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#irishcraft #wool #aranwool #knitting #visitdublin

Natural un-dyed Aran weight yarns for your own projects.
These are some of our favourite commonly used wools for our felt animals, sent to a mill for spinning, just back today.

Shetland, BFL, Baby Alpaca blend
White Romney
White (cream) Blue Faced Leicester
Brown Blue Faced Leicester

We’re settled back into a new school term so shop opening hours will be 10 - 2 weekdays (bar the inevitable few sick days!)
We’ve been working on our Autumn/Winter pieces over the summer with customer favourite Robins out on the shelves this week.
#irishcraft #speirgorm #wool #robins #visitdublin

We’ve been working with 100% Irish Galway Wool for a batch of sheep - it’s normally the just the stuffing as it’s SO hard to work with as an outside layer.
A few other favourites that can be all white on the way.
#irishwool #irishcraft #visitdublin #wool #sheep

Here today, most of the others but not worked out exactly which yet (childcare to work around!)

Puffins were a special request by @cleoltd.bsky.social (though we try to keep a few at our shop). For years I thought there was too many details for puffins to work - all the colours in the beak, the. Icy markings, the shape - it this is how we’ve simplified it for our range
#puffin #speirgorm

I’ve been in Kildare at my father in law’s funeral and met his uncle who is 93 and told me he owned Smithfield Motor Company which was situated on the same road as my shop, Benburb St. I found these photos and it seems to be opposite current Fidelity bar, where Bargaintown is now.
#speirgorm #dublin

One of the best additions to Stoneybatter area in recent years, love Hynes, my second localest local.

In celebration and in memory here’s to the Mammies, it’s Irish Mothers Day
#wool #irishcraft #speirgorm

Sounds like a lot of things are not going well in this guy’s life, but probably deservedly so

I think the word he’s looking for is neglect, they neglect more important things for “top jobs”

It’s Daffodil Day in support of the Irish Cancer Society, plenty of places to donate around Dublin City this morning. Seems extra significant this year with services being cut in the US. Thanks to all the volunteers and best wishes to all in treatment now.
#daffodilday #fuckcancer

Think it depends on how different you want them to be and if there are feeds that are niche enough to show different posts. I sometimes think on reflection two accounts might have been better but it’s more because Bluesky has become habitual due to all the news - but that’s a self regulation issue!

Spring time bunnies in natural white Romney and Oatmeal Blue Faced Leicester with tails cut from our smallest white felt scraps with pinking shears. Handmade at our Dublin store.
#wool #irishcraft #bunnies #speirgorm

Looking good!

Make suits fit again

Thanks a mil!

One of our rarer coloured wool creatures, usually found hiding at the back of the shop as they’re one of the more time consuming pieces. Just finished 5 of them, which probably record stock levels.
#wool #irishcraft #fox #speirgorm #independentstore

Great idea, I like the positive approach!

I don’t get it. Everything they sell can be got elsewhere and, although years ago, my last experience of lots of options or locations to choose from for the same item made it easier to just give up and shop elsewhere

A lot of people discover our store for the first time over St Patrick’s Weekend, here’s some of the other non felt animals products by other people and natural crafting wools we have for your own projects. Looking forward to a buzzing Dublin!

#wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #knitting #stpatricksday

Meta should be the easiest and biggest boycott - you don’t go without essential goods, you don’t lose engine efficiency or range, you’re not tied into a contract, you just delete an app. But no, here we are, everyone ignoring the ethics cos they like looking at stupid reels on the toilet.

Sure they’ve a habit of misnaming things lately

Quick stop motion of our new slugs in dark grey Merino wool around our own offcuts.
#wool #irishcraft #stopmotion #speirgorm #slugs

A job worth something or selling shovels @silverbacks.bsky.social

You say vandals, I’ll say peaceful demonstrators

Donate to Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!, organised by Sebastian Vogelsang Hi everyone! I’m Sebastian, the developer behind Flashes for Bluesky - … Sebastian Vogelsang needs your support for Help Bring Flashes for Bluesky to Android!

With Musk getting all the limelight and Zuck seemingly gone quiet it would be easy to forget Meta’s part in all this. The want for photo first media is still keeping android users on Insta, help develop @flashes.blue for Android here

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G’wan, you only live once

St Patrick’s Day is coming up, it’s been a full weekend festival last few years, based at Collin’s Square in the museum on our road. We usually see an influx of tourists, particularly Americans - I wonder what to expect this year, are Americans travelling to Europe?
#stpatricks #speirgorm #tourism

I love this, if you’re already not using X or buying a Tesla there’s not much more boycotting of Musk’s businesses you can do, but you can donate to Everyone Hates Elon to help keep these posters coming. I feel like Zuck is getting off lightly these days though!