Oh no. They're spreading slurry on the farm next door today. No washing line for me!

My Own Personal Sunshine. "It’s a strange time to be a knit and crochet designer". 🧶 yarntowers.com/2026/03/23/m...

Look. I'm not superstitious, but, as a sensible Irish person, there's still no way in hell I'd ever consider messing with na dhaoine maithe in any capacity. I'm already suspicious of all the fairy doors everywhere. Last thing anyone needs is more fairy activity.

In honour of Patrick's Day, here's a curated selection of my green Tunisian crochet patterns. 💚☘️🧶 King Lir, Bel, Macha. All available at www.yarntowers.com

My Tunisian Crochet shawl pattern, Ard Rí is part of a new gift box kit in Dublin's This Is Knit yarn store! thisisknit.ie You get the yarn, the pattern & some extra, suprise gifts, too. Or, if you'd just like the pattern on its own, you can get it here. 🧶 yarntowers.com/product/ard-...

Free patterns for these cuties on my blog today. ☘️☘️☘️ ❤️🧶 One Tunisian Crochet, one traditional crochet. Just in time for Patrick's Day. 🇮🇪 yarntowers.com/2026/03/10/t...

It's not often I get a tiebreak situation on my 🧶 Patreon Polls! Which topic would you prefer to learn about this month? Click here to vote and help break the deadlock: www.patreon.com/c/aoibheni

Progress on the #ArdRiShawl remake is coming along, folks! And, luckily, I’m taking notes as I go so I can edit the pattern a little to clarify a few points. 🧶

Videos are so hard to do when you haven't planned ahead!! 🧶 Note to self: plan ahead next time. Still... Brad, the Tunisian crochet shawl is now available and on sale on my website. www.yarntowers.com

It seems everywhere is cold and wet and/or snowing at the mo. But if you have some DK to spare and a 6 mm hook, you can wait the weather out while making this double-wrap shoulder warmer. 🧶 Bríd is Tunisian Crochet with a little wee bit of trad' crochet thrown in. 😘 yarntowers.com/product/brid...

Are you a left-handed crocheter? Are you a rightie trying to TEACH a leftie to crochet? 🧶 I got you, fam. yarntowers.com/2026/02/19/c...

If you bought a copy of my 2011 crochet pattern "Lop" on either Rav or yarntowers.com/product/lop/ 🧶 FYI: An eagle-eyed customer recently found a mistake so I've updated it on both platforms. Everyone was notified, but if you haven't heard from me, please let me know and I'll sort it out for you.

huh. Apparently, not using my Twitter account for a couple of years, not logging in, and not touching that fascist, hateful platform with a ten foot barge pole consitiutes "inauthentic behaviour". Seems about right. After all, I'd hate to undermine Twitter's "integrity". Snort.

Every now and then, I accumulate enough yarn balls, half balls, and random impulse purchases to crochet into a floor mat. 🧶 This is my latest, and I adore it. Does anyone else do this as a destash exercise?

It's story time! 🧶 yarntowers.com/2026/01/23/t...

I stabbed under my left thumbnail with a hairbrush prong yesterday, and today, my thumb is killing me. RIP, my comfy crochet evening. 😭🧶

Will you help me decide something important and crochet-related over on my blog today? 🧶 yarntowers.com/2025/12/17/n...

Ogham.

Crafty Peeps! Which is it: pom-pom? pompom? ponpom? ...or some other ungodly and pedantic spelling? 🧶 #knitting #crochet #crafts

All right, crafty folks. I need everyone who sees this to keep a look out for the following shawls. They were lost by FedEx on the way to Barcelona Knits, and have been declared "unrecoverable". 🧶 This is thoussands of euros of work & materials, not to mention their value at Trunk Shows & Workshops.

It's almost one week since our beautiful dog Korra crossed the rainbow bridge, and the reality of those words still leaves me utterly bereft. I'm unmoored, at a total loss. She was everything; a big silly goof, a philosopher, a shiny new soul we were entrusted with on earth. My heart is broken.

I made a prototype pompom for one of my newest Tunisian crochet pattern samples. 🧶 Is it too big, do you think...?

