Grace

As with most Irish Ballads it is about the sacrifice. He is going to be hung for being IRA, she is marrying him.There would be no wedding, no family, no dress, no dream so I had to give her this in a sock. The back of the sock becomes the bouquet , the front the veil. The beads on the front are the beads in the veil. The flowers on the back are gathers together for the bouquet. They would be wild flowers not hot house so I chose daisies. I made this sock about a bride , not about the troubles or the IRA member , but about the bride so in love that even if only for a night ,even without a proper wedding night she marries him knowing it is a moment of sadness as much as a moment of joy.

And the finished photo of grace:

Whiskey In The Jar

As I was goin' over the far famed Kerry mountains,
I met with Captain Farrell, and his money he was counting.
I first produced me pistol and I then produced me rapier,
Saying: "Stand and deliver, for you are a bold deceiver!".
Musha rin du-rum do du-rum da, Whack for my daddy-o,
Whack for my daddy-o, There's whiskey in the jar

This song has been covered by a vast variety of people from The Dubliners (traditional Irish) to 

Metallica and American Hard Rock Group. It is the story of a highwayman who, after robbing a military or government official, is betrayed by a woman; whether she is his wife or sweetheart is not made clear. 
So how does one make that into a sock, First of all the yarn, my friend Karin has once again outdone herself 
with a yarn called Freckles in the colour Sunset Over Donegal. I could go thematic and make the sock with whiskey jars and names of Irish whiskey but I don't like that so what I will do is go very traditional with a few twists. The sock will e designed for a man.Advantage to that being more stitches for more design possibilities.

Money money money!!!!!!!!

This is a freebie for tax hay, fingerless gloves with fun beading. So where do I start I am going to do a ruffle go into ribbing then beading , the pattern . Ok this should fun. I think the beading should mean something. Conceptually it has to be fun.