodie: http://slaintecork.wordpress.com/ And another is recipes and cooking with the rare mention of knitting:http://cookingpeasandqs.wordpress.com/ ”

Starving Artist Ink Etsy Link here (2013*)

StitchLily * (2013*)

Stolen Stitches * (2013*)

String Revolution * (2012)

TBunny * (2012)

Tess Dennison Design

The Coffee Break * (2013*)

The Nest *Etsy Shop Here (2013*)

The Prune Tree* (2013*) <-New

There where is Soleil * (2013*)

Things that strike me * (2013*)

This is Knit * (2013*)

Timothy Dowling* (2012)

Tricia’s Craft Box * (2013*)

Turn to the Music* (2013*) <-New

Turtleknits * (2013*)

Twisted Stitches* (2013*)

Under Me Oxter * (2012)

Unnaturally Red (2013*)

Valentina’s Room * (2013)

Watermemory* (2013*)

Weekend Base * (2013*)

Wendy’s Stuff * (2013*)

Where People Create (2012) and also Amg Arts (2013*)

Wire Wrapped Jewelry (2013*)

Woolly Bits – Everything textile * (2013*)

Woolly Gathering * (2013*)

Woolly Way * (2013*)

Wyvernfriend Knits * (2013*)

Yarnboi’s Blog * (2013*)

Yarn Classes * (2013*)

Zen.org * (2012)

 

Not in since June 2013

Amazed Knitter’s Patterns * (2010)

AndAmpersand (2011)

Bohemian Hooks * on etsy here (posts undated to day, but month dated 2012*)

Brenyes (weaver) (2010)

Carbonfootprintproject Spinner (2011*)

Chronicles of Yarnia * (2010)

Cinnamon Patrol (2010)

Ciorcal Comhra blogging in Irish & English (2011*)

Clickety Knits * (2007)

Clodagh Samantha Higgins

Conscious Craft * (2010)

Craft Obsession * blogging in Polish Etsy Shop here (2011)

Crafty Dogs * (2010)

Creative Diary (2011)

Dixie Stix * (2011)

Dreaming * (2009)

Dreamknit (2011)

Dublin Mom (2009)

Eliza Jane Pio * (2012)

Fell in Love with the Drummer (2011)

Felting my way across Kerry * (2012)

FibreSpirit *(2011)

Finding Home *(2011)

Fionaviola’s Weblog (2012)

Food and Wool * Blogging in French (2011*)

Frilly Knickers and Woolly Socks (2008)

From Crook to Hook * (2008)

Gaiety Girl Etsy Shop Here (2012)

HandSpunHeart * (2012)

Happy Banshee * (2009)

Happy Chain Reaction * (2012)

Hollytron * (2011)

Humble Pie is 0 Calories eat up! * (2011)

I get up, I walk, I fall down * (2010)

Irish Muses (2011) Blog Closed

Irish Peach (2010)

Irish Twi Sisters Twilight fanfic (2011)

It had better be good (2009)

Jewel and Darling* (2012)

John the Bad (2012)

Just a Minute * (2010*)

Just following Dreams* (2011)

Kellie’s Knitted Hats (2011)

Knittin’ it is * (2010)

Knitting Elizabeth (2011)

Knitwasabi * (2011)

Life, as I know it (2009)

Lilla Chinamengri Killamengri (2010)

Little Millie and Me (2011)

Lizzy Likes Craft * (2011)

Maethebear (2011)

Maisiehandspun Shop on Etsy here (2010)

Malcom’s World Tour 2009 * (2010)

Mam Made* (2010)

Margaret Walsh Felts (2011)

Mendozy * (2009)

Morg Today * (2012)

Motherland Japan (2009)

Neen Crochet* (2012)

Niamh’s Knitting * (2010)

Niniville (2010)

Pie in the Sky Crochet Creation * (2010)

Pippablue (2012)

Puppies, pickles and Strawberry Milkshakes * (2008)

Quinn Demolition Inc * (2009)

Rachael’s Knits * (2011)

Relodie’s Silly Knitz * (2012)

Runcible Spoon Food Blog (2012)

Safetyfox knits socks * (2009)

Skirtfryde * (2012)

Skuldmakesstuff* (2012)

SlickFixation (2011)

Springwools * (2011)

Squiggly Giggles * (2011*)

Su2ie Knits * (2009)

Sweeter than ben and jerry (2010)

Tea and Cakes * (2012)

The 1:29 project (2011)

The Bohomama (2011)

The Knitter’s Ball * (2010)

The Mermaid Undine (2011)

The Midnight Knitter * (2010)

This and That * (2011)

This Trampoline Leads to Heaven (2010)

Too Good to be True * (2008)

U Agaty * in Polish (2010)

Up to my lack-of-tonsils (2011)

Very Valerie * (2010)

Whildchild (on Deviantart) (2009)

Winona Queen Etsy Shop here (2011)

Woolly and Wild Etsy Shop *

Yarncat * (2010)

Zaya’s Ratatouille blogging bilingually in French & English (2010)

Irish Knitting and Crochet biased blogs – 2012

This site has been sadly neglected but now that the Nominations for the Blog Awards Ireland are open it’s time to ensure that you know about the active Knitting and Crochet blogs so you can nominate a few.

We do have plans for the site but they’re taking us a while to sort out to our satisfaction and keep our jobs going as well.

This will be an ongoing list starting with those knitters who are on Ravelry, if no language is mentioned it’s in English, some of these people are people who blog but not necessarily about knitting.  Any blog with a * contains knitting or crochet content on the first page, or in the tags associated with the blog.  If a blog had this I haven’t removed it in the latest edit.

If anyone wants themselves removed from this list please inform us and we will take you off.

a year is the last year postings are on the site and the * is posts within the last 4 months, edited 2nd June 2012  so since February 2012)  This has been heavily edited, any blogs that require invites or say that they’re available for sale have been eliminated.  Folks who have moved away from Ireland have also been eliminated.  I’ve done my best to update links as best I can, secondary links, like etsy shops have not always been checked.

Active 2012

2Knit or not 2Knit * who blogs bilingually in Polish & English Etsy Shop here (2012*)

Alves Passos (blog in portugese) (2012*)

An Apology for an Idler * (2012*)

An Snag Breac Beo * (2012*)

Anula’s Kitchen (2012*)

Aranbrew * (2012*)

As the World Falls Down (2012*)

Awneekins (2012*)

Backpedalbrakes (2011) Food Blog Also here at Runcible Spoon (2012*)

BeckyDazzler (2012*)

Bola de Berlin * blogs bilingually in Portuguese and English (2012*)

Bundana Begins Dressmaking (2012)

Buzz and Lola (2012*)

Cattapilla Designs * Etsy Shop here (2012*)

C B Lindsay (2012*)

Celtic Knots* (2012*)

Celtic Memory Yarns * (2012*)

Chebe (2012*)

Clarita * blogging in French (2012*)

Clasheen Feltmaker (2012*)

Celio’s Musings * (2012*)

Clones Lace Blog * (2012*)

Colour and Ink* (2012*)

Constant Knitter * (2012*)

Corcra Irish Handmade Accessories* (2012*)

Craft Cottage (2012*)

Craft Lee * (2012*)

Crafts on the Rise * (2012*)

Crafty Alley * (2012)

Cuada Designs (bag business site)

Cycling Gardeners (2012*)

Daiquiris and Denial * (2012*)

Daisychain Crochet * (2012*)

Dancing Threads Studio (gallery site)

Dispatches from the Deise * (2012*)

Doodlemoose (2012*)

Doogarry * (2012*)

DragonDays (2012*)

DroimAnUan * (2012*)

Dublin Knit Collective* (2012*)

Duilleoga (2012*)

Eclectic Stash * (2012*)

Electronic Sheep (commercial knitwear site)

Eliza Jane Pio * (2012*)

Emma Anne * (2012*)

Etsy Ireland (2012*)

Feanor Crafts * (2012*)

Felting my way across Kerry * (2012*)

Fionaviola’s Weblog (2012*)

Fionnuala Barrett (2012*)

Fishcraft Etsy Shop

Flailing Penguin (2012*)

Flutterbyes * (2012*)

Fly Along * on Etsy here (2012*)

Fondeli Fair (undated discussion group)

From Sheep to Shawl * (2012*)

Fuzzyballfibrearts * (2012*)

Gaiety Girl Etsy Shop Here (2012*)

Gaskills Etsy Shop

Grace Tierney’s Writing (site won’t allow easy links, 2012)

GwenTaylor (Graphic Designer promo site)

Handcrafted by LillySmuul * mostly in English but also occasional Estonian (2012*)

HandSpunHeart * (2012*)

Happy Chain Reaction * (2012*)

Haz Wool Will Knit * (2012*)

Hellie Anseo * (2012*)

Hello (2012)

Herborium (2012*)

Hooks Law * (2012*)

Hydrangea Girl

Irish Historical Textiles (2012)

Jewel and Darling* (2012*)

John the Bad (2012*)

Julle’s World * (2012*) Blogs bilingually in Spanish & English

Kizuta’s Crafts Corner * (2012)

Knit, Inc * (2012*)

Knit/Lab* (2012*)

KnitKnuts Etsy Shop

Knit Middleton * (2012*) – new!

