I’m going to preface this by saying that there is no pattern support for the spreadsheet. If you follow the instructions on the spreadsheet you shouldn’t have any problems! Skip to the fifth paragraph to get straight to the instructions! When I’m designing a shawl I always work with a spreadsheet so I can measure […]
Way back in January, I was really excited when Claire of Cookston Crafts reached out to me and asked if I’d be interested in working on a collaboration with her. Claire has some really beautiful yarns so I jumped at the chance! She suggested a two colour striped shawl and this idea just popped into […]
Sometimes I have a really good idea for a pattern before I make it, with all the details really fixed in my mind. At other times I need a project I can finish quickly and that doesn’t need too much yarn, but I have no ideas at all! Harpi falls into the latter category. I […]
This pattern has taken me on quite a journey. From start to finish I cast-on four times in two different yarns before I finally got something that was going to work out for me. I really wanted to extend the lace pattern down onto the cuff but it took too much of the stretch out […]
This time last year I released matching hat (Claiseach) and fingerless mitts (Dromanach) patterns. This year I’ve designed a matching cowl! This was exactly the pattern I needed to start the year with. It’s relaxing, it’s a super quick knit and it was easy to write! Pleuch combines two garter stitch columns with twisted rib […]
Just a quick one today, because juggling a pattern release, school Christmas events and Christmas shopping has me running behind! I was so in love with the wrapped rib pattern on my Aisneach Mitts that I couldn’t resist making a full matching set! These are going to keep me really cosy this winter, now I’m […]
I love to play with the construction of my fingerless mitts. Usually this means putting decorative elements around the thumb, travelling across the back of the hand or making a feature of the outside of the hand. This time I had the idea of moving the gusset from the thumb to the back of the […]
A quick one this week because I’m running behind! This is an idea I’ve been working on, or at least thinking about, for two years. When I originally worked on Buinne this was what I wanted to do, but I couldn’t get the increases and decreases neat or smooth enough so I put it aside […]
This might be my favourite sock design yet! I originally came up with Tìorail for a magazine submission. I’m not sure if the submission went through – I never got an auto-reply or heard back from anyone, but I loved the design so much I knew I was going to release it myself! I knew […]
Sometimes I have an idea for a design and it just takes on a life of its own! This time the idea I came up with was for a sock pattern with wrapped rib columns running up the edge of the foot and up the centre of the leg. But I like to alternate the […]
