Showing posts with label Michelle made this. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michelle made this. Show all posts

February 15, 2011

The Last Knit...


Thanks to Karl for sending me this film by Finnish animator, Laura Neuvonen. Karl's wife, the lovely Miss Dee is one of my best friends in the world. Dee taught me how to knit in a wild cottage up in Donegal about 20 years ago.

He said it reminded him of me. I have to say I can get totally obsessed by things. I have a one track mind. Once I start a project nothing can tear me away from it. I have been known to cut my hair really short too for the sake of art. Look here's a photo from my 4th year ID from college after I had one of those cuts!

Ha! Ha! I found this old student card this morning and I'm shocked with how much I look like my son, Oscar.

Now here's where all this knitting talk is leading me. My craftaholic super talented friend Michelle needs your help with her knitting obsession. I think Michelle is like the Irish Kirsty. Go and have a look at her blog, it's wonderful. Michelle is obsessed with knitting. So much in fact, she hopes to break a world record with her knittamania!

Michelle needs lots of help... it's on Saturday 30th April. So grab your sticks and balls of wool and make sure you are in Roscommon that day. I will be! Knitters unite!!!!

More info on Michelle's blog.

May 4, 2010

Crafty Weekend




We had a great Bank Holiday weekend we all went out west and spent Sunday at the Roscommon Lamb festival. We all went along to the Wool Craft Village which I heard about on Michelle's Blog here.In one corner they were shearing sheep, another corner three women were spinning wool. A knitters paradise!

I came across Michelle's blog when I googled for articles about knitting a while ago. She is a confessed craftaholic (I love that expression) It was Michelle's article here that prompted me to go down to the wool village. I was so happy that I did...

I got to meet Michelle, have a look at her lovely website Michelle made this which shows all her crafty creations. I am her blogging groupie! She was part of organising the Wool Craft Village with her knitting club The Cast Offs. There was lots of wool and needles so anyone could give it a go.

I sat and knitted with Megan, Oscar, and Aoibhe in the knitting circle and they were all so welcoming. This Is Knit the shop from Dublin had a stand and we ended up buying lots of wool and even knitting needles for my kids. I am knitting a scarf and the wool is so fine it is like knitting with spiders web. I'll post up a photo when I am finished.