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Laxi

@laxiswonderwool.bsky.social
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Wool and Fibre artist in the West of Ireland. Working with local wool. Love making things. Hand spinner. Passionate Knitter. Dogs. Ponies. Pretty pictures. Very amateur photography with a basic camera. Photos mine unless otherwise stated or reposts.

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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
For this week's #ShowMeYourKnits theme of #KnittingInPublic. A pair of socks I knitted at a wool demonstration event in the Connemara National Park from handspun wool of Ireland's native Galway Sheep.
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Ah! Stripes week #ShowMeYourKnits. This was an odds and ends project to use up small amounts of my precious homespun wool from various projects. It may be ugly, but it's very warm. 100% local wool. #Knitsky #CraftersOfBlueSky #Handspun #Wool #Knitting #SustainableFashion #SlowFashion #FiberArt
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Green Trail in the Inagh Valley in Connemara. Lovely Walk. #ColorADay #GreenSat #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
For the day that's in it. 🎵 "My Lovely Horse"🐴 - Father Ted And Dougal in the Eurovision episode 🎵 My lovely horses even perform it themselves! 😁 Thank you @sheena-mck.bsky.social for the reminder. 😆 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSongs #Photography #EastCoastKin #HorsesOfBlueSky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Pic from the walk in Connemara last weekend. Inagh Valley. Lovely Landscape and great trail, but you need good shoes, those stones are hard on the feet! #ForestFriday #Scape #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
For Sabine's #PalacesAndGardens #EaseAndAir theme. Walking the puppy in the grounds of Ashford Castle. The castle seen from the little boathouse on Lough Corrib. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I may have posted this on a previous occasion, but it's the only thing that comes to mind for #WeekSforSongs of the #AlphabetChallenge. 🎵 My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion 🎵
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Wearing one of my knits. Sheep hoodie made from handspun undyed wool of local Galway and Blue Texel sheep. There's a whole lot of stockinette stitch here for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits theme. #MeMadeMay #SustainableFashion #Knitting #Wool #CraftersOfBlueSky #Handspun
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I've posted multiple versions of this before, but I love it so much I'll post yet another one for #WeekRforReflections of the #AlphabetChallenge. It was a total fluke on a walk across the bog back out. #Photography #AnimalPhotography #EastCoastKin #Dogs #DogsOfBlueSky #Husky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Ah! Now here's the incentive I needed to try and finish this flight of fancy. I started it just to please myself because I adore knitting little horses and I had bits of yarn in various colours left. The recent fine weather put it on the back burner the last couple weeks. #lightitupMAL
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Another one from yesterday's drive through the Joyce Country & Western Lakes Geopark. The Maumturk Mountains. Connemara. #Ireland #MountainMonday #Photography #Landscape #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Lough Nafooey in the Joyce Country & Western Lakes Geopark under a moody sky. The countryside is only just starting to turn green in these remote parts in the West of #Ireland. #UNESCOgeopark #Stunday #Photography #Landscape #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Sunday afternoon drive in the Joyce Country. Connemara ponies in Connemara. ❤️ #Ireland #HorsesOfBlueSky #Stunday #Photography #Landscape #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This is as far as I'm prepared to go in showing how I wear my knits. Photo is old, but I *am* wearing this jumper as I post this. I made it by hand from the undyed wool of neighbour's adorable Blue Texel sheep. Pattern is Hestapeysa. #ShowMeYourKnits #MeMadeMay #SustainableFashion #HandMade
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Flowering gorse in the Maam Valley. Connemara. #Ireland #Stunday #Photography #Landscape #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Ah! Purple. Purple sheep. Very realistic as you can see... 😁🐑💜 I knitted the ones in the first pic, the ones in the second pic I met today up in Mamean. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPurple #ShowMeYourKnits #Purple #Sheep #Knitting #Knitsky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Pretty bird! Gotta love a hoopoe. 😍
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The #edge of the Cliffs of Moher. The edge of Ireland. The edge of Europe. The edge of land. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This week's theme for #ShowMeYourKnits is cowls. Not something I frequently knit. However, here are 2 animal themed cowls I've made. Naughty reindeer and huskies. Both probably previously posted. Done as pattern tests, double knitted.
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I see old cars are popular for #WeekOforOld of the #AlphabetChallenge. Here's a right old one for you. #VintageCars #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Alter Peter. Old Peter. Munich. Great view from up there! #WeekOforOld #AlphabetChallenge #Photography #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Cardigan knitted with handspun wool from neighbour's sheep. Toggle buttons handcarved from the sycamore in my garden. #ShowMeYourKnits #Cables #Knitsky #CraftersOfBlueSky #SlowFashion #FiberArt #Wool #NaturalFiber
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Probaby posted before, but you can't have a #WeekNforNonsense without a fine breeding pair of Bavarian Wolpertingers, eh? Seen in a shop window in Mittenwald. #AlphabetChallenge #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nonsense
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Lovely picture of a hoopoe
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Don't try this at home. #WeekNforNonsense #AlphabetChallenge #Cookies
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Anne Eunson knitted a fence with twine based on a Shetland lace pattern, installed at the Shetland Textile Museum, Lerwick #womensart
Four images one of a white woman sitting knitting with huge needles, two images of a dark lace like fence in a garden and another image of the artist standing by the fence.