Knitting Neels * (2012*)

L Hogan * Etsy shop here (2012*)

La Creature and You (2012*)

Laura Eliason * (2012*)

Let’s Knit and Stitch * (2012*)

Limerick “Live” in German (2012*)

Little Green Buds (2012*)

Little Hare * (2012*)

Lunamatic * (2012*)

Margie’s Crafts * (2012*)

Michelle Made This *Etsy Shop here (2012*)

Mikki Sasha’s Dolls

Miss Aine * Etsy shop here (2012*)

Mitt liv på Irland, My life in Ireland * blogged in Swedish and English (2012*)

Morg Today * (2012)

Ms. Walsh’s Weblog * (2012*)

Neen Crochet* (2012*)

NicKnits * (2012*)

One of those Days * (2012*)

Phoenix Rose Blog * (2012*)

Pippablue (2012*)

Quantrail

Playing with Fi(b)re * (2012*)

Rubysasha * (2012*)

Ruth’s Little Leprecauns * (2012*)

Sapidum * (2012*)

Scratch Card Junkie (2012*)

Selkie’s Crochet* (2012*)

Sewmentalmama (2012*)

She Knit up That Ball * (2012*)

Shinypurpledistraction’s Blog * )(2012*)

Shoots Knits and Leaves* on Etsy here (2012*)

Skuldmakesstuff* (2012*)

Spring Stitches * (2012*) who adds “I also write two other blogs, one of which is about life in Cork City as a knitter and foodie: http://slaintecork.wordpress.com/ And another is recipes and cooking with the rare mention of knitting:http://cookingpeasandqs.wordpress.com/ ”

Starving Artist Ink Etsy Link here (2012*)

StitchLily * (2012*)

Stolen Stitches * (2012*)

String Revolution * (2012*)

TBunny * (2012*)

Tea and Cakes * (2012*)

Tess Dennison Design

The Coffee Break * (2012)

The Nest *Etsy Shop Here (2012*)

The Siegel Family * (2012*)

There where is Soleil * (2012*)

Things that strike me * (2012*)

This is Knit * (2012*)

Thread Bear’s Picnic * Etsy Shop here (2012*)

Timothy Dowling* (2012*)

Tricia’s Craft Box * (2012*)

Turks Tuck (2012*)

Turtleknits * (2012*)

Under Me Oxter * (2012*)

Unnaturally Red (2012*)

Valentina’s Room * (2012*)

Weekend Base * (2012*)

Where People Create (2012*) and also Amg Arts (2012*)

Wire Wrapped Jewelry (2012*)

Woolly Bits – Everything textile * (2012*)

Woolly Gathering * (2012)

Woolly Way * (2012*)

Wyvernfriend Knits * (2012*)

Yarnboi’s Blog * (2012*)

Yarn Classes * (2012*)

Zen.org * (2012*)

Issues when checking

An evening wasted with… * (2011*)

Not in 2012

Amazed Knitter’s Patterns * (2010)

AndAmpersand (2011)

Ankonymous * (2011)

Bakes, Cakes and yummy stuff (2011)

Bohemian Hooks * on etsy here (posts undated to day, but month dated 2011*)

Brenyes (weaver) (2010)

Carbonfootprintproject Spinner (2011*)

Chronicles of Yarnia * (2010)

Cinnamon Patrol (2010)

Ciorcal Comhra blogging in Irish & English (2011*)

Clickety Knits * (2007)

Conscious Craft * (2010)

Craft Obsession * blogging in Polish Etsy Shop here (2011)

Crafty Beans * (2009)

Crafty Dogs * (2010)

Creative Diary (2011)

Daffodils and Dandelions * (2011)

Dixie Stix * (2011)

Dreaming * (2009)

Dreamknit (2011)

Dublin Mom (2009)

Fell in Love with the Drummer (2011)

FibreSpirit *(2011)

Finding Home *(2011)

Food and Wool * Blogging in French (2011*)

Frilly Knickers and Woolly Socks (2008)

Froggy’s Craft * (2011)

From Crook to Hook * (2008)

Gingerpixel Photography (2011)

Handmaiden of Adonai (2011)

Happy Banshee * (2009)

Happy Heart = Happy Soul*(2011)

Havelock the Hunter’s Lair * (2010)

Hollytron * (2011)

Humble Pie is 0 Calories eat up! * (2011)

I get up, I walk, I fall down * (2010)

Irish Muses (2011) Blog Closed

Irish Peach (2010)

Irish Twi Sisters Twilight fanfic (2011)

It had better be good (2009)

Just a Minute * (2010*)

Kat B’s All things Beautiful * (2011)

Kellie’s Knitted Hats (2011)

Knittin’ it is * (2010)

Knitting Elizabeth (2011)

Knitwasabi * (2011)

Life, as I know it (2009)

Lilla Chinamengri Killamengri (2010)

Little Millie and Me (2011)

Little Yarns * (2009)

Lizzy Likes Craft * (2011)

Maethebear (2011)

Maisiehandspun Shop on Etsy here (2010)

Malcom’s World Tour 2009 * (2010)

Mam Made* (2010)

Margaret Walsh Felts (2011)

Me, Etc. * (2008)

Meandering Tripe (2011)

Mendozy * (2009)

Mind of Mindi * (2009)

Motherland Japan (2009)

Natasha Gavrilovic (2011)

Niamh’s Knitting * (2010)

Niniville (2010)

Petticoat Rebellion (2011)

Pie in the Sky Crochet Creation * (2010)

Puppies, pickles and Strawberry Milkshakes * (2008)

Quinn Demolition Inc * (2009)

Rachael’s Knits * (2011)

Relodie’s Silly Knitz * (2011)

Sabrina Dent (web and other design) (2011)

Sen Nocy Letniej * Blogging in Polish (2010)

SlickFixation (2011)

Springwools * (2011)

Squiggly Giggles * (2011*)

Su2ie Knits * (2009)

Sweeter than ben and jerry (2010)

The 1:29 project (2011)

The Bohomama (2011)

The Knitter’s Ball * (2010)

The Mermaid Undine (2011)

The Midnight Knitter * (2010)

This and That * (2011)

This Trampoline Leads to Heaven (2010)

Too Good to be True * (2008)

U Agaty * in Polish (2010)

Up to my lack-of-tonsils (2011)

Very Valerie * (2010)

Wendy’s Stuff * (2010)

Where There’s a Wool (2011)

Whildchild (on Deviantart) (2009)

Winona Queen Etsy Shop here (2011)

Woolly and Wild Etsy Shop *

Yarncat * (2010)

Zaya’s Ratatouille blogging bilingually in French & English (2010)

Crafty Blog Update 10th-30th July

I would like to welcome any new readers, and thank old ones for visiting, we’re not that old and we hope to continue to do this as time allows. If you know of any blogs that should be included please contact us by email or a post on this or the Irish Knitting, Crochet and crafty blogging post. The same goes if you want to be removed. If you are included in our updates please mention if you want to be removed from there too. Please note that neither I or SineadR do this as a full-time job, and allied to that our jobs actually restrict our webtime. We will do our best to get stuff done as soon as possible but that may take a few days or hours. In order to optimise my trawling I have set up a Netvibes Page for the blogs this is not foolproof and I may miss updates but it’s been better than some of the other options.  I have also decided that if a blog posts more than about 10 or so posts in a week I’m just going to link to the site, unless something in particular catches my eye that’s very craft related. You may notice that some posts from Sundays have been repeated, this is if there is time-sensitive information included in them, this does sometimes lead to repeated links from the previous week. From this week for the foreseeable future I’m going to do this fortnightly.  It’s consuming too much time that Summer is suggesting I should spend outdoors in our garden!

