turtleknits

Recently took a day trip north of Dublin. A lovely sunny spring day called for a drive. Started out at Newgrange, but as some of it was closed we decided to visit at a later time. So drove around a bit and found Dowth . This comprises a mound enclosing a megalithic tomb. The view from the top is just lovely and so I just walked around and took some photos. Hope you enjoy the views.

Goodness I can't believe where the time has gone. I've not posted on this blog since July 2012. I haven't even opened the blog although I keep wanting to. Just takes discipline to sit down and write something! Well I'm still knitting away and crafting also. Really enjoy knitting and meeting fellow knitters for a chat. I've plenty of FO's which I must upload. Watch this space. Have been on a couple of holidays and have lots and lots of photos to post too.

Some of my recent knits. A little cardi for a friend. Knit in Gorgeous Bamboo yarn by Twilleys. A bit splitty to knit with but really soft result. However I needed to use 3mm needles to get decent tension. Some hats also for a friend. These I knit with some cottons from my stash. One was a Phildar cotton (blue) and the grey Joanne Sharpe. Really easy knits and very soft A little sleeveless cardi/dress for a friend's granddaughter. Again a lovely bamboo mix yarn from stash and just had to take a close-up shot of the lovely buttons with gorgeous colours. And a lovely purple cardi for a friend's baby. This is  a Drops pattern and some Drops cotton yarn. Really love how this one knit up.

Oh my Goodness! It's so long since I even looked at my own blog, when I went to post everything has changed about Blogger. It's just taken me half an hour to upload pictures. And that's another thing, I haven't even been taking any photos lately. Life has just been so busy that I haven't had time to relax and take some. Anyway this is the first step in what I hope will be a frequent return to the land of blogging. I've become so lazy at bothering to write, yet I read lots of blogs and get so much enjoyment from them. It's just so interesting. These are pictures I took at our National Botanic Gardens in Dublin back in the spring time. I really love visiting here, There's so much to see with the changing seasons. It's a lovely place to wander, or walk and when you're finished have a nice cuppa, or lunch or just a piece of yummy cake as a treat. And it's Free. So when you're in Dublin, make your way there, it's really enjoyable...

These are some of my Christmas knits from last year. There is no way I'll produce as many as these. As this is also a knitting blog I decided to update my knitting projects. I've not even started any gifts for this Christmas.

Thought I'd share some gorgeous autumn colours with you. I took an early walk this morning by the canal near where I live. It was a cold frosty morning with sun shining and it was truly beautiful. I love this weather with that lovely autumn crispness and freshness. The mist was over the water as the sun heated up and the colours here of the trees and the barge reminding me of a Constable painting. This indeed is a real likeness of the colours although it's hard to believe. Futher on the walk the colours and reflections are so different as the sun is directly shining through the trees. It would be lovely is these scenes could just stay as they are, but of course that's not possible and we would be tired of it, and wanting change. The berries on this tree are so red and they reflect really strongly in the water. And here we have a really different colourscape.This is only a 5 minute walk away from the last picture and the colours are so different.

Hello again! I'm back but with some photos this time of flowers in my garden. It's been a very stressful year up to now, and it's been difficult to find time to post on my blog. I realise that I haven't posted since January last. I've been doing lots of knitting. Some good and some not too good at all. However I hope to return to my blog, my knitting and some crafting. Recently I've been having difficulty with my camera, at least I think it's my camera, but I can't justify a new one at the moment and so I was in the garden taking a few macro shots to see if I could improve. Hope to upload some knitting project photos next and keep my blog alive.