I fell in love with your hat in Martinborough last winter but was away for an extravagant escape so couldn’t justify it…it’s quietly waited in the wings of my desires since.
A good hat is a good friend, I’ll be sure to take it adventuring.
Many thanks for the lovely personal service, my hat feels warmer for it.
I saw your hats at Scout Dublin on my first day there (8 day trip around Ireland) and I so regretted not buying one! So I decided to buy online and am happy that I was able to design my own 🙂 Excited to wear the hat!
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Hello Liadain,
I bought one of your lovely hats from the Irish design shop in Dublin this summer when we were over visiting my husband’s cousins. I gave that hat to my sister for Christmas and she has worn it a lot, and several other family members like it so much that they asked me if they could have one too – also one is for me!
So I hope the colour combinations I have chosen prove as popular!
My hats arrived safely and look great! Thanks very much. Another brother in law is already asking for one for his birthday , so I expect I’ll be in touch again soon!
Hello- just to let you know my beautiful jumper arrived today . I absolutely love it .
Thank you very much .
Hi Liadain.
First of all,thank you so much !
My girlfriend absolutely loves it (hat).
And Here is the thing.
Actually I and my girlfriend weren’t sure if we keep this relationship after we leave Ireland because she is from Spain and I’m from Japan and we knew it’s going to be tough in the long time distance relationship .
But right after I gave her the present she asked me to keep in relationship even though it’s going to be a long distance relationship. (It turned out we both wanted to keep this relationship but we both were just scared to ask) and I’m sure the present was like one of the triggers to ask.
So Thanks again for lovely hat and card !
‘What a lovely idea to be able to pick your colours for the Bobble Hat from your merino wool colour range!! Soft and comfy to wear, keeping cosy in the Tassie winter.
Wonderful customer service!!! ‘
I love your products and think it’s so great that your love of knitting with your mum and grandmother has given you much pleasure and success. It is a lovely story. You must be very proud.
Debbie
I love the vibrant green of this seaweed, the purple and yellow of tiny shells. The textures of bubbled kelp, squidging toes, dried jellyfish skin. Nature never ceases to amaze me.
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Are you all on adventures this summer? Exploring new lands? You know we love to see you wearing your knits out and about across the land. Do send us a pic or tag us. Wishing you all to have fun holidays.
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Final Day of the Sale!
Thanks to Clio for all these gorgeous photos of Myles and Tadgh.
20% off our Kids Lambs wool hat range until June 30th.. There are 3 sizes to cover newborn to teenager.
In 9 gorgeous colourways from our collections Rainbow Bright, Wild Land and First Light.
Stay Cosy & Colourful
Liadain x
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Photo @cliomeldon
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Happy Monday!
Wishing you all the best of fun and frolicking now the kids are off school and summer adventures can really begin.
20% off our Kids Lambs wool hat range until June 30th.. There are 3 sizes to cover newborn to teenager.
In 9 gorgeous colourways from our collections Rainbow Bright, Wild Land and First Light.
Stay Cosy & Colourful
Liadain x
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Photo @cliomeldon
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My Mum was a big fan of tree climbing when she was a kid. I love how she has held on to this love of adventure and take her grandkids around the garden to find the best trees, encouraging them to reach just a little higher and to guide feet back onto branches until they can make the leap themselves. Some of my best days were spent in those trees, perched up in the dappled light through the leaves. Magic.
20% off our Kids Lambs wool hat range until June 30th.. There are 3 sizes to cover newborn to teenager.
In 9 gorgeous colourways from our collections Rainbow Bright, Wild Land and First Light.
Stay Cosy & Colourful
Liadain x
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Photo @cliomeldon
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🐑 🌻 KIDS HAT SALE 🌻 🐑
Summer is full of outdoor adventures and it's Ireland so wool is welcome to see playtime flow into dusk.
20% off our Kids Lambswool hat range. There are 3 sizes to cover newborn to teenager.
In 9 gorgeous colourways from our collections Rainbow Bright, Wild Land and First Light.
Until June 30th.
Stay Cosy & Colourful
Liadain x
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Photo @ruth.connolly
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Oxide
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Our kerchiefs are simple functional design at it's best. I have one with me at all times all year long. Worn inside in winter for extra cosiness and in summer for fresh spring mornings and cool summer evenings.
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Do you have one? We would love to hear how you wear yours.
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Photo @katebeanphotography
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Barracuda Kerchief
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How do you wear yours?
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Summer Fun in a Yellow Kerchief made from soft cosy lambswool on a hand driven knitting machine.
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Wild Land
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The land is teaming with colours, Foxgloves and Daisy's. Ferns and long grasses. Gorse and Clover. Glistening turquoise seas and all the colours of the skys from dusk til dawn. Wishing you all the most magic of summers.
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Marianna wears Mint Green kerchief with Teal, Celeste Blue & Grass merino wool hat.
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Fintan wears Barracuda kerchief with Bog Green, Mustard and Fire Red bobble.
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Conor wears Yellow kerchief with Moss Green, Black and Oat hat.
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All hats are our Roll Up style. You choose how you wear it from slouchy to neat.
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Photos by @katebeanphotography
Models @marianna_politelli @fintanmckahey
@conorfionnmckaheypt
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This is the First Light colours from our Summer Collection.
Marianne wears a Nimbus Grey Kerchief & Forest Green, Sky Blue with Yellow bobble.
Conor wears Oxide kerchief & Celeste Blue, Mustard with Celeste Grey bobble.
