As both a knitter and an Irish dancer, I have taken inspiration from the 7 solo dances and used elements from each of them to create design features for the different patterns. The patterns, available both singly and in the e-book, are:

The Hornpipe Bag is the eighth, and final, pattern in my series, All the Jigs and Reels.

The Treble Jig Legwarmers are the seventh pattern in the ebook, All the Jigs and Reels.

The Treble Reel Toque is the sixth pattern in my ebook, All the Jigs and Reels.

Rínce Fada is pronounced rink-ah fah-dah and means “long dance” in Irish. It is the name of a popular céilí dance involving a long column of dancers. You’ll notice the word “dance” is prominently displayed the long way ;) Mini hearts, music notes and treble clefs decorate each end and the center features a knotwork panel. Along the sides are ca...

The Slip Jig Scarf is the fifth pattern added to the “All the Jigs and Reels” ebook.

The Single Jig Mitties are the fourth pattern in my ebook, All the Jigs and Reels. They are a sister pattern to the Single Jig Mittens, using the same cables and basic construction.

The Single Jig Mittens are the third pattern in my ebook/series All the Jigs and Reels.

This is the second pattern in my “All the Jigs and Reels” ebook.

The light reel is the first dance learned after the dancer is, more or less, familiar with their 3s and 7s (3s and 7s are the Irish dancing equivalent to knits and purls for knitters). The light reel is danced in softshoes, aka ghillies (gill-eez). The time signature is 4/4, and that is the same as the st to row ratio of the rope cables used in...

Both trivet and coasters are knit in rows using unwrapped short-rows and then are seamed to finish them.

Who says a shawl can’t have more than one edging? Or that shawls need to be knit in fine weight yarns? Not me!