All my work is available through this website on a commission basis, just contact me through my email sundew37@gmail.com and let me know what you’re interested in.
My work travels easily in the post and payment can be through paypal or bank transfer.
Hello, I’m Fiona O’Driscoll, and this is my website. My knitted creations celebrate the natural world, the warmth of childhood and the wonderful variety of colours and textures available to me. I always use freshly washed natural fleeces from a local organic sheep farm to stuff the knitted animals as the environment and sustainability are very important to me.
Portrait by Brian Farrell
I live in Leitrim in the hidden heartlands of Ireland . I am surrounded by natural bogland and woods and my garden is regularly visited by wild animals. The badgers, hedgehogs, mice, pine martins, foxes, shrews, rabbits,hares and many birds that pass through give me inspiration for the animals I create. As I create each piece by hand they have their own unique personality and I am always changing my range to keep collectors interested and to stay fresh.
I sell my work directly, just contact me by email sundew37@gmail.com. My work is perfect for posting, unbreakable, light and no best before date! I also supply a few wonderful shops, Strokestown Park, http://www.strokestownpark.ie/, Beech hill garden centre in Cork and the Leitrim Design House https://leitrimdesignhouse.ie/ in Carrick on Shannon . I enjoy craft fairs too and sometimes share a stand with my very talented brother Niall Miller of Fuinseog Woodland Crafts.
If you need some Easter Bunnies in your life just get in touch! They make lovely finger puppets when the creme egg has been eaten
Order now for Easter, €8 posted within Ireland without the egg or collected with egg for €7, and if you want a particular colour jacket just let me know
This year I’ve been making Christmas hats and gone back to making angels , I gave them extra colourful hair as they can be your guardian angel hanging from a car mirror or on the top of a tree 🎄🚗
Smile for the camera! Here’s a selection of what I’m knitting this year, rainbow snowmen, Christmasy hedgehogs and badgers and some classic Santas. Order now so you won’t be disappointed
Smile! Daidí na Nollaig Gráinneog na Nollaig Broc na Nollaig Rainbow beans
A short video of my Christmas decorations, and a rogue Leprechaun
What could be more lovely than a pair of handknit fingerless gloves, in the colour of your choice and with a fair isle design of your favourite thing? With a long cuff to keep your wrists warm and giving freedom to your thumb and fingers so you can use your phone or scratch your nose. Here are some examples of ones I have made, with bats, bees, acorns, dogs, hearts, foxes or no pattern, just your favourite colours. I make them to order in 2 adult sizes (€20)and also in a child size(€15). Post is usually €2
Bee fingerless gloves, adult size large Fox fingerless gloves for adults Acorn fingerless gloves, adult smallLove heart fingerless gloves Plain fingerless gloves Rabbit fingerless gloves, child sizeDog fingerless gloves, child sizeFox gloves fingerless, child size Bat fingerless gloves, small adult size
Broc Nollaig, new for Christmas 2019, creating a new tradition of a Christmas Badger. These little fellows join the Christmas hedgehog and look great hanging from a tree or from a car mirror. They are light and easy to post and very soft as they are stuffed with lamb fleece. Some have Santa hats and some are glittery but all are very cute
There was a bit of a photo shoot in my garden this morning in the beautiful October sunshine. Here among some apples and hazelnuts fresh from the trees are my Púca and Puimcín. The Púca have a patterned cotton base made from recycled material, and a tiny bell inside and are of course stuffed with beautiful lamb fleece. The pumpkins are also stuffed with the fleece and have a nice weight to them. I hope they brighten up your Halloween homes for years to come. If you’d like a face on your puimcín just let me know when ordering.
This is the organic farm where the wool I use to stuff my creations comes from. It is a beautiful family farm on the banks of the river Shannon in Leitrim. Sometimes they have to hand rear a lamb or two and I enjoyed meeting this one yesterday. Spending time with this family and seeing their love and respect for nature is always inspiring.