Random Wooliness: May 2014

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Tulip

When I first bought this ball of beautiful 4ply it reminded me of the tulips I had been given by a friend, rich purple, bright yellow and vibrant red flowers with lush green leaves...

...after a long germination....here's a six petalled..

...multicoloured....

...tulip...

...hooked with two strands of fabulously fizzy 4ply...

... the backside stitches were richer,
more texture and colour variations...

...three narrow and three wider petals...

...from the plarn snowdrop petal pattern...

with .....

.....stamens of knotted wool ends...

...and a needlefelted middle...

A blooming bright 17g busted!

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Daisy Mandala

May is definitely Mandala month there are magnificent mandalas everywhere!

They must have been on my mind when I began to design the present
for a special young lady who has had a significant celebration!

Her middle name is Daisy!

..each colour has a significance too...

...I just made it up as I went along...
but I knew the red was destined for a particular pattern...

....which was revealed with the blue layer!

Unfortunately, with the addition of a second round of blue, the stitch count became a bit haphazzard...so the planned picot edge had to be modified!!

The Daisy Mandala was made with cotton, wool and acrylic from my stash
and to account for the variety of widths and tension, a number of different sized hooks were employed!
It was fairly floppy...

so I sewed it, stretched, onto a vintage hoop
(very kindly sent by the creatively resourceful Jacqui - one of her fab charity shop finds!),
sprayed it with starch, and pinned the outer ring to block.