Fintan wears a Barracuda kerchief & Sea Pink, Celeste Grey and Forest bobble.
Each hat is available in S/M and M/L.
Photos @katebeanphotography
Models @marianna_politelli @conorfionnmckaheypt
@fintanmckahey
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International Tree Week.
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Looking towards the future of lands filled with trees. Our post yesterday is for a big giveaway in collaboration with @grown_clothing. 3 amazing prices. Details on that post.
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What is your favorite tree?
I'm always really drawn to big weeping Willows especially alongside a river. I was lucky to have grown up with the river Dee going through our garden. I spent many days lying around with my pals under the willows.
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Later living in Christchurch New Zealand, I felt at home there finding little spots under Willows along the beautiful meandering Avon river. It is a wonderful thing to lay on the earth under a tree.
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Tell us your stories of connections with special trees
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Photo by @dearbhlaglynn
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Gorse that gives us a little bright pop of colour all year around. It's always such a joy when it starts to bloom again. The fresh yellow flowers that smell exotic like sweet coconut.
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I just found a beautiful piece about gorse by @aliisaacstoryteller . Link to her blog in her bio. Here's a few bits I liked from her piece....
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Gorse is called Aiteann in Irish, which comes from aith - sharp and tenn - lacerating, due to the long thin thorns. The edible flowers were used to flavour whiskey & wine and dye clothes. An infusion of flowers was used to treat scarlet fever in children.
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Hope you enjoy watching it bloom as we move through spring towards Bealtaine.
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Happy International Women's Day! These amazing women are my sisters.
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In honour of the day, we are going to do a raffle for a pair of Made For You merino wool hats.
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To enter -
1. Tag an amazing woman/person who identifies as female
2. Write 3 words that represent her/them.
3. Make sure you both follow us.
4. Share a photo from our feed to your instagram stories.
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Entries close at 5pm. We will put all the entries in a hat and choose a winner.
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The third piece of news is that -
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We are growing!
2020 saw us close on a high, having created a record number of knits for you. We love that this rainbow of wool is shining bright all around the world as each of you embrace your favorite colours.
The higher volume of orders also meant that we broke through the VAT threshold for sale of goods. Of course with every bit of growth there comes a stretch and a challenge. We have updated our prices to include VAT at 23% on every item.
For the past 4 years our prices have only gone up marginally here and there, yet our team has grown. We have crunched our numbers and looked at our systems in depth to make sure each price reflects the time and cost of labour involved.
We hope that you, our colourful Wool Gang, can appreciate this natural progression. We have come a long way since the early market days and are truly grateful for every person who has invested in our knitwear and value each pair of hands that worked with us along the way.
It has not been easy to have to raise the prices up this much, but finally embracing the reality of the numbers in black and white does feel like a step forward. Towards valuing the hard work and skill that goes into each piece.
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Big love Liadain
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Photo by @92circles
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Second piece of news is we now have a blog page - Behind the Seams.
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We are delighted to have a home to showcase our past shoots and some behind the scenes footage too. We also have some new shoots in the pipeline to introduce you to our team and the studio here in Ballydehob.
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Two posts to start - the lovely @robdeboer_ in his Poolbeg Chimneys jumper. September by the Sea a photo story & poem by @aoisetuttyjackson featuring @lucyebowen, Freya and myself!
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More to come, so keep an eye on here.
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Three is the magic number. Last one of Jen @the.nature.wave taken by @aimeestonescamera.
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Wishing you all a good week.
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Three is the magic number, so here's another beautiful photo by @aimeestonescamera of @thenaturewave .
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Every time I've bumped into Aimee these past few years she had a camera in her hand. I got to know Aimee through friends and by going to her yoga classes in the Elbow Room. It's really lovely when you watch someone you know take on a new craft and then see it blossom.
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It takes courage to take up something new . Starting with a blank page , knowing it's going to take practice. Lately I've been painting little pictures and really enjoying mixing colours and finding things to copy or inspire me. Being careful to not be too harsh on myself. Letting the little girl in me play with it.
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Have you picked up something new the past year? Any tips for staying with a new craft when it feels hard?
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The last rays of sun shining on @the.nature.wave aka Jen Doran. These beautiful photos taken by @aimeestonescamera capture Jen so well. Autumnal colours, always smiling and laughing. Jen's wearing our original style hat and mittens in Orange merino wool.
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Jen runs Swimming into Connection, a gathering on Killiney beach to do yoga and swim in the sea. I've been to one and it was magic. Beautiful music, stretches to calm, centre and warm up before everyone walking into the sea together. Herbal teas and chats afterwards, encouragement to talk to someone you don't know.
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These are my kind of gatherings. I look forward to the days we can embrace larger groups again, ones where we feel really connected to ourselves, the land, the sea and open to random chats with strangers/new friends.
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I hope you are all doing ok. It's a tough time. Getting out for walks no matter the weather are definitely helping me blow off the cobwebs and feel more alive. Swims once or twice a week are magic too.
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Big love Liadain & the Knit Team ♡
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The jumpers have been getting all the limelight lately. Here are a few Made For You hats and mittens.
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Sky Blue, Celeste Blue and Yellow bobble with all Charcoal mittens.
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Deep Blue and Grass green bobble with Wild Rose and Tropical Blue mittens.
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All Sea Blue Hat,
All Pebble Grey Hat.
And our all time most popular hat - Sea Pink, Celeste Grey and Teal Bobble hat.
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It's wild out there lads. Stay cosy & colourful. February is still for hibernation!
Big love.
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