This is delayed a week because sadly Brendan Kehoe of Zen.org lost his fight with cancer. His funeral was Saturday 23rd July and I seriously couldn't face doing the update; over the last few weeks there were a number of tributes to him.
2 Knit or Not 2 Knit shows some handspun and what became of it.
40 plus teenager talks about the prospects for people
All Things Beautiful looks at a pattern and variations
Akka Designs finishes a blanket
An Apology for an Idler makes some fingerless gloves; talks about wearing handknits; makes a scarf; talks about friends; sees the Harry Potter film; talks about No; gets a haircut; engages in some self-indulgence and hopes that things get better
An Evening Wasted With does some bra and yarn shopping; wonders about out of date lemsip; gets meat and books; starts some fitness; does the second day; talks about books and family; is happy Livejournal is back
An Snag Breac Beo shares pink from the garden; reds; Oranges and makes a skirt
Anula's Kitchen makes some homemade noodles and makes pasta alla genovese
As the World Falls Down hates her job; enjoys her day; is very tired; enjoys a half day and explores new tastes
Basil Exposition thinks Never Buy the Sun by Billy Bragg encapsulates her week; reviews How to be a Woman; points out Dennis Potter was right; reviews the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; didn't like A Town called Alice; reviews Delusions of Gender; makes Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall's Chocolate Cake; goes to a Divine Comedy gig and has an unforseen benefit to defrosting the Freezer
Beckydazzler picks some items from the Brown Thomas press event; shares an outfit; Joseph A/W Preview; gets a metal collar and shares some knit inspiration
Bola de Berlin announces her competition winner
Cattapilla Designs has an orange Thursday; the good the bad and the ugly and goes across the border to Kerry
Celtic Knots gets published and makes several cards
Celtic Memory Yarns visits more Irish Historic places
Chebe has been busy; compares two operating systems; shows her model; adjusts a dress; plays with some Sugru
Clasheen felts in Roskilde; talks about adding machine embroidery to felt; has a teaser photo and thanks; shares photos and a positive review; a second felt workshop; more printing info and more about felting and stitching
Colour and Ink takes part in a Daisy blog hop; makes a flying card; baby boy card; paperplays with Ribbons, Lace and Buttons; a welcome home card and makes a welcome baby card
Constant Knitter shares some Quinoa recipes
The Coffee Break shares a recipe for a quinoa salad; baked cardamom custard with cherries and raspberries and visits London
Darling WolfEyes paints some frames and makes cake for her granny's birthday
Dispatches from the Deise goes from knitting stash to splash
Doogarry has a trip to Fota Wildlife Park courtesy of Twitter
Dragondays photographs a shopping centre; finds a floating plug and photographs Paddington Station
Droim an Uan dissects a nest; spins some yarn
Dublin Knit Collective offers condolences about Brendan
Duilleoga finds a new nickname for her son and her first attempt at embroidery
Etsy Ireland welcomes new members; fresh five on Friday; another fresh five on Friday and does a fresh appeal for Blog Contributors
Felting my way across Kerry has a busy weekend; finds that July is moving quickly;
Fly Along is back and has blogger issues
Froggy's Craft makes a skirt from old clothes and takes part in the Zombie Walk and Kings of Concrete
From Sheep to Shawl has a felting workshop in Killarney; some workshop action shots and announces a weaving class in Killarney
Gingerpixel shares Niamh and Tommy's Wedding Photographs and posts a sneak peak from a wedding shoot
Gormal's Odds and Ends uses Decoupage to make a vase; tissue box cards; tee shirts to toys; gets some crochet hooks and finishes the veil
Green Waves talks roses, dogs and gardening and shows why she's enjoying her garden
Half a Dream Away photographs a fading sky
Haz Wool Will Knit moves and organises
Herborium paints Gianni's Peas part 1 and part 2
Hooks Law talks about yarn overs; finishes the tour; talks about the frog pond
Irish Muses has fun with a puppy and does some embroidery and bids farewell to her blog
