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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?

Today is my birthday! And I've decided to spend it making and crafting. I've a list as long as my arm of "not-work" projects that I've been dying to crack into, and today's the day I'm going to indulge. Project One. Dress for a cousin's wedding. 🧶🪡👗

I'm handwashing all my winter knits in preparation for the cold weather, but it seems this little lady has already claimed one of my jumpers. ❤️🧶 #knitting #butterfly #tortoiseshell? #pleaseignorethebobbles

Anyone else getting AI-driven nonsense like this in their in-boxes recently? I've suspect there's a human Chat-GPTing me and using the slop that spills out to flatter, but babe, this ain't me. My tester calls are pure chaos, for one thing, and I communicate - at best - sporadically. #AIslop #Spam

I go on Rav every couple of months, when my overdue bills are due. That's it. That's all I do on there now. I used to LIVE on Ravelry. It's 💔ing For the record, all my patterns are cheaper on my own website. I call the mark-up I put on Ravelry a necessity to encourage people to look eslewhere. 🧶

My family didn't seem sufficiently fascinated by this bird encounter, so I'm telling you guys instead. LOOK AND MARVEL AT MY ENTIRELY BLUELESS BLUE TIT!

It's a little chillier today, so I'm immediately back to crocheting the projects I left down before that heatwave we're apparently meant to call "the summer". I'm so fricking glad autumn is here again. 🧶

I just want every person crocheting their first stitches or making their first wonky amigurumi: The path to designing a magnet for The Last Unicorn: Be sure you know how to do it Make 18 Realize you don’t it Redesign Make 18 pieces Salvage the reusable bit of the 1st 18 pieces and toss the rest.

Today, I used the term "Crochet Cinematic Universe", to describe different regional styles, and I kinda love it. 🧶

Parents with kids in primary schools in Ireland! This is the third year I've run a "crochet for teachers" summer course (primaryteachers.cpdcollege.com) online, and I'm dying to know if your kids have had crochet included in their class curriculum. 🧶❤️🇮🇪

This month's Patreon Poll is a nail-biter. Can someone please vote for a tie break? You don't have to pledge any financial support. You can join for free and vote. The winning subject will be turned into a 2-page spread of illustrations, tips & interesting details. www.patreon.com/posts/134544...

My little 🧶 video film studio is all set up, and just look at that view! ❤️🐄🌿☘️

Very best wishes to everyone attending a #NoKings rally today. You're part of a long and ultimately successful tradition. Ireland was originally inspired by your fight for freedom, and I hope now we can help inspire you in return. Beir Bua! (Loosely translates from Irish to "You got this!")

Do you ever start writing knitting or crochet pattern one day, then come back to it the next, and it makes zero sense?! Yeah... ahem. Me neither. 🧶

Got myself into gear actually on time this month to tell ye all about this month's Patreon poll. 🧶 ww.patreon.com/aoibheni Votes will decide which of the following topics this month's 2-page Glance Card gift will focus on. Wanna vote? Join for free, or help support me for just a fiver. ❤️

First day off multiple injections and onto an insulin pump. I'm in an absolute flap about it! 😱 It gets easier, right?

I brought our dog for her regular check-up yesterday, and all is well. But, the vet wants her to lose some weight; the exact same amount of weight, incidentally, that my docs want me to lose. So she's now on a diet, and I'm eating v. sensibly as an act of solidarity. Good luck to us both!

Does anyone know how much cash to put in a communion card these days? My godchild's first communion is this weekend, and I don't want to be stingy! 🕊

Just fyi, yarny, crafty folks. I've disabled some payment options on my site because I started getting odd emails that felt a bit "brute-force"-y. I was really hoping to offer a reliable, non-Paypal option, but it seems that's not gonna happen just yet. 🧶

I've organised all my yarn scraps, colour-coding them instead of fibre- or weight-coding them, and boy howdy, do I have a lot of orange for a person who doesn't use orange. 🧶 And a shocking lack of purple (which, in my defence, I think means I use it all up when I use it).

I'm considering designing some stash-busting crochet patterns that mix colours, quantities and fibres for gradient and mottled effects. 🧶 That'd mean I couldn't give super accurate yarn requirements, but would that matter to you if the project looked good & you had a your own stash to bust?

100% agree! Just got done talking to a lovely www.knittingtours.com/ tour group about just this topic.

I'm writing a 30 minute talk about the history of clothing in Ireland, and while it might not seem totally relevant without context, I wanna add a wee joke about our famous musicians. So, non-Irish people: I'd love to know what Irish musicians you'd recognise in a photo with ease, please?

I love this entire thread. So much crafting pride! 🧶

This is what cup holders are for, right?

My view of my doggie's view from my new studio. We're still unpacking, but we're getting there.

I'm a little obsessed with this idea, folks. What a great way to reinvent a wardrobe. Editing 😘👌 Style 😘👌 Plus, the end is so worth waiting for. 'Style Different Fonts'. youtube.com/shorts/F29qw...

DEAR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE - I AM ELON MUSK, THE DOGE. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A PRODUCT FROM YOUR WEBSITE. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL AN ERROR HAPPENED. MY BANK TELLS ME THE PAYMENT LEFT MY ACCOUNT, BUT ALAS,I HAVE NO PRODUCT FOR MY PAYMENT. I AM EMAIL IN HOPE YOU CAN REFUND. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED RECEPT.

Colour names that sound like they belong to different colours: 🟥 Vermillion sounds like it should be green. And 🟩 Chartreuse sounds like it should be pink! Am I right, or am I right?

New thing to be proud of; Himself: "You know, your comfort with a sharp blade is mildly disturbing." Reader, I was just striping the plastic coating off some wires with a Stanley knife, not doing surgery. But apparently, I looked badass doing it? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Does anyone know a less fancy word to describe the colour "cinnabar"? Because I really want to get curtains that tone (to compliment a dark, royal blue couch) but searching for "red" just ain't cutting it, and no one seems to use exact terms when listing their ready mades. 🧶

First ever post to the new house. Thank you, Vibes and Scribes! 🧶 #GooglyEyes

This was a shawl yesterday. 🧶😭

Before I had packed up my studio for our house move, I would have said I possessed a "normal" number of knitting needles. Now...? Now I'm not sure I know what normal is anymore. 🧶

Popped over to my folks last night to pick up a few boxes of yarn my Mam was storing for me until we got the new house sorted. My little 6 year old niece came in, saw the boxes, and squealed, "oooh! Crochet!" Third generation crafter, y'all. I'm so proud of her!

Today, I'm knitting wings for a pompom bat (yes, a little fuzzy, gothy flappyboy), and watching a YouTube video about the first inhabitants of Ireland - which has repeatedly commited the egregious crime of mis-pronuncing Donegal*. Guess which I'm paying more attention to. *(Like "McGonagall")

Yes! I see every "wonky" bit of a project as a personal signature, a sign that reads, loud & clear "I am here." I love projects where I can sense a person's humanity beaming through like sunlight. Yes to wonky! Yes to the beautiful flaws inherent in the human condition.

Pro Tip. Cut your time on "sleeve island" in half by simply chopping off your arm! Left, or right? The choice is yours! Half the sleeves, half the problem! 🧶 #ambidextrousSolution

Yes. Yes, it is the way*. * assuming you ever make it back to the first project, tbh.