Knit Ireland photo essay

Today I'm delighted to announce the lucky recipients of Woolly Wormhead's Classic Woolly Toppers.  Many congrats to Kiki who has won the hard copy (could you please email me your contact details before Saturday 6th, when the prize goes to the reserve winner?) and to Debbie, who'll be receiving the ebook in her Ravelry library shortly. Enjoy! The numbers were picked by a non-knitting guest on our Knit Ireland tour. The absolute favourite was Sumner, followed closely by the Camden cap, with the beautiful Ravine coming in third. Many thanks to everyone who entered the draw.

Sumner

Camden Cap

Ravine

You may have noticed I haven't been very active on the blog recently, mainly because for the past ten days we've been travelling around Ireland with a bunch of twenty-five lovely people. The tour ends on Friday, but meanwhile as I'm strapped for time, I'll post a couple of photo essays to give you a flavour of some of the things we've been up to.

Lisdoonvarna & the Burren

Cliffs of Moher

Matchmaking Festival at Lisdoonvarna

Lisdoonvarna

Harebells in the grykes

Wild flowers in the Burren

Poulnabrone dolman

Druid at the dolman

Galway

Guinness delivery

Ard Bia restaurant

Nimmo's Bar

Ard Bia bread

Busker

Music shop

Galway pub

Spanish Arch

O'Maille's - first shop to import sweaters from the Aran islands

With Edward Wilde

 Aran Islands - Inis Oirr

Arriving at Inis Oirr

Our island transport

Heath the horse whisperer

Island home

Local shop

Workshop with Una McDonagh

Fuchsias

The Plassey, wrecked in 1960, crew of eleven saved by islanders

On the quayside contemplating the gale before we leave

Boarding the ferry after a fabulous day

Just realised it's late and we have to be up early in the morning, so will post more pics anon.
Night night...