Ballyhoura Fibres

Wow!! I had the most incredible weekend at Flock Fiber Festival! Thank you and for organising such an amazing event! I got to see old friends and make new ones and I left Seattle with a full heart and so much gratitude for this community! Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth to shop or just to say hi, I couldn’t do this without your support 🧡

Can’t wait for October!

Sock Sets!! 🧦🧦🧦

I will have a very limited batch of the first six months of the National Parks Yarn Club: Ireland and the UK as well as Indious sock sets available at this weekend!

Slide 2: Snowdonia NP with Iron
Slide 3: Peak District NP with Bordeaux
Slide 4: Wicklow Mountains NP with Boreal
Slide 5: Loch Lomond NP with Turmeric
Slide 6: Brecon Beacons with Olive Branch
Slide 7: South Downs NP with First Frost
Slide 8: Insidious with The Red Door

Here’s a look at the last six colourways that I will have this weekend at !!

From left to right we have: Amethyst Deceiver, Isle of Rum, Canopy, Glen Nevis, Dune, and Lavender!

I will have these colourways on Suri, NSW Merino Fi*****ng, 4ply Sock, and Merino DK. I am in booth 58 and I can’t wait to see you all this weekend!

Say hello to the next six colourways that I will have with me next weekend at !!

This group is for the speckled lovers! Left to right: Sandbar, Harmony Hall, Turmeric, Desert Bloom, Port Wine, and a brand new colourway: Fibre Friends! Fibre Friends has quickly become one of my favourite colourways. Swipe to see an up close look at those speckles and my colourway inspiration 😍

The variegated in this grouping will be available on Suri, 4ply Sock, and Merino DK. The tonals will be available on Suri, NSW Merino Fi*****ng, 4ply Sock, and Merino DK. Flock Fiber Festival is the 10th and 11th of August!

It’s time to start introducing the colourways that I will be bringing to next weekend! 

Here are the first six colourways from left to right we have: The Red Door, Insidious, Current, Echinacea Supreme, Moss, and Tide Pool! 

I will have these colorways on Suri, NSW Merino Fi*****ng, 4ply Sock, and Merino DK. Flock Fiber Festival is the 10th and 11th of August! I’m in booth 58; I can’t wait to see you all there! 🐑

Here’s a look at the moodboard for August’s instalment of the National Parks Yarn Club: Ireland and the UK! This month will find us in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland! Boreal is the coordinating tonal for this month.

The listings for Cairngorms National Park and Boreal will open tomorrow evening at 8pm IST and stay open for three days. I am heading to the States next week so orders will ship by Monday, the 26th of August.

I’ve been bitten by the Mini Mock Neck Tank bug. I started this Friday evening and I’m flying through it!

I am knitting the fourth size and using Sandbar, a tonal from my Coastal Collection, on 4ply Sock. This may or may not be another sneak peek at another colourway joining the line up at Flock Fiber Festival next month! I will start sharing the lineup very soon!

The Nature’s Palette Overflow update is now live! 🌿🎨

These are ready to ship and orders will head out within 1-3 business days! And as always, thank you all so much for your continued support! 🧡

There is a lot of suri available during tonight's in-stock update, so I thought it might be fun to share some color combinations for colorwork projects, like the Instant Crush pullover!

There are two skeins of suri available in each colorway! A full list of colorways and quantities is available on my last post. The Nature's Palette overflow in-stock update will go live tonight at 8 pm IST; these are ready to ship, and orders will head out in 1-3 business days!

Nature’s Palette overflow skeins are coming to the shop!

The update will go live at 8pm IST on Thursday, the 11th of July! Swipe to see the inventory for each palette! 🌿🎨

The 20% off birthday sale is live!!

Here’s a little look at some of the in-stock yarn available! Thank you all so much for your orders so far, the sale will run until 11:59pm IST on Friday!

Wednesday is my 30th birthday, to celebrate and to say thank you all so much, all in-stock yarn will be 20% off!

