Episode 22: Back from Ireland
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Welcome to Northwest Knitting! I knit as a creative, crafty alternative to fast fashion, and hope you'll join me on this adventure.
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What I’m Wearing:
Edie by Isabell Kraemer
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Discussed more in Episode 2
One Lone Finished Object:
Sophie Scarf by Petite Knits in Berroco Ultra Alpaca
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What I’m Knitting:
Festival of Stitches by Lisa Hannes
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Using Shetland breed wool from Sward Family Farm and Jamieson and Smith 2-ply yarn
Donegal Yarns
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Studio Donegal
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Books Read:
Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
Foster - Claire Keegan
I always love sharing your 'blue' love💙💙💙
So many interesting details about Ireland. Thank you. Great to catch up again.
Happy Birthday to your Dad!
it sounds like you did ireland the right way and saw so much. i’m glad you had such a wonderful time. thanks for telling us about your trip. the yarn you bought for your husband’s pullover is so pretty. you’re so right - “wool is where it’s at!”
I’m so happy that you had a wonderful trip and happy birthday to your dad.
I love that you met one from our yarn community on the remote island.
Hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating your Dad's 100th birthday- how truly amazing to have a centagenarian in the family. The Ireland trip did sound wonderful. Thanks Kathy.
So glad you had a great trip in Ireland. My Grandpa is from Enniskillen and my Grandma is from Roscommon. They met in Canada when they immigrated to the US and had 7 kids and settled in Michigan. Cheers from SoCal … a new knitter 😂
Thanks for watching! There are so many immigration stories. It's just fascinating.
I'm so glad you enjoyed your visit to our beautiful country and will return. Thank you for a lovely podcast. ☘
Mary, it was so great, and yet I know we just touched the surface. We ended with a Christy Moore concert at the University of Limerick and I've had "City of Chicago" running through my head for the past two weeks. Thanks for watching!
So lovely to hear about your Irish adventures, Kathy!
So lovely to hear about your Ireland trip! Definitely come to NI next time and I’ll sort you out with some Northern Irish yarn :) it’s very beautiful up on the north coast too! ❤
Thank you, Emma! I love your podcast and what you are doing with yarn. Small-batch yarns make my heart sing! Next time I hope to come your way.
Kathy, your trip to Ireland sounds wonderful. So good to hear your knits got a workout. I followed your pictures on Instagram, which was lovely. I am knitting the Corran Cardigan by the Creabea in a lovely blue cotton, which is nice and soft and not too hard on my hands. Knitting up quickly and the lace pattern is easily memorized. Hope to wear it with sun dresses over the summer. Thanks for the book recommendations- summer reading ahead.
That cardigan looks like fun and would be so great for summer.
How nice to catch up with you about your trip, I loved hearing about it 😊. My knitting has been very haphazard lately...casting on, ripping out...nothing quite right. Until yesterday when I heard about the Outline Raglan by Jessie Mae!....I cast it right on and don't want to put it down. But, it's a very busy week here, so not much extra knitting time...but next week I'll be switching my little business over to a slower summer schedule, can't wait 😊. I just watched a podcast where the young woman was testing a colour-work sweater for Boyland Knits, I wonder if it's the one you mentioned...it's gorgeous 😍
Hi, Sandra! It's the alpinebloomtee and the lace collar is so sweet. I also really like the Calypso sweater. I'm definitely longing for some stranded colorwork!
I have a woven shawl from studio donegal I purchased in 2000 that I’m still using. It is still in perfect condition. My favorite.
I bought it while visiting donegal.
Sounds lovely! They have beautiful things
Well, I just found you, Kathy, and I' so glad I did! I have been looking for a knitting podcaster with who I have a lot in common - except we live on opposite coasts. I will catchup with all your previous videos and am sure I will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed this one. Btw... a lovely knitting pod caster who is Irish and American but lives in Ireland is Susan of @wildcottageireland. I thought perhaps she is who you were referring to as an American who moved with her husband to Ireland. She spins and knits and is such a delightful person. I think you would enjoy her videos. And I read Foster and Small Things Like These by Clare Keegan - both incredibly wonderful, interesting, moving books.
Hi, Judy! Thanks for watching! I have found Susan's wonderful podcast. She gave me some suggestions before I left for my trip, but there's a different woman who owns Irish Fibre Crafters, Sandra King. She's originally from North Carolina who moved to Ireland. She has a lovely store with wool and alpaca sourced from Irish farms. Actually, I think it was Susan who told me about her.
Hi Kathy, just saw your channel glad you got a Céad Míle Fáílte when ye came
to my country. Hope ye received a special one in County Kerry known as the Kingdom
due to it's stunning scenery.
The Claire Keegan books were set in Ireland in 1980s unfortunately they read as
if they were set in Ireland in the late 40s early 50s I found them too short
especially Foster.
Wow, it never occurred to me that there would be an age limit on renting a car! I had better start vacationing now and not wait until after I retire!
I'm still shocked myself! In most parts of Europe you don't need a car, but in Ireland it's really the best way to get around.
Skellig island is very famous for the Christian monastery; did you get to stroll around it, Kathy?
Yes, we did, but it's not really a stroll. The part of the island you are allowed access to is very vertical, so you climb 600 stairs, most without a handrail. And when you get to the top there are the beehive huts and the church, but it is very tight up there and not much room. It's difficult to imagine living there. It started raining on the way down and I stepped very carefully!
The visits are staggered so that the number of people who are there at one time is strictly limited.
@@northwestknitting5993 It sounds as though your trip was so rewarding and enjoyable. Thank you for responding...
I was just going to suggest Emma Robinson for yarn in NI! Wonderful yarn but unfortunately I can’t wear wool, even over another layer, apart from socks 😢. I watch Emma for her lovely accent (I’m from Co Antrim but living in Scotland) and woolly news.
So sorry to hear you can't wear wool, Carolyn. Can you wear alpaca?
Sorry, You tube has increased ads and I just can't stand it. I will miss your company.
nice podcast but too many advertisements!!