
We just came back from a long weekend in Dublin. (Well, it was a long weekend for me - I tagged along with my husband who was there for work.) It was a lovely little trip; lots of Guinness was consumed, we did a 5 mile run, went to a Viking museum, and hung out with an old friend and met his delightful cat :)
On the last day I popped into a beautiful little yarn shop called This Is Knit:
I was a bit overwhelmed by the huge amount of choice, to be honest! I knew I wanted an Irish yarn, but they had so many options, and so many colours. After a bonkers amount of deliberation, I picked out six balls of Studio Donegal Soft Donegal. It’s lovely and soft has a tweedy sort of texture.
I’m currently trying to figure out what to do with it. I would like to do something evocative of the Irish Aran jumpers, but it’s touch and go whether I have enough yardage here to make a fully cabled piece. And I’m actually flirting with the idea of using a known, well-fitting pattern as a base, and adding some cable motifs to it. I don’t really experiment much with knitting, but I’m starting to feel the pull. Will I? Won’t I?
I also might try out the new Sari Nordlund pattern, Stars Hollow. But then I also want it to be by an Irish designer to double down on the theme. Argh! Decision making is hard!