Knittin' round Ireland

My parents from Canada have been visiting this month. Its been fantastic to spend time with them and travel round Ireland together! And, of course, my knitting was with me everywhere we went. More specifically an Urban Hiker that I am knitting for my middle son. So in addition to car knitting I have also been knitting in some other lovely locations...

 Here is the body of my Urban Hiker at the Rock of Cashel...

And on the more mundane side - the sleeve at a hotel in Donegal....

I managed to find a few interesting knitting related places along the way. In the small village of Kilcar, Donegal I forced our car to detour for a visit to Studio Donegal where we were able to see the handweavers weaving and I bought some lovely Soft Donegal in a lovely lilac tweed which will likely become a hat for the coming winter.

Quite close to Studio Donegal we went for a visit to the Sliabh Liag cliffs (the highest sea cliffs in Europe). They are fairly dramatic indeed! An information sign posted near the cliffs indicate that local farmers use them for grazing sheep - hardy sheep they said and by the looks of the cliffs they would truly have to be some hardy sheep!

Such is my attention to all things knitting and fiber related that I managed to find something of knitterly interest in an unlikely place - The Titanic Exhibit in Belfast. Seems that Belfast was once quite a boom town when it came to linen production....

What a great woolie tour of Ireland we had!!