Julle's World enjoyed London; had her mother and sister over for Tete's Birthday and celebrates Alan's Last day in Montessori
Kersti makes something new; shares her tweet week; and again; another tweet week; another tweet week and another
Knit Inc talks about remembering Brendan, and about finished objects and shows off her new kitchen
Knitting Neels has a sewing experiment and finishes the experiment
Laura Eliason shares some beach poetry
Lets Knit & Stitch links to the video of the cast on Julia Robert's new movie knitting and gets pompom and cancan back in stock
LHogan finishes the jumper and photographs him in it
Limerick Live has time pass quickly; enjoys a summer's day; and it feels like summer
Little Hare talks about waking at night
Margie's Crafts shares some photos of Carlton House having been there for a wedding; has a week of birthdays and shares a photograph of sweet pea
Michele Made this loves her daylight bulb; takes part in another world record; recycles a duvet cover; banoffe biscuits; only 150 days to Christmas; finds a use for everything and goes to a supper club
Milkmoon has hope for summer; has cloud gazing; fritters away some time; steals some time; together; before they fly the nest
Miss Aine makes a Kokeshi Doll; makes a small doll; makes a dreamcatcher; links to some how-to-make dreamcatchers; makes a green Panda; two babies; Speedy Squirrel; makes a pretty stripey blouse; cute dinner and bakes cakes for Somalia
Mitt liv på Irland, My life in Ireland goes to Sweden for some holidays and returns to Ireland
Morg Today makes a Lego Hagrid Hut; has a BBQ; gets some new books; talks about cinema classics and has a hedgehog visitor
Ms Walsh loves the rain and shares memories of her grandmother
Needles and Haystacks makes a top and a tankini
Neencrochet talks about making your own crochet hook case
Nibs, Needles and Nappies wonders how cute her knitting is
One of these Days has a Wednesday WIP and posts a finished item
Pippablue shows the result of the Japanese Fabric Swap
Playing with Fi(b)re has Tour de Fleece day 9; day 12; paddles; day 13; day 14 with 3 bobbins full; day 15- plying; day 16; day 17; day 18; remembers her grandfather and an unimpressed cat
Rubysasha makes some crocheted bags and enters the RDS Craft Competition
Runcible Spoon goes to the Honest to Goodness Market; has nostalgic salad; has Pizza Irish Style and goes on a food trail
Scratch Card Junkie talks about being a bum; an update on comments; end of an era; Aul wans part deux; some thoughts about Amy Winehouse; loves Tea Tree Water from Lush
Selkie's Crochet does a July update
She Knit up that Ball talks about memories of Brendan
The Siegel Six have several updates
String Revolution talks about the exhibit her quilt is in and on her needles (with a plea for a ball to finish a project)
Tatty Franey makes a summer promise
Things that Strike Me has some advice for estate agents and landlords
This is Knit talks about lifelines; shows off some Knit A Long finished objects; bids farewell to Brendan; close for the funeral; talks about substituting yarns
Unnaturally Red updates a post predicting her future
Winona Queen makes a comission hat
Wire Wrapped has a coral set; teardrop earrings; great value zone; a wrapped geode; gets more geodes; red jasper teardrop pendants; talks about wrapping cabachons and new skill, cat pendant and more
With Needles and Wool works on a dishcloth and recounts some finishes, starts and add-ons
Woolly Way of Ireland talks about a course on painting with fleece (July 16th) and K2Tog summer craft in Winnies Wool Wagon (2nd-5th August)
Woolly Winged Gathering talks about a class about contemporary patterns; spins with a drop spindle and a felt your own yoga mat class
Wyvernfriend updates on socks and talks about working on versus in Progress
Yarn Classes has a missing sheep; the Irish Reef has another outing; has some pictures of the Irish Reef; finishes a handbag and talks about the Tinahely Show Weekend
Zen.org reveals that the cancer hadn't been beaten; are pleased with the support; gets bruised but unbroken; is hospitalised; dies; the funeral details; share the celebration details; Elana finds the MythTV box hard work; has a transcription of the speeches; another writer talks about his memory of Brendan and Elana talks about one week on
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