Field of Flowers Shawl

Just finished this one, maybe to keep for myself, it's beaded & I just love the colour.

The purple on on a mannequin, am so pleased with the way this pattern turned out!

Looks like a ghost!

Beaded Field of Flowers

This is what the pattern looked like by the time I'd finished, bit big to fit in a kit, but it's now condensed onto 3 A4 pages & it seems to work!

This is it knitted in cream merino with beads in the centre of the flowers & up the stems

Field of Flowers Shawl, again!

Well I've managed to condense my acres of graph paper that made up the pattern into 4 A4 sheets & am knitting the pattern again to make sure it 1) makes sense & 2) works! So far so good, that'll undoubtedly put the kibosh on it!

This one I'm knitting with beads in the middle of each flower & on the stem, will add photos when I've taken them.

Have just finished reading "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon for our book club, I read it years ago when it came out & have spent a lovely afternoon reacquainting myself with it, so much I didn't remember at all, it's amazing that when you think you've read a book & really enjoyed it & realise you haven't taken half of it in! We're meeting this Friday, so hopefully won't forget it all by then, need to come up with some suggestions of books for the next reads....

Photos of Field of Flowers Shawl

Think I've got a thing for purple at the moment, bought this lovely suede bag, which goes with the new shawl!

This shows the small flowers developing into the flower with 2 leaves & then the edging with flowers, leaves & stem.

Flower with 2 leaves
Flower with leaves & stem

New Shawl - Field Of Flowers

Have just finished a new shawl, am really pleased with it, am calling it Field of Flowers, unless I can think of anything better. It starts with small flowers, then progresses to flowers with 1 set of leaves, then 2 sets of leaves & then finally the edging is the flower, 2 sets of leaves & a stem. Think it would lovely with a bead in the middle of each flower & maybe going down the stem. Will have to have a go knitting one like that. But for now I've got to write the pattern up, that'll take me long enough! And then I need to make some stock for Percy House in Cockermouth as sold quite a lot before Christmas & am running very low.

Will post some pictures when I've taken them!