Hhhhmmm...where to start..this is my first attempt at a blog so I guess I will start with a little bit about me and why I have decided to start a blog. Well as you can see from the above title..my name is Helena...or "d moms" as I am known as by my wee doggie Fred and my hubby to be! I am from the lovely little cultural city of Galway on Irelands west coast and a definate Galway girl to boot (minus the black hair and green eyes but a Galway girl all the same). I am a scientist by career but an art, craft and hobby enthusiast in my spare time! My favorite thing to do is knit..hence my blog "Helena ag Cniotail" which in English I think is "Helena Knitting"..although my ability to speak and also understand the Irish language appears to have deserted me upon leaving school! And although this blog will primarily center around knitting I would also like to mention that my love of all things crafty does not end there....I have also been known to do a little scrapbooking, card making, drawing, painting and so on. I will try my hand at anything and am always looking for a new craft!! And that is what I intend this blog to be about, all my creative attempts! At the moment I am focusing on mine and hubby to be's upcoming wedding and how I can get the creative juices flowing to make it a day that is unique to us and to our personalities (sooooo exciting :D) and in the rest of my spare time (if it is not all taken up by wedding preparations)...I plan to teach myself some new knitting techniques and step away from the size 3mm standard knitting needle and double knitting wool and also teach myself how to crochet! I can not believe I am knitting since I was seven and never tried to knit with double pointed needles or to crochet!!! Shocking really!!! :O At the moment I am finishing off knitting a Jean Greenhowe pattern for Santa Claus (http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/) to add to the festive decorations this year. He is off the needles and in the process of being sewn and stuffed!
Well that is all I have time for at the moment. I am graduating with my Masters tomorrow so I need to go get all my things ready so I won't be running around like a headless chicken in the morning!! I hope if I get time later to upload what I have done so far with the Santa and over the next week or so I plan on compiling a portfolio of pictures of some of my work to date (although I have a terrible habit of giving all my crafted items away as gifts so this may be difficult).
Until then,
from a knitaholic first time blogger,
Helena :D
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