Anchor and Bee

12/11/2025

The prize will be judged by both adults and children, with the first award to be announced in 2027.

03/10/2024

A list of over 30 wool/yarn hand-dyers based in Ireland and Northern Ireland (with corresponding Google Map for an road trip): https://buff.ly/2PI2zop

19/09/2024

A list of 30 Yarn Dyers Based in Ireland and Northern Ireland with corresponding Google Map for an Irish road trip and wool & yarn shopping spree: https://buff.ly/2PI2zop

05/09/2024

Useful List of Shawl Knitting Patterns I’ve Designed – Great for Yarn Scraps and Mini Skeins

We each have leftover partial skeins of yarn, mini skeins, or scraps. Their beauty just as admirable as when they were full skeins, but somehow feel less useful. Their purpose shifts because the weight isn’t a nice even 100g, but that...

29/08/2024

Falling Petals Shawl – A Versatile Knit in Lace or 4ply Weight

I designed Falling Petals Shawl in 2013 to showcase a semi-solid lace yarn for my first book, Bake Knit Sew (Anchor and Bee, 2014). Of course, that doesn’t limit the pattern, which works equally beautifully in 4ply/sock weight yarn. You’ll...

22/08/2024

How to Choose a Gift for a Knitter

I’ve posted many times with gift ideas, knitting care package inspiration, Knitmas gifts, knitter care package advice, examples of knitter gifts I’ve given, and creative thoughtfulness suggestions, so why not once more? This post, however, is more focused on choosing...

15/08/2024

Where to Buy or Review My Books

Thank you to everyone who purchases my books and knitting patterns. Your support means so much to me as an independent publisher and knitwear designer. I have been thinking about my first book a bit more lately as I...

08/08/2024

Interview with Michael Harrigan, designer and author of Travel-inspired Knits https://buff.ly/2Y9S83n

01/08/2024

All About my book... Ultraviolet Knits: 12 patterns featuring UV-reactive hand-dyed wool

Ultraviolet Knits: Twelve knitting patterns featuring UV-reactive hand-dyed wool (Anchor and Bee, 2020) features 12 original accessory knitting patterns designed with black light-reactive hand-dyed wool-based yarns. Ultraviolet Knits is inspired by the night’s sky, some from the view from Earth, s...

25/07/2024

Trifecta Shawl is my DK weight three-skein, three-colour triangle shawl that is a year-round fave.

My latest knitwear design is Trifecta Shawl, a classic yet fun triangle shawl that you make your own by following the clues. It was released at the start of January 2022 in conjunction with the with Gary Boston. Now I’m sharing...

22/07/2024

A Munster Technological University-led project, SPRINGWOOL, which focuses on removing obstacles and providing a springboard for innovation in the Irish-grown wool sector, has received €574,683 from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The project is being run in collaboration with Atlantic Technological University, Technological University of the Shannon and University College Dublin.

The funding was announced as part of €22.3 million the Department is providing for 21 new research projects.