This is delayed a week because sadly Brendan Kehoe of Zen.org lost his fight with cancer.  His funeral was Saturday 23rd July and I seriously couldn’t face doing the update; over the last few weeks there were a number of tributes to him.

2 Knit or Not 2 Knit shows some handspun and what became of it.

40 plus teenager talks about the prospects for people

All Things Beautiful looks at a pattern and variations

Akka Designs finishes a blanket

An Apology for an Idler makes some fingerless gloves; talks about wearing handknits; makes a scarf; talks about friends; sees the Harry Potter film; talks about No; gets a haircut; engages in some self-indulgence and hopes that things get better

An Evening Wasted With does some bra and yarn shopping; wonders about out of date lemsip; gets meat and books; starts some fitness; does the second day; talks about books and family; is happy Livejournal is back

An Snag Breac Beo shares pink from the garden; reds; Oranges and makes a skirt

Anula’s Kitchen makes some homemade noodles and makes pasta alla genovese

As the World Falls Down hates her job; enjoys her day; is very tired; enjoys a half day and explores new tastes

Basil Exposition thinks Never Buy the Sun by Billy Bragg encapsulates her week; reviews How to be a Woman; points out Dennis Potter was right; reviews the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; didn’t like A Town called Alice; reviews Delusions of Gender; makes Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall’s Chocolate Cake; goes to a Divine Comedy gig and has an unforseen benefit to defrosting the Freezer

Beckydazzler picks some items from the Brown Thomas press event; shares an outfit; Joseph A/W Preview; gets a metal collar and shares some knit inspiration

Bola de Berlin announces her competition winner

Cattapilla Designs has an orange Thursday; the good the bad and the ugly and goes across the border to Kerry

Celtic Knots gets published and makes several cards

Celtic Memory Yarns visits more Irish Historic places

Chebe has been busy; compares two operating systems; shows her model; adjusts a dress; plays with some Sugru

Clasheen felts in Roskilde; talks about adding machine embroidery to felt; has a teaser photo and thanks; shares photos and a positive review; a second felt workshop; more printing info and more about felting and stitching

Colour and Ink takes part in a Daisy blog hop; makes a flying card; baby boy card; paperplays with Ribbons, Lace and Buttons; a welcome home card and makes a welcome baby card

Constant Knitter shares some Quinoa recipes

The Coffee Break shares a recipe for a quinoa salad; baked cardamom custard with cherries and raspberries and visits London

Darling WolfEyes paints some frames and makes cake for her granny’s birthday

Dispatches from the Deise goes from knitting stash to splash

Doogarry has a trip to Fota Wildlife Park courtesy of Twitter

Dragondays photographs a shopping centre; finds a floating plug and photographs Paddington Station

Droim an Uan dissects a nest; spins some yarn

Dublin Knit Collective offers condolences about Brendan

Duilleoga finds a new nickname for her son and her first attempt at embroidery

Etsy Ireland welcomes new members; fresh five on Friday; another fresh five on Friday and does a fresh appeal for Blog Contributors

Felting my way across Kerry has a busy weekend; finds that July is moving quickly;

Fly Along is back and has blogger issues

Froggy’s Craft makes a skirt from old clothes and takes part in the Zombie Walk and Kings of Concrete

From Sheep to Shawl has a felting workshop in Killarney; some workshop action shots and announces a weaving class in Killarney

Gingerpixel shares Niamh and Tommy’s Wedding Photographs and posts a sneak peak from a wedding shoot

Gormal’s Odds and Ends uses Decoupage to make a vase; tissue box cards; tee shirts to toys; gets some crochet hooks and finishes the veil

Green Waves talks roses, dogs and gardening and shows why she’s enjoying her garden

Half a Dream Away photographs a fading sky

Haz Wool Will Knit moves and organises

Herborium paints Gianni’s Peas part 1 and part 2

Hooks Law talks about yarn overs; finishes the tour; talks about the frog pond

Irish Muses has fun with a puppy and does some embroidery and bids farewell to her blog

Julle’s World enjoyed London; had her mother and sister over for Tete’s Birthday and celebrates Alan’s Last day in Montessori

Kersti makes something new; shares her tweet week; and again; another tweet week; another tweet week and another

Knit Inc talks about remembering Brendan, and about finished objects and shows off her new kitchen

Knitting Neels has a sewing experiment and finishes the experiment

Laura Eliason shares some beach poetry

Lets Knit & Stitch links to the video of the cast on Julia Robert’s new movie knitting and gets pompom and cancan back in stock

LHogan finishes the jumper and photographs him in it

Limerick Live has time pass quickly; enjoys a summer’s day; and it feels like summer

Little Hare talks about waking at night

Margie’s Crafts shares some photos of Carlton House having been there for a wedding; has a week of birthdays and shares a photograph of sweet pea

Michele Made this loves her daylight bulb; takes part in another world record; recycles a duvet cover; banoffe biscuits; only 150 days to Christmas; finds a use for everything and goes to a supper club

Milkmoon has hope for summer; has cloud gazing; fritters away some time; steals some time; together; before they fly the nest

Miss Aine makes a Kokeshi Doll; makes a small doll; makes a dreamcatcher; links to some how-to-make dreamcatchers; makes a green Panda; two babies; Speedy Squirrel; makes a pretty stripey blouse; cute dinner and bakes cakes for Somalia

Mitt liv på Irland, My life in Ireland goes to Sweden for some holidays and returns to Ireland

Morg Today makes a Lego Hagrid Hut; has a BBQ; gets some new books; talks about cinema classics and has a hedgehog visitor

Ms Walsh loves the rain and shares memories of her grandmother

Needles and Haystacks makes a top and a tankini

Neencrochet talks about making your own crochet hook case

Nibs, Needles and Nappies wonders how cute her knitting is

One of these Days has a Wednesday WIP and posts a finished item

Pippablue shows the result of the Japanese Fabric Swap

Playing with Fi(b)re has Tour de Fleece day 9; day 12; paddles; day 13; day 14 with 3 bobbins full; day 15- plying; day 16; day 17; day 18; remembers her grandfather and an unimpressed cat

Rubysasha makes some crocheted bags and enters the RDS Craft Competition

Runcible Spoon goes to the Honest to Goodness Market; has nostalgic salad; has Pizza Irish Style and goes on a food trail

Scratch Card Junkie talks about being a bum; an update on comments; end of an era; Aul wans part deux; some thoughts about Amy Winehouse; loves Tea Tree Water from Lush

Selkie’s Crochet does a July update

She Knit up that Ball talks about memories of Brendan

The Siegel Six have several updates

String Revolution talks about the exhibit her quilt is in and on her needles (with a plea for a ball to finish a project)

Tatty Franey makes a summer promise

Things that Strike Me has some advice for estate agents and landlords

This is Knit talks about lifelines; shows off some Knit A Long finished objects; bids farewell to Brendan; close for the funeral; talks about substituting yarns

Unnaturally Red updates a post predicting her future

Winona Queen makes a comission hat

Wire Wrapped has a coral set; teardrop earrings; great value zone; a wrapped geode; gets more geodes; red jasper teardrop pendants; talks about wrapping cabachons and new skill, cat pendant and more

With Needles and Wool works on a dishcloth and recounts some finishes, starts and add-ons

Woolly Way of Ireland talks about a course on painting with fleece (July 16th) and K2Tog summer craft in Winnies Wool Wagon (2nd-5th August)

Woolly Winged Gathering talks about a class about contemporary patterns; spins with a drop spindle and a felt your own yoga mat class

Wyvernfriend updates on socks and talks about working on versus in Progress

Yarn Classes has a missing sheep; the Irish Reef has another outing; has some pictures of the Irish Reef; finishes a handbag and talks about the Tinahely Show Weekend

Zen.org reveals that the cancer hadn’t been beaten; are pleased with the support; gets bruised but unbroken; is hospitalised; dies; the funeral details; share the celebration details; Elana finds the MythTV box hard work; has a transcription of the speeches; another writer talks about his memory of Brendan and Elana talks about one week on

Irish Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef

The Irish Hyperbolic Crochet Reef exhibition is now open to the public at The Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2. The exhibition is open on weekdays from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm and it runs until September 23rd.