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
When they split an ad over two columns... 😳 #WeekNforNonsense #AlphabetChallenge
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Who doesn't need a storage cabinet with turbo power motor? 😜 #WeekNforNonsense #AlphabetChallenge
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
You say #Feathers? Why yes, I got feathers. Can't impress the ladies without feathers, can you? #BirdOfTheDay #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#Openings. #BlueSkyArtShow - Munich. Alter Hof. #TravelPhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Ah! Sock week. These are the biggest and bestest socks I've knitted. Very warm, very useful. Made from 2 balls of very ugly but good quality sock yarn acquired from a charity shop for very little money. #ShowMeYourKnits #knitsky #socks #Knitting #CraftersOfBlueSky #KnittersOfBlueSky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"Three Men and a Baby". #WeekMforMovies of #AlphabetChallenge. Repeat post of photo because it fits the week's brief.
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"The Lion in Winter" 😁 Cheeky entry for #WeekMforMovies of the #AlphabetChallenge. #Photography #AnimalPhotography #EastCoastKin #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"All the Pretty Horses" - for #WeekMforMovies of the #AlphabetChallenge. Connemara Ponies in #Ireland. #Photography #AnimalPhotography #Horses #HorsesOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"The Birds" - #WeekMforMovies of the #AlphabetChallenge. And yes, they turkeys did rear the bantam chick.
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Little filly foal born yesterday evening. What a cutie. Gorgeous colour too. Gotta love a dun! #AnimalArtTuesday #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For #WeekMforMovies of the #AlphabetChallenge - "The Quiet Man" with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The statue was put up in Cong a few years ago. The place where most of the village scenes were filmed. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #FilmingLocation
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I always seem to be a week off with my knitting to post recent finished items with the #ShowMeYourKnits hashtag. This is the latest colourwork sweater I made. Ponies slightly modified from previous knits. Usually not a fan of either black or variegated yarns, but warming to this particular combo.
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Another one from the Cliffs of Moher for #WeekLforLayers of the #AlphabetChallenge. #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Scape #Ireland #WildAtlanticWay
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
All I can think of for #WeekLforLayers of the #AlphabetChallenge are rocks. This one is somewhere along the way to Mamean in Connemara. #RockingTuesday #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
And here it is. Finished. Done and dusted. I really like this version of the pony jumper.The colours are rather nicer in real life. Warmer. A bit like a moody sunset. #KnitSky #Knitting #CraftersOfBlueSky #Sweater #FiberArt #YarnArt
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Its #WeekLforLayers of the #AlphabetChallenge. At the dramatic Cliffs of Moher in the West of #Ireland the layers of rock that make up the land here are clearly visible from the sea. #WildAtlanticWay #TravelPhotography #EastCoastKin #Photography #Landscape
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This old castle in the woods is well and truly kaputt. The ruin of Ballykine Castle. #Ireland. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaput #Ruins #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Loving this week's theme of #green for #ShowMeYourKnits. These are all fun little hats and ear warmers using various shades of green. #KnitSky #Knitting #CraftersOfBlueSky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It's all about #Green this week for #ShowMeYourKnits. Slouch beanie with tassel. Made a couple years ago using up small amounts of lovely wool yarn. #Knitting #KnitSky #CraftersOfBlueSky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It's finished! These little sheep are just too much fun to knit in ever new variations. Not suitable for TV knitting though. Too much counting stitches and looking at charts. #Knitting #KnitSky #CraftersOfBlueSky #FiberArt #Sweater
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Update on the pony jumper. Happy with it so far. Fit is great, love the slouch neck, love the colour contrast. Sleeves will have just a wee accent of colour near cuff. Not decided on body yet. Cropped maybe? With a band of bold colour? We'll see. #ShowMeYourKnits #OnYourNeedles #Knitsky #FiberArt
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Another jumper on the needles. Ponies this time. I usually don't much like variegated yarns for anything other than socks, but I think it works for the ponies. It doesnt look quite as "stripey" in real life and colours are warmer. #ShowMeYourKnits #WIP #Knitting #KnitSky #CraftersOfBluesky
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Laxi @laxiswonderwool.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
When there's no box available a broken bucket will do. Cat is content. 😸 #WeekKforKaput of the #AlphabetChallenge #Cats
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