Knitfield Ireland

11/10/2026

A well prepared group in Derry! Thanks so much to Battenkill Fiber tours partnered with KnittingTours.com for a visit to our artists collective Number19 Craft and Design. It made the visit extra special to see all those hats, some made in your own hand spun 😲
I am truly humbled.
Thanks to Number 19 member, artist, potter, sculptor & educator Anna McGurn of for capturing the moment.

18/09/2026

Resharing this Culture Night with Jill at the The Fashion and Textile Design Centre - FTDC as Jill has her brand now called Factory Ireland & writes lovely pieces about the heritage of shirt making & more.

15/07/2026

Besides my wool wall at Number 19 Craft & Design Derry is this beautiful collection! Our colour stories align and have a shared creativity of sorts despite the very different materials. Northern Lights Glass Jewellery

12/06/2026

All my quilt pictures from yesterday’s visit to the exhibition by Sandra Weir on Magazine Street, four minutes from our Number 19 Shop, at First Derry Presbyterian Church,
As part of Walled city Alive. Exhibition ends June 19th. Open daily but check hours!

The ‘Shirt Tales’ experience is also based here in a wonderful bright class room with exhibits. Check Visit Derry or directly with the venues for more information.

08/05/2026

Gorse Yellow!

When you want yellow you sometimes get yellow. Gorse flowers with alum mordant and then modifying with soda ash. # Irishgrownwool

29/04/2026

Year three on the banks of the Foyle! Quilt Fayre North West will be at the Everglades Hotel May 8th & 9th.
Plan a day or two at this very creative event, take a crochet class with Shannon (I met her at the first of these).

Just over a week to go, please share this post, let everyone know: long term weather forecast is good, sunshine,cloud and a bit of rain 😂trains are all running, buses can be caught and cars hopefully full of fuel. Let’s go !

19/04/2026

Thanks To the McCloy family, for a memorable day

14/04/2026

All ears for James at Glenshane Country Farm this morning in the beautiful Sperrins.
The scones are number one in the world here, another class?
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Molly the bunny is on the move again 💚

11/04/2026

March certainly went out like a lamb ..🐑 or two!

10/04/2026

A glimpse in the rear view mirror of a magical Spring week in Donegal. Did we Knit? Connect? Create?
Sharing was central to the mood! From gifts to skills and conversations.

More to show later and tell later 💚☘️

Shout out to the new causeway coast friends too & & #