This looks like a fantastic exhibit, so drop in and check it out.

As always, contributions to the reef are encouraged, so if you crochet, bring your hook and some yarn along and join in.

For more information, check out the Irish Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef blog.

Crafty Blog Update 26th June-9th July

I would like to welcome any new readers, and thank old ones for visiting, we’re not that old and we hope to continue to do this as time allows. If you know of any blogs that should be included please contact us by email or a post on this or the Irish Knitting, Crochet and crafty blogging post. The same goes if you want to be removed. If you are included in our updates please mention if you want to be removed from there too. Please note that neither I or SineadR do this as a full-time job, and allied to that our jobs actually restrict our webtime. We will do our best to get stuff done as soon as possible but that may take a few days or hours. In order to optimise my trawling I have set up a Netvibes Page for the blogs this is not foolproof and I may miss updates but it’s been better than some of the other options.  I have also decided that if a blog posts more than about 10 or so posts in a week I’m just going to link to the site, unless something in particular catches my eye that’s very craft related. You may notice that some posts from Sundays have been repeated, this is if there is time-sensitive information included in them, this does sometimes lead to repeated links from the previous week. From this week for the foreseeable future I’m going to do this fortnightly.  It’s consuming too much time that Summer is suggesting I should spend outdoors in our garden!

This is Knit celebrated their 5th Anniversary with a party, their Yarniversary, and this features on a few blogs.  The Tour de Fleece started during the last week

2Knit or not 2 Knit gets a new spinning wheel; pre-tour de Fleece Spinning and more pre-tour with a video of Core spinning

The 40 Plus Teenager sees a beautiful day and wishes people well

Akka Design creates some print illusions and shares a nice break

Alves Passos is back in Ireland

An Apology for an Idler makes another brainmonster; shares a quote; shares some old writing; talks about science and religion; probably makes omlettes; reconstructs a Beatles t-shirt; makes a tv creature and talks about children and sports

An Evening Wasted With knits and is pictured; has a strange dream; lists books read in June; has a nice weekend; has a slightly unsuccessful dinner; has a typically Irish Summer day and has some good and bad shopping

An Snag Breac creates a felt Solar System and had a giveaway and shows a closeup and announces the winner

Anula’s Kitchen has some big news; talks about Ardrahan Cheese and makes some Polish White Cheese

Aran Brew finishes her almost endless summer cardigan

As the World Turns reviews her last few weeks in London

Beckydazzler dresses in her summer uniform; meets the benefit girls and has polkadots and two-tone nails

Basil Exposition reviews How I Escaped my Certain Fate; The Fry Chronicles and Paul Smith at the Hammersmith Odeon

Bola de Berlin celebrates her 200th post

Cattaphila makes a birthday cake, ices the cake; takes part in a scavenger hunt; shows cut-up vintage embroidery put to good use and enjoys the first tomato

C B Lindsay has a Rotherham Book Awards Update and photos from the Award

Celtic Knots links to Flying Unicorn and plays catchup

Celtic Memory Yarns plays with yarn and visits the Giant’s Causeway

Chebe documents a fix and finds that keeping two blogs is hard work

Clasheen does some Nuno Felting; dye bath on the cooker and felting nearly done; more dying and Horst style felting; July Workshops, some felting and the Waterford Tall Ships; Felt in Focus first pictures; discusses the pictures

Colour and Ink has some Thanks a Latte Cards; happy 21st Birthday; Pastels with no Pink day for Daisies Card; congratulations card; paperplays anything but a card; gets some goodies from a competition; Fruity Paperplay; a wedding card; Summer Card Camp 2011 and Trudy’s Party Dress

Constant Knitter has a peek at the June 2011 Yarn Party photos; talks about Drops Bikinis; gets in more blocking wires and gets some Drops Laceweight

Crafty Alley Shop apologises for a long absence

Dispatches from the Deise goes to Summerjam and other things around Dublin

Doogarry talks about how it all started and about the Yarniversary

Dragon Days photographs her antibiotics and an interesting staircase

Droim an Uan talks about a skill swap in Doolin; takes a trip to the north of England; has some yarny experiences and does some cooking

Dublin Knit Collective talks about the Yarniversary and reviews it

Duilleoga talks about children growing

Etsy Ireland has their crafty news desk; welcomes new members; announces a winner for their Treasury Challenge; has some committee vacancies; has some trend watching; reviews the Limerick Pop-up shop; has a summer bright Fab Five on Friday; calls on Northwest Etsy Sellers and a pastel Fab Five on Friday

Feanor Crafts talks about their new window; introduces t-shirt making and weekend Craft Camps

Felting My way across Kerry talks about Crafty Bootcamps and has another busy week

Froggy’s Crafts has a productive weekend; makes a belt and makes a sock monster

Green Waves talks about lying down and visits woods in Waterford

Half a dream away invests some time and love into a piece; finds good cardstock for her cards and captures oncoming light

Handcrafted by Lilly Smuul makes a little boys cap

Haz wool will knit visits Dubrovnik and sees folk embroidery

Herborium has a grapes painting in progress

Hooks Law takes part in the Tour De Fleece

Irish Muses talks about free AccuQuilt patterns; Beam n Read Competition; a giveaway alert; announces a winner; nominates a July Star and has a doggie post

Kersti updates her tweet week; has a visit to the ER; has another tweet update and another one

Knitting Elizabeth has a review of the new book Knit One Knit All

Knitting Neels finishes an Anna Cami; gets meringues and a sewing machine; shows off the new sewing machine; finishes a silk dress; finishes the Arielle Top; finishes a graystone sweater; finishes Harvest Moon and finishes a Celaeno Shawl

KnitWasabi talks about the Yarniverary 

LHogan enjoys knitting in the Sun

Limerick Live plans her son’s appointment and wishes her son a happy 7th Birthday

Margie’s Crafts lays a summer table; goes to a vintage car rally and attends an exhibition

Michele Made This introduces Mr & Mrs Puddleduck; shares a refuge; waste not want not; alternative pots and talks about thrifty gardening

Milkmoon shares some photographs before returning to rain and the tides of summer roll in

Miss Aine makes a rainbow scarf and shares a pattern for a mini-elephant

NeenCrochet gets a new dress; knitting, crochet, sewing and Audrey Hepburn and plays with nail varnish and sews some items

The Nest has a quick update; talks about a fair two weeks previously; makes jam; takes part in a yarn along and makes some toys

Nibs, Needles & Nappies clears the decks; finishes two cardigans and talks about how it all happened

Nic Knits works on the Howth Vest and attends the Yarniversary

Pippablue makes a wonky circle of stars quilt

Playing with Fi(b)re makes a Dollheid Tam; makes a circular needle holder; Tour de Fleece Day 2; day 3; Day 4 with some finished yarn; day 6; day 7; day 8

Rubysasha makes a pi shawl and talks about knitting and maths; gets a sunflower swift and nostpinne and makes Christmas Stocking and Skinny Scarf

The Runcible Spoon curls up with comfort reading to help with a cold and has some Cheesy wedding fodder

Scratch card Junkie has some bad to follow some good and has a random crush

The Siegel Six has several updates 

Spring Stitches talks about making your own Stitch Markers and talks about her favourite Knitting & Sewing Craft Blogs

Stitchlily talks about the Body & Soul Festival; takes part in the International Freeform Fiberarts event and the Cork Cycling Festival and history of Silk in Ireland

Things that Strike me grows a strawberry; finds living in Ireland painful sometimes and has a productive day

This is Knit shares some knitting memories; it’s nearly party time; get a shipment from Hedgehog Fibres; reviews the party and part two of the review

Where People Create highlights petal to petals Illustration Studio

Winona Queen is inspired; gets expectant; and has free range Rabbit issues

Wire Wrapped Jewellery charts the evolution of a Sword Pendant; a brown steampunk necklace and fantasy inspired Fantasy Necklace

With Needles and Wool talks about a Year of Projects

Woolly Way of Ireland talks about Craft Village and Craft Fair at Killarney Summerfest; day of Crafts at Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow; Beginners Creative Textile Course in Galway; Modern Languages Exhibition in the Galway Museum and a Fashion Design Camp for Teenagers in Cavan

Woolly Winged Gathering felts wool & silk with a group

Yarn Classes has fun in Denmark and talks about a Craft Day in Bray, Co Wicklow

Zen.org swatches for his Party Lace Scarf; is looking for tenants for their summer home among another few posts.

