Concentric Collection e-book contains 3 patterns: Borrisnoe Cowl, Gleninsheen Cowl & Toryhill cowl.

The Livia Wrap is now available for individual pattern purchase, or as part of the Celtic Knits Club 2023 collection.

The Fómhar Cowl was first published a

Originally published in Making Stories

Turas is now available to purchase as a stand-alone pattern, or as part of the Celtic Knits Club 2022 Digital collection

The Bulla Cowl is worked in the round, beginning with a provisional cast on. The pattern is knit in a tube, and twisted, before grafting together the ends. The pattern combines plain stocking stitch with stripes and stranded colourwork motifs.

Cas Hat (‘kos’, meaning twist in Irish) is a two-coloured hat with an interlacing ribbon cable, inspired by the Golden Age of Irish Art.

The Roinn * hat features a stranded colourwork motif, loosely inspired by Bronze Age artefacts found here in Ireland. The pattern is worked in the round, with guidance for working a standard or folded brim.

Originally part of the Celtic Knits

Errata 06 Feb

Sos (meaning break, pause, or rest in Irish) came into existence during the early stages of Covid-19 lockdown. I wanted to knit something soothing, simple, and comforting while the world was being turned upside down & inside out.

Roinn (‘reen/rine/rin’ depending on dialect, meaning to divide or separate in Irish) is a super simple introduction to cutting and reinforcing steeks. Roinn consists mistake rib borders, and a geometric stranded colourwork motif of horizontal lines, worked in the round. The colourwork motif is charted only. The steek is reinforced using the cro...

Blackwood is a reversible, asymmetric triangular shawl featuring elongated cable stitches.

September 2020 Pattern has been updated with corrections, improvements

Gotha (‘guh-hah’, Irish meaning flourish, gesture or attitude) is a simple shawl designed with two simple objectives; show off a very busy variegated yarn, and have fun with tassels!

Taispeántais (‘tas PAWN tas’, meaning exhibition, show or display in Irish) is a triangular shawl, worked in garter stitch stripes, and featuring a cable motif. The pattern begins by casting on just a few stitches and increasing as you work. The shawl is worked in single-row stripes of garter stitch, achieved by working two right side rows (one...

For the first 2 weeks after the release of Fána, I pledged to gift the pattern to anyone who made a donation to NASC or the Immigrant Council of Ireland, both of whom support the work of migrants & refugees here in Ireland. My LYS, This is Knit, pledged to match the first week’s donations. Thanks to the generosity of many individuals we rai...

Cosy Knits is available both as a

Bobailín (’BobaLEEN’, the Irish for tassel) is a two-coloured shawl featuring slipped stitch ribbed cables worked over a striped garter stitch background. The pattern is worked in two colours, beginning with just a few stitches, and increasing the stitch count as you work garter stitch stripes. Ribbed cable motifs are introduced as the pattern ...

Cranra (the Irish for a knot in wood/timber) is a rectangular scarf with fringes, and a slipped-stitch motif inspired by wood grain and knots in cut timber.

Liath (pronounced Lee-ah, ‘grey’ in Irish) is a triangular garter stitch shawl featuring a simple slipped stitch pattern. The shawl is designed to showcase mini skeins, combining one large semi-solid skein with complementary semi-solid and speckled mini skeins.

Kylemore wrap is a rectangular wrap, featuring lace borders.

The Rossmore shawl is a triangular shawl, worked in biased garter stitch. Its simple garter stitch & slipped stitch patterns make this pattern suitable for confident beginners, as only one colour is worked in each row.

Cuar (Irish for ‘curve) is a biased garter stitch triangular shawl. The shawl begins at a point, and is increased as you work. Cuar features rainbow stripes, worked in a combination of garter stitch and slipped stitch rows, for a gradual transition between colours. Cuar features pom pom rainbows for an extra little hint of fun!

Ziggy Played with Yarn is a stranded colour work cowl, featuring a zig zag pattern and gradual shifts in the dominant colour.

Ardcrony is a reversible triangular shawlette, worked in garter stitch and featuring a reversible cable. It is begun at a narrow end, increasing in width, and finished with an i-cord button hole band.

Stua (Irish for Arc) is a biased garter stitch hat with a square top. The hat features diagonal rainbow stripes, and is completed with rainbow pom poms. Stua is knitted flat, grafted into a tube and closed with a seam along the top.

Solas (Irish for light) is all about little hints of rainbows!

Trillick is a fitted cowl, worked top-down and in the round. It is shaped to fit over the shoulders using a series of increases. Short row shaping adds an asymmetric triangular wedge, suggestive of a triangular shawl. The cowl features textured stitches, and a garter stitch lace edging, loosely inspired by prehistoric gold artefacts from the Na...

Lissanover Cowl is inspired by the geometric surface decoration on gold lunulae in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland. The cowl came to life as a solution to keeping my shoulders & neck warm while working from home, and keeping scarf ends out of the way of multiple cups of tea!

Ka-boom! is a variation on the simple boomerang-shaped scarf. It is worked back & forth in garter stitch, with simple mesh lace short-row sections worked in complementary contrast colours.

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Boom! is a very simple asymmetric boomerang shawl, knit in garter stitch with increases and decreases. The shawl was designed with the intention of displaying a colour gradient in handspun yarns, prepared from commercially blended tops, but could be used with any commercial yarn. It would be ideal for variegated or gradient yarns.

Jan 2016:errors have been identified in both the chart and written instructions for the cables. The pattern has now been updated; the file ending ‘0116’ is the most recent version. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Torc Scarf is a cosy curving garter stitch scarf with reversible cable edging, taking inspiration from twisted gold torcs in the National Museum of Ireland.

Pattern is currently unavailable, while awaiting an update.

This simple cowl is designed to display the subtle shifting of colours in semi-solid hand-dyed yarns. It features bands of horizontal cords & stocking stitch.

This cowl is knit with lace weight yarn held double, and features cables and pleats. It is ideally knit in a yarn with a slight halo and drape.

This cosy cowl is designed to display the bounce & fullness of Dublin Dye Company’s Merino DK. It is shaped with short rows & can be worn pulled down over the shoulders, or gathered around the neck.

This cowl was designed to show off this drapey alpaca yarn.

Inspired by the cherry blossom tree, this bonnet is designed to keep your little one warm, and cheer you up during the cold winter months.

This is a very simple baby mitten pattern, that can be whipped up in an evening or two. It is designed to fit a baby with a wrist measurement of between 10 - 12 cm, with a little room for growing. Layering the long cuff over garments and under coats will help keep it in place on little hands.

May 2021: this pattern has been updated.

DK weight leg-warmers for babies, worked in the round. These legwarmers are designed to keep little legs warm during nappy-free time, or while being worn in a sling or carrier. An i-cord drawstring tied at the ankle keeps the legwarmers in place in spite of kicks or wriggles.