Have you have ever used my Top Down Sweater Stitch Calculator? Keep your stitches in order by plugging in a few details about your WIP, and get a step-by step guide instantly! 🧶 yarntowers.com/2022/02/07/g... #knitting #crochet

A stitch in time saves nine, but leads to massive layoffs in the sewing supplies industry

I've been meaning to crochet with this Mirasol Miski yarn for quite some time, now. About fifteen years, in fact. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣 But as I always say, there's no rushing a good thing! 🧶

Show us your mugs, people!

Seems there was a tiny glitch with the Patreon discount code, folks. My fault. But I have it fixed now, so your discount will apply on top of the sale price successfully now. Sorry! yarntowers.com/product/tect... #crochet #tunisiancrochet 🧶

Things are getting cozy here at Yarn Towers. That's two crochet patterns released & several more to come between now & Christmas. 🧶 #BeehiveHat is caring for curly hair, with a loose crown and a self-tightening band. And #TectonicShawl uses only 340m of 4-ply yarn for an easy-to-wear neck warmer.

Crochet shawl, just completed. I'm very happy with how cozy this is. 🧶

I'm slooooowly getting through my Tunisian crochet pattern-writing backlog, here. This wee beaut is called #TectonicShawl, after the way the centre buckles and ruffles under pressure. It sure is cozy!

For a while there a few years ago, I was involved in the development of a similar show for Irish telly. I was gonna be an on-screen judge and everything. Nut every idea these non- knitting tv developers suggested, I had to knock down, because they were impractical or would not go down well. 🧶

I made this, then showed it to my guy, and he didn't get it. But then, he doesn't knit, or crochet, or craft at all, so... I'm asking you all. Is this funny to you? 🧶 (no offence to quilters. I think you're v. talented people with a fab sense of humour)

My unconventional crochet shawl blocking spot. 🧶 Anything to keep the dog from trotting all over it, right? 🤷🏼‍♀️😇 #TectonicShawl

The creative hill I'll die on. Grey and Gray are two different colours. 🧶🖌️

Our plan here is to put christmas hats on our skeletons to make them seasonal.

I'm braving Ravelry to make a few changes to my pattern info in anticipation of the Fasten-Off YarnAlong sales event (which is happening from the 21th of November!). Send me good - non-headachey - wishes! 🧶

Change one letter, ruin a candy Twit

I don't know about you all, but sometimes, an exceptionally simple project will call to me, and I'm powerlessto resist. I'm delighted how well this light Tunisian crochet hat has turned out. 2 days to design and make. Not bad! 🧶

Only 22 hours left on this month's Patreon Poll. 🚨 Which craft subject should I tackle next? www.patreon.com/posts/poll-v... Get your vote in ASAP! 🧶 #crochet #knitting #yarndyeing #crafting

This, truly was a long time coming, folks. I crocheted this sample last spring. I got it edited last summer. My testers rifled through it all autumn... Then I sat on it like a reluctant hen for a year. 🐔 Bok Bok. But, finally I'm clearing my 🧶design backlog, and this lovely little piece is first.

Almost used the word "embiggen" in a Tunisian Crochet pattern I'm currently writing. That's a valid technical term, right?! 😂🧶

I like men a lot but the more time I spend with them the more I understand why nuns live so long

This is your once-in-a-while reminder to drink some water, schedule your COVID jab, and back up your computer files. 🧶

I guaranTEE you no-one pronounces this blazer's name correctly. 😂💀 vavavoom.ie/products/aoi...

We popped up to the Hill of Tara (seat of the High Kings of Ireland fadó fadó), and it's just lovely to see the Síle still being honoured like this. Ireland may be modern, now, but we don't forget our roots

In honour of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand... Steeked the wrong bit. 🧶💀

Same article in English and Irish in the Journal.ie Hilarious that it seems they also 'translated' the photo! 🤣

It's rainy days like today that I'm delighted I thought to stash an Irish Hiking Hat in every jacket. 🧶

This may be the start of my Old Lady phase, but something that's bugging me recently is people not signing off on their emails with their name. I like replying to a person, not a desk. "Hi, Louise" is a much nicer start to a reply than launching right into the content of the email like a monster.

Every few months, I look in on our awl friends, the Ecom Crew Knit Bros to see what's up. 🧶 Anyone else keeping an eye on them, too?