 

 

crafty blog update 12th-25th June 2011

I would like to welcome any new readers, and thank old ones for visiting, we’re not that old and we hope to continue to do this as time allows. If you know of any blogs that should be included please contact us by email or a post on this or the Irish Knitting, Crochet and crafty blogging post. The same goes if you want to be removed. If you are included in our updates please mention if you want to be removed from there too. Please note that neither I or SineadR do this as a full-time job, and allied to that our jobs actually restrict our webtime. We will do our best to get stuff done as soon as possible but that may take a few days or hours. In order to optimise my trawling I have set up a Netvibes Page for the blogs this is not foolproof and I may miss updates but it’s been better than some of the other options.  I have also decided that if a blog posts more than about 10 or so posts in a week I’m just going to link to the site, unless something in particular catches my eye that’s very craft related. You may notice that some posts from Sundays have been repeated, this is if there is time-sensitive information included in them, this does sometimes lead to repeated links from the previous week. From this week for the foreseeable future I’m going to do this fortnightly.  It’s consuming too much time that Summer is suggesting I should spend outdoors in our garden!

2 Knit or not 2 Knit finds one of the best;

40 plus teenager had a busy week and talks about midsummer

Akka Designs finds some interesting graffiti; plays with screenprinting; has a Sunday walk; weaves and makes some cushions; an urban hammock and finishes official schooling

All Things Beautiful talks about Midsummer and announces a consolidation of blogs

An Apology for an Idler works on her sister’s jumper; finishes and shares a pattern for a hat; celebrates her 21st

Ankonymous wonders who she should trust

An Snag Breac Beo photographs the Lunar Eclipse; finishes a cardigan; designs a KnitCam

As the World Turns plans to leave Ireland; makes some personal progress; links to a set list; gets exam results; plans to create a new blog; is finding it hard to wind up life in Ireland; arrives in London

Basilexposition talks about The Room; talks about Defending the Guilty; goes to Bob Dylan; talks about Ray Davies; goes to Women War Artists; and goes to the Cult of Beauty

Beckydazzler attends the River Island Press Day and shares some favourites from the NCAD graduate show

Cattapilla Designs reviews the Joy of Knitting and finishes some items; photographs a stone wall; has sun and showers

Chebe gets a top finished; wonders about some coding on a website; makes a money bag; finishes a top that takes a while and does an upgrade

Chocolattebuttons talks about her children; is proud of her sons results; feels a bit down; her daughter calls a pink a new name

Clasheen has a long day with surprises; does a quick update; photographs happy faces after a workshop; more photographs from the workshop and plays with dye

Colour and Ink makes a Monster Thanks Card; tries a new technique; wishes Happy Father’s Day; makes a for some Bunny Special Card; makes a congratulations card; a stars and stripes card; a stars and stripes birthday card and photographs a Currach race

Constant Knitter links to new patterns from Drops; gets new colours in Manos Laceweight and photographs the Manos Laceweight

Darling Wolfeyes photographs nails; thinks about using the Oil Cleansing Method; has an homage to Plants versus Zombies; crochets a Ladybird hat; talks about JR Ward’s Dark Lover and about Lover Eternal

Dispatches from the Deise tries out Tumblr and has a reunion

Doogarry has surreptitious stash enhancement and finishes the shawl called Doogarry

Dragonday photographs a car ventilator and rocks in the Grass

Dublin Knit Collective talks about the Party Lace Along

Duilleoga works with her slow cooker; gets a green teapot; has a pink rose and a white fuschia

Etsy Ireland has a crafty news desk; welcomes new members; a treasury challenge with a twist; fab five on Friday; tea and chat with Spleodar; needs some help; welcomes new members; crafty news desk; skills swap; fab five on Friday

Evening Wasted With shares an recipe

Feanor Crafts creates a Facebook and Twitter account

Felting my way across Kerry is run of their feet

Froggy’s Craft finishes a witch’s hood and Elise Scarf and celebrates her blog’s first anniversary

Green Waves talks about herself; photographs Kerry skies; links to some things; yellow light and raspberry soup

Half a Dream Away photographs poppies and beside a railway

Haz wool will knit visits an exhibit of 50s and 60s Irish fashion

Herborium paints Gianni’s Red Currants

Irish Muses blogs about a terrific giveaway; more news about Dougal; has a birthday; announces a beam and read blog hop; nominates a June Star

Kersti blogs her tweet week; talks about how to give an animal a pill; drops her phone down the loo; blogs her tweet week and iPhone turns a bad experience good

Kizuta has a bit of a catchup and talks about a Driving Licence

Knit Inc talks about the World Wide Knit in Public Day; wonders about cotton picking in Uzbekistan; celebrates an early birthday; makes star booties; reviews Knit One, Knit All

Knitting Elizabeth Sinead makes booties 

Knitting Neels makes a bias skirt; makes a dress and works on an Anna Camisole

Limerick Live is glad of bright days and is nervous

Little Hare is away for a while and links to a Sacred Heart Novena

Margie’s Crafts talks about baskets; a pre-wedding BBQ; a midsummer wedding; Isla at 11 months

Michelle Made This plays with pink roses

Milkmoon photographs a cold midsummer; photographs some school art; milkmoon kittens at Wimbeldon

Miss Aine had a customer featured in a DIY wedding site and gives a free Lion pattern

Mit Liv pa Irland talks about the changeable weather

Morg Today talks about Robin Williams and Zelda Williams and new promos; listening to Lisa Hannigan and is reading In God we Trust

NicKnits talks about a car game

One of these Days gets a job with Prosperity and updates on her WIPs

Pippablue talks about a Japanese Fabric Swap

Playing with fib(r)e sews up some project bags

Rubysasha has several finished objects

Runcible Spoon has a family dinner out

Scratch Card Junkie talks about cool stuff seen on holidays

Selkies Crochet has health woes and gets some crochet done

She Knit up that Ball asks why you knit and finishes a scroll lace shawl

Siegel Six has many updates

String Revolution talks about 100 acts of String Revolution

Things that strike me talks about the Irish and Late Nights; how hard it is to visit the past; about the Irish and languages; is looking for online development environment; wonders if we want an economic recovery; has a gardening update and has a Newquay travel advisory

This is Knit talks about the World Wide Knit in Public Day; talks about a knitter’s progress; talks about a project with a little bit of lace; another knitter’s progress

Turk’s Tuck works on dough; swears off cupcakes; makes chocolate orange cupcakes

Under me oxter finishes Leafing it; has a stalled hat; finds a deserted hotel; translates knitting for runners

Where there’s a Wool has some fun in Dublin and can’t stand the rain

Wirewrapped makes a morningstar pendant and plans geek convention attendance

With Needles and Wool makes her first Crochet block

Woolly Bits tries a change of setup and tries out beads

Woolly Way of Ireland talks about a felting and figurative Workshop in Mayo

Woolly Winged Gathering announces a meetup

Wyvernfriendknits reviews Ethnic Knitting Exploration

Yarn Classes talks about the Week that was; reports some sheep rustling and makes some flowers

Zen.org is almost finshed one project and plans a scarf as a gift (which became the Party Knit Along);  and finishes the hat

Crafty Blog Update 22nd May – 11th June

I would like to welcome any new readers, and thank old ones for visiting, we’re not that old and we hope to continue to do this as time allows. If you know of any blogs that should be included please contact us by email or a post on this or the Irish Knitting, Crochet and crafty blogging post. The same goes if you want to be removed. If you are included in our updates please mention if you want to be removed from there too. Please note that neither I or SineadR do this as a full-time job, and allied to that our jobs actually restrict our webtime. We will do our best to get stuff done as soon as possible but that may take a few days or hours. In order to optimise my trawling I have set up a Netvibes Page for the blogs this is not foolproof and I may miss updates but it’s been better than some of the other options.  I have also decided that if a blog posts more than about 10 or so posts in a week I’m just going to link to the site, unless something in particular catches my eye that’s very craft related. You may notice that some posts from Sundays have been repeated, this is if there is time-sensitive information included in them, this does sometimes lead to repeated links from the previous week. From this week for the foreseeable future I’m going to do this fortnightly.  It’s consuming too much time that Summer is suggesting I should spend outdoors in our garden!

