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This is the 11th of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t.
There is nothing as much fun as taking a walk down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels.[Read More]
This is the 10th of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t.
There is nothing as much fun as taking a walk down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels.[Read More]
This is the 9th of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t.
Nothing is as much fun as walking down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels.[Read More]
This is the seventh of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t.
Nothing is as much fun as walking down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels.[Read More]
We were up bright and early and had arrived in the Gap of Dunloe just after 7am to photograph the Halloween Hoolie socks. We wanted to photograph them before the tourists and jaunting cars arrived for the day. It could become pretty busy there throughout the day.
We found the perfect spot and parked about half way up near an old tumble down cottage. It was cold and the ground was damp with early morning dew. Neil fetched the waterproof picnic blanket from the car so that I could sit on it to change into the Halloween Hoolie socks.
We were aiming to get the rusty roofs in the background for the photos of these socks. I really love rust. It is just so natural and wonderfully photogenic.[Read More]
It was an early start on Friday 25th May as we set off to the first Woollinn, Dublin’s Festival of Yarn 2018. I had taken their advice on the website and paid for the Dublin Airport Red Car Park. I’d also bought our tickets, so we were all set.
We had an uneventful journey to ALSAA, situated beside Dublin Airport, and arrived just after 10am! Of course, we started with a coffee, then I took a first meander around the marketplace. I hadn’t booked into any of the workshops but I had very much hoped to go to the lecture Smartphone Photography for Yarn Lovers by Kate O’Sullivan of A Playful Day but unfortunately, I was too late to get the tickets for this.
So I had to content myself with the Marketplace… lol… 
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Hedgehog Fibres is an Irish artisan yarn dyeing company based in Cork, Ireland. The owner Beata Jezek created her own line of beautiful yarns in the gorgeous colours, ranging form rich and dark to vibrant, that she wanted to knit with, wear and live with.
I wanted a skein of the Dragonfly Socks yarn as a reminder of a wonderful walk that Neil and I had in Brittany in 2009. We walked through the woods for hours and then we sat for a couple of hours by a quiet pool near a waterfall surrounded by trees. We watched the dragonflies flitting around just above the water and as we sat, they landed on our arms and knees while we just sat quietly watching their beautiful iridescent colours. This was an extraordinary and magical experience that has stayed with me all these years on…One of my presents from Neil last Xmas was this gorgeous skein of Hedgehog Twist Sock in the Dragonfly colour which had long been on my wish list! [Read More]
Once our holiday in Connemara, Co Galway had been planned and booked, I knew I wanted to visit Kylemore Abbey with its beautiful restored Victorian Walled Garden.
When I was knitting the 3 Colour Cashmere Cowl designed by Joji Locatelli, I visualised it photographed with the beautiful Abbey in the background.[Read More]
I finished the Wandering Socks and we photographed them while relaxing with a picnic on Lettergesh Beach in Connemara. It was a lovely sunny day and the golden sand shimmered with a heat haze.
Lettergesh Beach is a beautiful beach. We went for a few walks on it while we were staying at Dawros. It is so restful wandering along the beach listening to the waves rippling on the beach.[Read More]
After our long drive from the Gap of Dunloe in County Kerry to Connemara in County Galway via The Burren in County Clare we were really tired. The cottage at Dawros Beg was amazing. It was more of a family home than a holiday rental.
The setting was just so tranquil. So the following day we decided it was time for some rest, relaxation and sock knitting. (Also, as it was such a lovely hot day I thought I’d catch up with the laundry.)[Read More]
Hello, I'm Nicolette Kernohan. I love sharing unique knitting projects, exploring colour & inspiring your creativity. Knitting Squirrel sells knitting wool & sock yarn in glorious colours & fibres.