There is no code needed, the discount will apply automatically at checkout! The sale will run from 00:01 IST on Wednesday to 11:59pm IST on Friday, the 5th of July.

Finished my first Sophie Scarf just in time for a quick trip to Inishmore! I had so much fun knitting this and want to cast on another one immediately! I used one skein of Current from my Nature’s Palette collection on my Merino DK base.

Quarter three subscriptions as well as July’s instalment of the National Parks Yarn Club: Ireland and the UK go live tomorrow night- 27 June at 8PM IST!

July will find us in Ireland at Wild Nephin National Park; its coordinating tonal is Rose Quartz.

In August, we are heading back to Scotland one last time and will be in Cairngorms National Parks! The coordinating tonal for August is Boreal.

Finally, September will find us in Wales in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, its coordinating tonal is Iron.

The listings for Wild Nephin and Rose Quartz will stay open for three days and ship by the 15th of July.

The quarterly listings will stay open for one week, and these orders will ship by the 15th of September!

Here’s a little sneak peek at one of the colourways in my lineup for fibre festivals later this year!

I cast on this Sophie Scarf last night, using Current on my Merino DK base and I am flying through it. I love how quickly this is knitting up, and already know I’ll want to make more!

Very excited to share with you all that Ballyhoura Fibres will be at Indie Untangled in October!

There are more than 40 vendors for the 11th annual Indie Untangled Rhinebeck kickoff. Tickets will go on sale next Saturday (15 June) at 12pm EST.

Come join us for this fall tradition to start off a magical weekend of yarn, sheep and friendship!

This is the last week of the An Grianstad: A Winter Solstice Countdown Box preorder so I thought I might reshare the details!

There are three options available for purchase:
🧶 Tonal Box- 4 full skein tonals (€108 + shipping).

🧶 Variegated Box- 4 full skein variegated (€108 + shipping).

🧶 Full Box- 4 full skein tonals AND variegated (€205 + shipping).

These boxes will be available on my 4ply Sock, NSW Merino Fi*****ng, Merino DK, or NSW Merino DK base.

I have payment plans available. Invoices will be sent around the 15th of July and September. Please note that failure to pay the additional invoice(s) will result in losing your deposit and not receiving a countdown box.

The An Grianstad: A Winter Solstice Countdown Box preorder will close this Friday (31 May) at 8pm IST. Boxes will ship mid-October.

Here is June’s moodboard for the National Parks Yarn Club: Ireland and the UK, we’re heading to South Downs National Park! Its coordinating tonal is First Frost, a pale icy blue.

June’s monthly listings will open tomorrow (Monday, the 27th of April) at 8pm IST. The listings will stay open for 3 days and orders will ship by the 15th of June!

Here’s a look at March’s colourway for the National Parks Yarn Club- Wicklow Mountains National Park and its coordinating tonal, Boreal!

June’s instalment of the National Parks Yarn Club: Ireland and the UK will open Monday (27/5) at 8pm GMT and stay open until Thursday (30/5) 8pm GMT. I will share June’s colour palette tomorrow!

An Grianstad: A Winter Solstice Countdown Box is live!

The listings for the boxes will stay up until Friday, the 31st of May unless my capacity is reached. Boxes will ship mid-October!

An Grianstad Details!

There are three options available for purchase:

🧶 Tonal Box- 4 full skein tonals (€108 + shipping).

🧶 Variegated Box- 4 full skein variegated (€108 + shipping).

🧶 Full Box- 4 full skein tonals AND variegated (€205 + shipping).

These boxes will be available on my 4ply Sock, NSW Merino Fi*****ng, Merino DK, or NSW Merino DK base.

I will have payment plans available. Invoices will be sent around the 15th of July and September. Please note that failure to pay the additional invoice(s) will result in losing your deposit and not receiving a countdown box.

An Grianstad: A Winter Solstice Countdown Box will go live on Friday, the 3rd of May at 8pm IST, and will stay open for four weeks unless my capacity is reached earlier. Boxes will ship in mid-October!