As I was surfing recently I came across a new Irish Online Crafting Magazine

2 Knit or Not 2 Knit shares a poem and talks about Polish Sheep

The 40 Plus Teenager celebrates a New Year

An Apology for an Idlerfinishes exams and a few pieces; has some grumbles; finishes a jumper and a pair of gloves; and reviews X:Men First Class

An Evening Wasted With lists May’s Read books

Ankonymous captures German Romance

An Snag Breac Beo talks about Ovine, equine, cervine; announces an exhibit; has the opening and announces a peg loom workshop

Aran Brew makes a lace Flower; does some gardening and makes some Elderflower cordial

As the World Falls Down finishes college; shares a video; decides to assert herself; has writer’s block; is feeling restless; talks about work; finds issue with a blog; feels alone; has tea; gets a job; spends a long time on busses and goes out

Basil Exposition reviews Through the Language Glass; makes Spiced Date and Orange Squares; reviews How to Live a Life of Montaigne; makes Chocolate Biscuit Cake; discusses that week’s links; visits London; Robin Hitchcock plays Clear Spot at Relentless Garage; talks about the Quiet American and Meltdown 2011

Beckydazzler takes part in the NCAD show; returns to basics; returns to layers and borrows a sequined jacket

Bola de Berlin asks if May is nearly over; talks about friends in Ireland; visits London; celebrates a festival

Cattapilla Design talks about art for arts sake; takes part in a scavenger hunt; has some visitors; photographs some flowers and Bere Island foxgloves

C B Lindsay talks about fellow northern Irish Writer Maddie Stewart

Chebe writes an ap for her music player; works on her dress; learns more about CSS and S2; backs up LJ Scrapbook Pics; prepares for sewing

Chocolattebuttons makes a crochet dress and her family shares some Ice-Cream

Clasheen shares some workshop photographs; moves on with the workshops; has a workshop in Lexinton; has a fun time in KY; arrives home without her luggage; has a hectic life; has a bereavement; shares more photographs and ramps up preparations for the Horst Workshop

Clones Lace announces some workshops

Colour and Ink wishes a happy birthday to her son; makes some Butterfly Cards; makes a floral card; makes a card set; makes a teacher appreciation card; is published in Scrapbooking.com Magazine; makes a hydrangea card; things to do in Cork City over a weekend; Good Luck Day 1; Good Luck Day 2; Waltzingmouse Case Competition; Good Luck Day 3; paperplay father’s Day/Man Card and Paper Crafts Magazine Gallery Idol 2011

Constant Knitter makes an Echo Beach Stole; shares a knitting video; a new way of yarn cake making; gets in some blocking wires and talks about a program on RTE about knitting

Darling Wolf Moon makes a food oath; shares a bird cock; paints ladybird nails; talks metamorphosis and captures catepillars

Dispatches from the Deise sees Clapton in Concert and spotlights one of the citizens of Lismore;

Doogarry’s Blog reclaims her knitting mojo; learns how to use blocking wires; welding meets Lace; changes her mind about what yarn to go with a project and finishes two more shawls

DragonDays photographs summer footwear; a reflector and a bathroom window

Droim an Uain makes two woven cushion fronts; weaves a third cushion front; photographs her Heleanthum; finishes the third cushion and has a dye day with Kathleen McCormick

Dublin Knit Collective talks about an active June and counts down to the WWKIP day

Duilleoga plays with photographs and photographs 2011 Lillies

Etsy Ireland have a crafty update; welcomes new members; talks about names; fab five on Friday; crafty news desk; welcomes new members; looks for articles; fab five on Friday; crafty news desk has a delay; welcomes new members; talk about a tea and chat; Crafty news Desk; talks about Bloomsday in Costume and Fab Five on Friday

Feanor Crafts makes some things from felt off-cuts and announces a sale

Felting my Way Across Kerry talks about an endless to-do list

Fly Along launches her Winter Thaw pattern

Froggy’s Craft starts a swap; shares a new tattoo; finishes Eeyore; stitches vintage cross stitch and gets some projects framed

From Sheep to Shawl has a visit from some Parisian Upcycling Designers and a closer photograph

Green Waves shares holiday photographs; peace and other things; feels warm; talks about recent life; photographs the sea and is grateful

Half a Dream Away photographs distinctive trees; a graveyard; hens; the Bloom Festival; a red maple; one of the gardens and a red cloak

Handcrafted by Lily Smuul works on Kelmscott

Haz Wool Will Knit talks about a taste of Sardinia; gets some charity shop items; shares a literary knitter for June; makes some Elderflower Cordial and makes some petticoats

Herborium paints a Rose in IMMA

Irish Muses talks about Obama and embroidery; shares her latest quilt finish; has some comments problems; talks about a seafood in Dunfanaghy; selects a June Star; has some artistic inspiration; has some doggy news and is back from Dublin and has some dog pictures

Julle’s World is happy with her son’s progress and visits London

Kay B gets rid of some excess stash

Kersti shares her tweet week; and another week; a tatting pattern and another tweet week

Knit Inc finishes her granny square blanket; grows some plants; reviews Vogue Knitting Early Fall and talks about the World Wide Knit in Public Day

Knitting Neels is busy and gets ready for projects and gets some done and does some summer sewing

Laura Eliason talks about organising

Lets Knit & Stitch shares more from Vogue Knitting; Lauren’s Can Can Bag and summer crochet workshops

Limerick Live makes some Eton Mess; after VIP visits there’s Very Important Mug; her son has a not-so happy day; has a happy day; brings the cup for a trip and encounters uncertainty

Little Hare starts an Ascension Novena; continues with it; talks about lego building; had blue skies for a while; photographs a catepillar; waters plants; shares the Pope talking to Astronauts; there’s some messy fun

Margie’s Crafts photographs flowers in bloom

Michelle Made This has some floral loveliness; talks about a new magazine; talks about CD or Downloads; makes scones and cherry cup cakes and talks about doing

Milkmoon wonders if she missed anything

Miss Aine has a competition; another giveaway; announces the winnners; makes a cabled flying baby helmet; makes a pretty waistcoat; makes a pebble vest; sews a nursing dress and makes her first crocheted toy

Mitt liv på Irland, My life in Ireland was proud to be Irish; hopes Summer is coming and had 48 hours of Summer

Morgtoday has a birthday Dinner in Scotty’s Steak House; listens to a lot of music; reads the Martian Chronicles and hopes to post more regularly

Ms Walsh gets a new baking gadget

Needles and Haystacks celebrates the third birthday of her twins; talks about changing relationships and celebrates her son’s seventh birthday

Neencrochet talks about being 16 and now; wishes her husband a happy Birthday and photographs her week

The Nest has not enough hours; bogs and painting; shares polytunnel love; had a craving for Chocolate Cake; catches a swarm of bees; more paintings

NicKnits creates something from some Constant Knitter Yarns; starts a Howth Vest; talks about gardening and shares an Elephant pattern

One of these days shows progress on a piece

Pippablue talks about summer sewing

Playing with Fibre finds herself easily influenced; finishes some Baby Knits; self-medicates with knitting; describes the way to a Knitter’s Heart; spinning artefacts at the National Museum II; welcomes rain;

Rubysasha finishes some pieces

The Runcible Spoon misses Bloom already and makes a Rainy Sunday Brunch

Scratch Card Junkie shares a site and hates travelling (text may not be safe for work)

Selkie’s Crochet works with wool

The Siegel Six has many updates

Spring stitches talks about the Cork World Wide Knit in Public Day and announces the details

