Le Fleur

Sewing is fun, but so is scrapbooking, needlepoint and knitting.   Lately, I've been doing a lot of knitting and wait till you see what I played with this weekend.    I took a class at Flying Needles and you'll see the final results in a couple of weeks, but here is a sneak peek at a work in progress.

 I know, I know, it just looks like a blob of yarn right now.  You should see the directions!   Holy cow!  Well, the "blob" will eventually have 6 petals and is going to be a flower.  The black blob in the middle is going to be the center of the flower with stamens and the stem is lime green but hidden by the petals.

There was a lot of increasing and "knit yarn in front and back" in order to get the ruffles.   When the last petal is knitted, the whole thing gets felted in the washing machine with hot water and it shrinks up and the wool stitches get matted together and it shrinks.   When it's dry, the flower can be pinned on a jacket or a purse or whatever you want!    I'm excited to see it completed.  

More pics to come,
Deb