Excerpt from Olanand Issue October 2018

Crafting in Co. Clare

We catch up with our columnist Jennifer Lienhard of Apple Oak Fibre Works

The last couple of months have flown and things are as busy as ever, but there is still some time to let you know what’s going on at the moment.

Starting with a Date for Your Diary!

The Knitting & Stitching Show is on at the RDS in Dublin from the 8-11th of November  – and we’ll be there!

Facing North

In collaboration with Albina McLochlainn of LB Handknits, I am delighted to introduce Facing North – a place-specific collection of simple patterns for chunky yarns.

Designed with our Stockholm yarn and compatible with a variety of chunky-weight (100m/ 100g) yarns, Facing North features four unique garment patterns to keep you cosy in the starkest of winter climates. Also included are four charming accessory projects, each calling for only a single skein of yarn. All designs are seamless, quick to knit, suitable for advanced beginners, and engaging enough to appeal to experienced knitters. Presented in a beautifully illustrated book, the collection includes schematics, charts, and detailed written instructions for each pattern, as well as narratives about the places and events that inspired the designs.

The paper publication date is scheduled for the 6th of November (to be physically unveiled at the Knitting & Stitching Show in Dublin), with the e-book to be available shortly beforehand.

In the meantime, Albina will be releasing each of the garment patterns individually on Ravelry in the weeks leading up to this date – with those who have pre-ordered the collection receiving download codes for the individual patterns as they go live.

The first pattern to be released is Fisherman’s Muse and it has just gone up.

What will we bring to Dublin?

At present we are ruthlessly deciding what will go and what will be kept. We’re letting go of all the commercially dyed yarns and only keeping our naturally dyed ranges and further developing them. We’re currently developing a full new colour range for the Softwool 25 colours ( I must be mad!) and filling gaps in our Stockholm range of 21 colours and Lincot with 17 new colours.

To read more click here!