String Revolution makes a beaded box and talks about string

Stuff and nonsense is inspired

This is Knit has a special Knit Night; shows some summer stripes; gets some new tools; wishes the Pepperpot a Happy Birthday; gets nostalgic about customers and talks about World Wide Knit in Public Day

Things that Strike me wonders why a password is necessary on her phone; talks about kniting; makes Donal Skeehan’s Fishcakes; makes shortbread; finds her iPad a good thing; makes a bruschetta starter and grows strawberries

Undermeoxter does a May Round-up; adds to her stash; has some trials and tribulations; gets working on Turbine

Valentina’s Room reads Roddy Doyle’s Star Called Henry

Where people create shows 4Polinka’s workspace

Where there’s a Wool talks about Naturally Irish; talks about new and better days; from small acorns; starts over

Wire Wrapped makes some earrings; some steampunk pendants; a gothic necklace; a steampunk necklace and lampwork beads

With Needles and Wool talks about what’s in their knitting bag and learns how to crochet;

Woolly Bits puts stale coffee to good use and talks about the June Bank Holiday

Woollies, rags baubles and bags makes some cottage curtains

Woolly Way of Ireland talks about Crafting an exhibit in Cork; a wet felting workshop in Mayo; summer sewing workshops in Dublin; Tapestry Exhibit in Kilkenny; World Wide Knit in Public Day in Tipperary; Silk Fiber Papermaking in Dublin and Winnie’s Craft Cafe information

Woolly Winged Gathering announces a drop spindle class and bids farewell to spring

Yarnboi has a quick update

Yarn Classes talks about Danish Felt Chicks; is inspired by the sea; gets a gift; makes a sea-inspired lap blanket and plays with colours

Zen.org finishes his scarf

What are you doing this Saturday?

World Wide Knit in Public Day
11 June 2011

This Saturday is World Wide Knit in public day, and there are events taking place in several locations.

Dublin:

Powerscourt Centre Balcony from 12pm and then on to St Stephens Green South Bandstand from 2pm, weather depending. This is Knit will be having special offers on some yarns, and raffle prizes!

Winnie’s Craft Cafe will be getting in on the fun of world wide knit in public on Saturday June 11th from 1.30 – 3.30pm. Come along and knit or crochet with other knitters. Hopefully the weather will be nice so people can sit at the tables outside the shop. There will be some special surprises on the day!

Clondalkin knitters are meeting on the green area at Floraville, opposite Clondalkin library at 10am. If it’s raining then they will meet in the library itself.

Roscommon:

Lough Key Forest Park  The meet up point is very close to the car park to make it easy to set up.  Meet on the grass around the ruined church. On the map this is the little black box with a cross symbol, to the right of the word “centre”. You can park in the car park, it costs about 3 or 4 euro.

Another meet-up is taking place in the grounds of Roscommon Castle at 12.30pm.

Cork:

From 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., local knitters and crocheters will gather at Bishop Lucey Park for some public displays of craftiness. This event is open to all, especially knit, crochet, and fiber craft enthusiasts.

 

Belfast:

Meet at 2pm in the Botanical Gardens,  outside the palm house if dry, inside at the museum cafe if raining for some knitty fun!

So there’s no excuse not to get out and about with your latest project! Make sure to bring something to sit on!

Crafty Blog Update 8th-21st May

I would like to welcome any new readers, and thank old ones for visiting, we’re not that old and we hope to continue to do this as time allows. If you know of any blogs that should be included please contact us by email or a post on this or the Irish Knitting, Crochet and crafty blogging post. The same goes if you want to be removed. If you are included in our updates please mention if you want to be removed from there too. Please note that neither I or SineadR do this as a full-time job, and allied to that our jobs actually restrict our webtime. We will do our best to get stuff done as soon as possible but that may take a few days or hours. In order to optimise my trawling I have set up a Netvibes Page for the blogs this is not foolproof and I may miss updates but it’s been better than some of the other options.  I have also decided that if a blog posts more than about 10 or so posts in a week I’m just going to link to the site, unless something in particular catches my eye that’s very craft related. You may notice that some posts from Sundays have been repeated, this is if there is time-sensitive information included in them, this does sometimes lead to repeated links from the previous week. From this week for the foreseeable future I’m going to do this fortnightly.  It’s consuming too much time that Summer is suggesting I should spend outdoors in our garden!

2 Knit or not 2 Knit supplies some brooches and does a workshop (and advertises more) and makes felted vessels

Akka Designs has some unblogged photographs and finds some tile recycling

Alves Passos hopes for another 100 years

An apology for an Idler has some WIPs and project wanting and finishes a tea cosy

An Evening Wasted with identifies some mystery plants

Anula’s Kitchen makes French Onion soup

An Snag Breac Beo works on advice hankies

As the World falls down wonders what some couples talk about; has a hard first exam day; needs to feed; does situps and hurts; buys clothes and plans a haircut; plans to be sensible

Basil Explosion has finished with studies for a while; reviews Thomas Hardy’s the Time Torn Man; reviews a Van Dyke Parks gig; makes meringues; mourns Edward Hardwicke and reviews Elizabeth Bowen’s Death of the Heart

Beckydazzler has a photoshoot and the NCAD shoot

Cattapilla Design photographs stormy weather; after the storm; rambles about Comfrey and feels wordless

C B Lindsay shares a video about Little Story Teller

Celtic Knots is quite productive

Chebe shares some videos and plays with some Sugru

Chocolattebuttons has a first strawberry harvest; shares a childs view; finds life everywhere; makes noro skirts; makes a whipped cream baby hat; has an admission of guilt; has a mermaid in twilight; makes a petal dress; a sundress; gets some goodies in the post; funny children quote

Clasheen has packed her bags ready and has new workshop announcements; arrives in the US; has felting fun; moves to the next location and has some workshop pictures

Colour and Ink wishes Americans a Happy Mothers Day; one of the hatchlings has a bad hair day; a sending warm fuzzies card; Raindrops and thunderstorms card; Daffodil Card; gets a card; talks about a new Irish Crafting Magazine; a thank-you card using packaging; another thank-you card; talks about the Queens visit; wishes Waltzingmouse stamps a Happy Birthday

Darling Wolfeyes gets some yarn; makes some progress on a project; makes a bird

Dispatches from the Deise talks about an historic week and conference craic in Kilkenny

Dragondays captures a scooter headlight and finds unexpected beauty in a chocolate box

Dublin Knit Collective has a quick update; Dublin prepares for the Visit(s); new city centre Stitch & Bitch and a new venue and more Saturday knitting

Duilleoga shows garden growth; finishes a blanket for her boyfriend; shares some Mount Usher photographs; and finishes a crochet cushion

Etsy Ireland has crafty news; some designer Dublin news; talks about creative burnout; blogger problems; a deco fab five on Friday; pop-up shop pictures (from Limerick); team treasuries; crafty news and a blue fab five on Friday

Fionaviola does some Cyanotype sun printing experiments

FlyAlong opens her sock club for membership and her winter thaw pattern is up

Froggy’s Craft celebrates a victory day and is learning how to juggle

Gingerpixel is interviewed in the Indo

Green Waves talks about being alone; talks about anger; gets some things done; shares a holiday memory; starts some patchwork;

Half a Dream Away photographs bluebells

Haz Wool will knit gets through a few projects; makes a sari summer dress; takes on a vintage knitting pattern and gets a knitting postcard

Herborium shares a painting of Gianni’s Currant Bush

Irish Muses wishes everyone a Happy Mother’s Day; talks about her second May star; talks about Queen Elizabeth visiting Ireland; Queens’ Visit part II; Queens’ visit part III and talks about the Queens speech in Dublin Castle

Julle’s World makes a Mexican dish and photographs her son

Kersti  blogs her tweet week; and her next week’s tweets; talks about the Queen’s Speech and has an MRI

Knit Inc reviews Interweave Knits Summer 2011 and does some extra curricular crafting

Let’s Knit & Stitch links to a Vogue Knitting Live Video

Limerick Live gets some yarn in the post and has some Eton Mess

Little Hare has reinforcements arrive via eBay; photographs washing blowing in the wind; no car no problem

