The Beirt Beanie design was in my head for quite a while - and one of the things that delayed its arrival was the fact that I found it hard to pick a name for it!

I recently had a lovely collaboration with Sophie from Sionnach Yarns; she contacted me about working up a hat in her Aran wool, and I actually had two designs in mind, so created two new knitting patterns.

I finally got some of my other hat designs down, and am happy to say that I have already released the Salthill Beanie, and the matching Salthill Wristwarmers. Salthill is a lovely area in Galway which has a great walk by the seaside, and these accessories are perfect for keeping you cosy on a windy day by the Atlantic!

I can hardly believe it's been so long since I last posted. Mostly this has been because I've been having IT difficulties uploading content, so fingers crossed it works this time.

I'm happy to share with you this blog post I wrote for Yarn Vibes (whom I created some designs for) - about useful knitting tools and notions.

Here is a second blog post I wrote for Yarn Vibes, about some stitch patterns commonly used in Aran Knitting:

https://www.yarnvibes.com/blogs/news/a-brief-history-of-aran-history

Hope you enjoy this little video which Yarn Vibes made! I talk in it about their wonderful range of Irish wool, and some of the designs I created for them : )

I had a wonderful experience at the very first Woollinn festival, which took place in May in Dublin, Ireland.

New knitting pattern, the Andes Beanie, now available : )