Here is May’s moodboard for the National Parks Yarn Club: Ireland and the UK! We are heading back to Wales and are in Brecon Beacons National Park! Its coordinating tonal is Olive Branch- an earthy green!

May’s monthly listings will open tomorrow (Friday, the 26th of April) at 8pm IST. The listings will stay open for 3 days and orders will ship by the 15th of May! Quarter Two subscriptions are still open (April-June) and these orders will ship mid June.

April’s instalment of the National Parks Yarn Club: Ireland and the UK will bring us to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park! Its coordinating tonal is Turmeric- a honey mustard yellow!

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs NP as well as Turmeric will be available for purchase this Friday, the 19th of April at 8pm IST. The listings will stay up for 3 days, and will ship by Friday, the 10th of May.

I have had a few requests to open a quarterly subscription to help save on international shipping, so May and June’s colourways will also be available for purchase! The quarterly listings will stay open for ten days (closing on Monday, the 29th of April). Please note, this will just be the mystery variegated skeins and these will ship mid June. I will continue to list each month with its coordinating tonal around the 27th of each month and they will ship by the 15th of the following month!

Thank you all so much for your love and support for Nature’s Palette! Supplies have been ordered, and I am setting a turnaround time of 6–8 weeks! All orders will ship by Friday, the 7th of June, and I will ship as they are ready! 🌿🎨

An ode to colour!! 🎨

There’s about 24 hours left in the Nature’s Palette preorder, and I thought it might be fun to share some of your lovely colour combinations! Thank you all so much for your orders, I am so excited to see all of your future WIPs and FOs!

It’s Nature’s Palette day!!

The website is ready to go for tonight’s 8pm GMT launch but before then I wanted to highlight two things!

✨ I offer flat rate shipping- Ireland: €6, Europe and UK: €10, Rest of World: €14.

✨ I offer an Anti Fat Tax Discount. Use the code ‘SizeInclusive’ if you need 6+ skeins to make a garment to receive 15% off your order. You are able to mix and match bases and colourways!

Thank you all so much for your likes, comments, and shares! This collection has been in the works since the end of October and I appreciate all of your support!

I have a question box in my stories if anyone has any last minute colour requests or questions! The Nature’s Palette preorder goes live tonight (5th of April at 8pm GMT)! It will stay open for one week and I will announce a turnaround time once it closes.

Here’s a closer look at my Non-Superwash bases! Non-Superwash bases take dye up differently than Superwash so the result is a less saturated colour but just as beautiful!

Top: NSW Merino Fi*****ng: 100% Non-Superwash Merino, 400m (437y) per 100g, 4ply

Bottom: NSW Merino DK: 100% Non-Superwash Merino, 225m (246y) per 100g, 4ply

Not pictured: NSW Merino Aran: 100% Non-Superwash Merino, 166m (182y) per 100g, 3ply

The Nature’s Palette preorder goes live tomorrow (5th of April) at 8pm GMT! It will stay open for one week and I will announce a turnaround time after it closes!

Ballyhoura Fibres is committed to being an inclusive space for all bodies. I have a permanent Anti Fat Tax Discount in place for individuals who need six or more skeins to make a garment.

The discount can be used on any mix of bases and colourways! This discount is in place to offset the cost of hand-dyed yarn for larger bodies. Please do not use it for blankets or smaller projects.

Here’s a look at the entire Nature’s Palette collection across the bases!

I’ve been looking forward to showing you all the collection in full! Nature’s Palette will be available on 13 different bases, most are pictured above!

Starting with slide one: NSW Merino Fi*****ng, 2ply Sock, 4ply Sock, BFL DK, Merino DK, NSW Merino DK, Polwarth DK, Tweed DK, and Suri!

The bases that are not pictured are: Tweed Sock, 50g 4ply Sock, Merino Aran, and NSW Merino Aran but full details about each base will be provided in the listings.

The Nature’s Palette preorder goes live this Friday, the 5th of April at 8pm GMT! It will stay open for one week and I will announce the turnaround time once it closes.