Margie’s Crafts talks about her grandaughter

Michelle Made This talks about the knitting world record

Milkmoon talks about time passing

Miss Aine has two new patterns in Creative Knitting; makes an Alice for a party; is inconvenienced by the Queen; makes a Princess Cardigan; offers a free Hippo Pattern; is having a miserable cold; has her baby; links to a pattern for Ollie the Octopus and has a picture from a client of a Wedding Topper

Mitt liv på Irland, My life in Ireland talks about spring and famous visitors

Morg Today loves BlueRay players

Mrs Walsh’s Weblog has praise for libraries

Needles and Haystacks makes jeans

Neencrochet shares a cartoon her husband did about knitting

The Nest makes a fail-proof fatless sponge; talks about creative days; makes progress on her crocheted square; photographs wildflowers and makes wings and biscuits

NicKnits knits some lace and reviews From Felt to Friendship

One of these days finds crochet for everything and shares a Wednesday WIP

Playing with Fibre makes some more spindles; has some before and after dying experiments; goes to a spin-in in This is Knit; does some sewing; photographs gorse and talks about finishing

Rubysasha introduces two felted bags; relates her history of knitting and her Steiff collection

Runcible Spoon talks about significant birthdays and wooden spoons and a trio of speedy suppers

Scratch Card Junkies makes some good marshmallow fluff and some not-so-good cookies; lists some gear grinding things; admits to some lessons learned; talks about the Queen’s Visit

She Knit up that Ball talks about her new Spring Tuck pattern and gets a new Della Q needlecase

The Siegel Six has several updates

String Revolution plays with beads and shares the Weaver and the Maid song

Things that Strike me writes a letter to Apple and finds out something about a course she did

This and That shares some smoking pictures; Model Behaviour and talks about Jedward, the Queen and the President

This is Knit had a spinning event; does some fake seams on the knitalong; shares a new Irish pattern and shows how not to get an unwanted twist

Thread Bear Picnic announces a new website

Unnaturally Red gives a sword and gets some kittens

Where People Create pictures the Om Shanti Workshop

Wirewrapped makes some new heart shaped pendants and photographs her new workroom

With Needles and Wool gets some new yarn; starts a new project and finishes a dishcloth and starts a new one

Woolies Rags Baubles and bags shares a painting; sells a painting and makes a rag bag

Woolly Bits is back and works on some projects and does some dying

Woolly Way of Ireland talks about an Arts & Crafts Fair in Dublin; Feile na Tuaithe in Mayo; lacemaking workshop with Maire Treanor in Dublin; a season of Lace on TV; constant thread exhibition in Dublin; silk papermaking in Co Louth and updates about the updates

Wyvernfriendknits reviews Celtic Animals’ Charted Designs; finishes a pair of socks and reviews Knitting Sweaters from the Top Down

Yarnboi has progress of a sort

Yarn Classes releases a bag pattern

Zen.org knits and hacks

Crafty Blog Update 17th-23rd April

I would like to welcome any new readers, and thank old ones for visiting, we’re not that old and we hope to continue to do this as time allows. If you know of any blogs that should be included please contact us by email or a post on this or the Irish Knitting, Crochet and crafty blogging post. The same goes if you want to be removed. If you are included in our updates please mention if you want to be removed from there too. Please note that neither I or SineadR do this as a full-time job, and allied to that our jobs actually restrict our webtime. We will do our best to get stuff done as soon as possible but that may take a few days or hours. In order to optimise my trawling I have set up a Netvibes Page for the blogs this is not foolproof and I may miss updates but it’s been better than some of the other options.  I have also decided that if a blog posts more than about 10 or so posts in a week I’m just going to link to the site, unless something in particular catches my eye that’s very craft related. You may notice that some posts from Sundays have been repeated, this is if there is time-sensitive information included in them, this does sometimes lead to repeated links from the previous week.

Apologies for the delay, Sunday was spent in my garden and Monday I had a chronic Sinus attack. All better now but it wasn’t a good day and staring at web sites wouldn’t be a good plan, thankfully I have today off so recovery and blog updates coming.

An apology for an idler gets a scaffold piercing

Ankonymous shares some photographs of California and catches Georgian Spring

Aran Brew talks about Frankfurt in March 2011 and about being pregnant

As the World falls Down dithers about an acceptance letter; has audio ready for a trip; spends some time on a boat; finds it hard to keep connected on a phone; has some miscommunication and eats more oranges 

Basil Explosion talks about The Rest is Noise; makes some Apple Muffins; shares some links

Bola de Berlin knits a leaf shawl

Cattapilla Design shares Bere Island ingenuity and shares springtime on Bere Island

Chebe talks about music players and about maths programs

Chocolattebutton shares some spring photographs and gets four cute bowls in the post

Clasheen learns new things at a jewellery making workshop; some samples updates and Horst visit updates; makes an earth day recycled mobile and a nuno mosaic and the mobile and a felt bag

Colour and Ink does a quick card; makes a happy 40th Birthday Card; shares some photographs of her garden; does another 40th birthday card; a butterfly card and thanks

Constant Knitter has a delivery

Dispatches from the Deise attends the Immrama Launch

Dragon Days photographs renovation progress

Droim an Uain lists some Chronophages and experiments with some roving

Etsy Ireland has crafty News; welcomes new members; has some Irish Summer ideas and have their fab five on Friday

From Sheep to Shawl has a felted wallhanging and a children’s felting workshop in Killarney

Green Waves explains an absence

Herborium paints redcurrants

Irish Muses shares some sad news and recovers from her injury

Kay B celebrates her Blogoversary

Kersti shares her tweet week; is almost half-way through wearing the protective boot; posts some responses to mis-emailed emails; shares a recipe for Lemon Cake and for Lemon Blueberry Cake

Knit Inc finishes a project and gets some stash and

Knitwasabi talks about some flowers made for her sick husband

L Hogan has a health update; talks food intolerance and finishes some cardigans

Lets Knit and Stitch gets some Designer Knitting (aka Vogue Knitting) in stock; and has a special offer for Easter

Limerick Live has one step forward and two steps back

Little Hare gets a daisy chain; gets some peace and quiet; makes some tomb guarding soldiers;

Margie Crafts makes Rhubarb Crumble and wishes everyone a happy Easter

Milkmoon found a surprise when they opened their door one morning and enjoys the sun

Miss Aine shows her Market Stall; promises new patterns; shares a free topsy turvy doll pattern and shares some of Sneems sketches

Mitt liv på Irland, My life in Ireland explains her month of absence; shares some photos; explains Gaelic Football and Camogie

Morg Today captures the coming of Summer

Needles and Haystacks talks about Easter Bunnies

The Nest has a busy week with crafts and animal husbandry; talks about a dolly; has “help” with crochet and has artistic doodling

Rubysasha talks gardening and a juicy Danish Shawl

The Runcible Spoon has some balcony bounty

She knit up that Ball talks about Brummy knitting; works on her knit-a-long clam and offers a sneak peek of a new project

Siegel Six has several updates

Springwools have had a few updates that I’ve missed as my RSS feed to them is broken: April Window Display; Patsy’s Knit & Crochet Projects; Easter Opening Hours; get in some Candy Colours in Can Can and a crochet shawl in Lang Jawoll Magic

Stuff and Nonsense updates with some latest work

Things that strikes me talks about what she’s done that Sunday; has breakfast in Lemon Jelly Company in the Italian Quarter; talks about Freakanomics and Super Freakanomics; talks about The Wave by Susan Casey and is in search of the perfect electronic reader

This and That talks about Easter

This is Knit talks about cabling without a cable needle

Thread Bear Picnic meets some goslings

Undermeoxter shares some recent book purchases; talks about WIPs and makes an edible FO

Up to my Lack of Tonsils talks about H and I

Where People Create talks to Tricia Stanberry about her Barn Studio/Shop

Wire Wrapped Jewellery makes a long black agate pendant; a geode pendant; a black agate gothic pendant; Ice Shamrock pendant; purple and silver earrings and a brown round steampunk pendant

Woolly Way of Ireland blogs about the RTE Mastercrafter project; Winnie’s Craft Cafe Knitting Party; Clones Lace Workshop in Mayo; Irish Patchwork Society South West Branch Branching out exhibit in Kerry and an Arty Bits Craft Fair in Tralee

Yarnboi shares the 8th Project of the year; starts project 9; had a productive sunny day; gets feline approval of the project