The theme of this challenge was faux and we were to make something the looked like something it isn’t. I had seen some interesting knit gardens at a shop in Madison recently and thought it might be fun to try making my own.
My inspiration for the garden was Alice in Wonderland with the bright colors and mushrooms. I am thrilled with the end result.
I spent a lot of time coming up with how to knit the different shapes and get a layout that I liked. I’m particularly proud of the toadstools. Then I had to stop myself from adding more and more things!
Since I was still knitting and adding the last pieces yesterday, I do not have the patterns in a format to share with all of you yet. I’ll post the tutorial and all the knitting patterns in Thursday.
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Lovely! I have some knitted African violets that I bought about 20 years ago and have travelled with me all over the world! I love them.
Yeah, I’m really loving this whole knit garden thing. It turned out so much better than I thought it would.
At first, I thought it was a pin cushion. But this really is stunning.I can’t even figure out the logistics of this. Also, what is the size? is this a miniature–regardless, it is spectacular. And what a way to highlight a beautiful milk glass bowl/container–the contrast really shows off the colors or the garden. So impressed.
Oh, I should have mentioned size! The bowl has a diameter of 5″. The little orange mushroom caps just fit on top of my baby finger.
Kat, This is beautiful. What a nice project and the toadstools are too precious.
How cute! I particularly love the mushrooms!