Friday, 14 January 2011

Lavender love


I still stir my hands through the lavender bowl whenever I walk past, and think of what designs I might use to make some lavender cushions and lavender sachets.   My fabric scrap basket is quite literally overflowing, so I might need to incorporate a solution to that as well.

I finished the three stalks of knitted lavender last night, and those are also featuring in my lavender cushion  and sachet plans.  They are knitted from Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino yarn and the pattern is from this glorious book.  The pattern is very easy and once I had it memorised and did not have to keep looking at the book, I could knit a stem in well under an hour.



Next up might be woollen snowdrops. They're not out in the garden yet, so why not knit myself some?  I also see with excitement that Lesley Stanfield has 75 birds, butterflies and beautiful beasts to knit and crochet coming out next month.  I could knit myself some worms to improve my soil quality!
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10 comments:

  1. kristina14 January 2011 at 11:59

    Such lovely lavender sprigs.

    And I actually have an earthworm knitting pattern if you'd like to start improving your soil quality straight away!

    K x

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  2. dragonfly14 January 2011 at 14:02

    I'm ashamed to say that I have this book but have never made anything from it. Perhaps that ought to change...

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  3. Beakery14 January 2011 at 16:12

    N, is there no end to your talents?

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  4. Garden Girl14 January 2011 at 19:24

    WOW!! that is amazing! The colours you chose are perfect too. If you can knit like that the possibilities are endless...maybe you could make flower rooched for your etsy shop? I would buy them!I keep scrunching my lavender pillow and inhaling deeply, it really is magical stuff.

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  5. Garden Girl14 January 2011 at 19:25

    me again- have you SEEN the toadstools on the fron of the new book??? Oh my!x

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  6. Unknown14 January 2011 at 20:48

    I think I can smell the lavender from the photo!

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  7. Florence Knapp (Flossie Teacakes)14 January 2011 at 23:37

    Did you harvest all that yourself? That looks amazing. I'm now feeling a desperate urge to do some scrap busting and make some lavendar sachets too. And also I do of course want a large tub of lavendar to run my hands through...such a good wintry thing to do when it's out of sneezing season.

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  8. Unknown13 October 2014 at 14:21

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  9. Unknown13 October 2014 at 14:47

    Hey, can you share the pattern? I would really appreciate it, because lavender is the symbol for me and my lovely partner. I cannot afford to buy the book since im livin in another country.

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  10. Courtney Harding11 April 2017 at 01:26

    Hi, I know this post is a few years old so you may not respond but I was wondering if you could help me. I bought the book and love many of the patterns. This lavender one is giving me trouble And I'm trying to make some for my friends wedding.. I'm stuck on round 5... and embarrassed to say that though it seems simple I think I need dummy step by step directions to figure it out as I've spent an entire day trying too get past this step.. if you could help I'd greatly appreciate it. My email is courtneyharding007@gmail.com

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