Edith Grace Designs: 2019

Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Stowe House - Buckinghamshire - December 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based on a day trip to Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a great place for long walks, or in the summer to have a picnic.

I took photos in Autumn 2017. I created a kaleidoscope pattern from the main photograph, and based my colours around this image.

The colours I used in this sampler were: Blue, Light Blue, Orange, and Camel.

I used Moss Stitch, using alternate colours for each row.

Moss Stitch

Knitting Journal - December 2019

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Finished December 2019

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Diagonal Garter Stitch - 2019 - FREE KNITTING PATTERN

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Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire - November 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based on a day trip in August to Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire, England. My daughter & I had a wonderful morning, looking around the gardens. So many beautiful colours, but a very, very warm day.

I sat under the arch for quite a while to keep cool, as it was so warm that morning.

I put together a collage of the main colours that I wanted to use. I then made a kaleidoscope of this collage to use as a base for my design.

The colours I used in my sampler were: Blue, Green, Pink, and Lilac.

Fleck Stitch

Knitting Pattern - November 2019

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Finished November 2019

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Speckle Rib Stitch - 2019 - FREE KNITTING PATTERN

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Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Avoncroft Museum of Buildings - Worcestershire - October 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based on a day trip to the open-air Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Worcestershire, England.

What a wonderful day we had, with our little dog & a picnic. The buildings are all original, rescued & re-built in the museum grounds.

I was really taken with the chimneys. The brickwork around the chimney was really unusual, so I wanted to create a piece of knitting with this in mind.

I wanted to show the diagonal texture & pattern of the chimney.

The colours I used in this sampler were: Candy Red and Grey.

Diagonal Garter Stitch

Inspiration Image

Knitting Journal - October 2019

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Finished October 2019

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Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Brackley, Northamptonshire - September 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based on photographs taken in my back garden in September. All of a sudden, lots of butterflies arrived on a large shrub with gorgeous purple flowers. There were so many butterflies that my daughter and I got lots of lovely close-up photographs. The butterflies visited us for about a week and were mostly Tortoise Shell butterflies.

From one of the photographs, I made a kaleidoscope of colours & based my colours on the finished image.

In this piece of knitting, I wanted to show the spots of colour from the butterfly wings & the purple from the flower.

The colours I used in the sampler were: Purple, Orange, Brown, and White.

Box Stitch

Knitting Journal - September 2019

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Finished September 2019

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Stitching Journal - Knitting Journal - Canal Museum - Stoke Bruerne - August 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based around a day trip to the Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. The Canal Museum is situated on the Grand Union Canal.

I love traditional canal folk art, so I wanted to use this as my inspiration. I am always inspired by the bright colours used & the brush strokes of the patterns.

In this piece of knitting, I wanted round textures in the knitted square to represent flowers, so I decided to knit in moss stitch.

The colours I used in this sampler were: Red, Green, Yellow, and Pink.

Double Moss Stitch

Knitting Journal - August 2019

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Finished August 2019

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Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Deddington, Oxfordshire - July 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based on the fields of wheat in a village where my family has lived for centuries. The parish registers started in 1538, and my ancestors are on the very first page. This beautiful village is called Deddington, in Oxfordshire, England. It is where I have run my ballet school for the last 21 years. My family still lives there.

I made a kaleidoscope pattern of the wheat & a beautiful, detailed pattern emerged. I was able to identify the colours needed to make my square. The colours I used in this sampler were: Brown, Light Brown, Cream, and Green.

In this piece of knitting, I wanted a plain piece of stocking stitch, but with a few flecks of colours to reflect the wheat, so I used 'Dot Stitch' to do this.

Dot Stitch

Knitting Journal - July 2019

Knitting Journal - 2019

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Finished July 2019

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Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Coughton Court - June 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based around a day trip to Coughton Court, Alcester, Warwickshire, England. Inside the house, there were some beautiful stained glass windows, the colours are very vibrant, so I decided this would be my inspiration for my project this month.

I used the basket of fruit and leaves from the stained glass to make a kaleidoscope pattern to depict the main colours needed for the project. I was delighted with the finished photo, very detailed and really brings life to something historic.

In this piece of knitting, I wanted to incorporate the three dominant colours of the kaleidoscope photograph. The colours I used in this sampler were: Brown, Yellow, and White.

I decided to use the 'Stocking Stitch Triangle Stitch'. I think the combination of garter stitch & stocking stitch gives texture for fruit & leaves in the bowl.

Stocking Stitch Triangles

Knitting Journal - June 2019

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Finished June 2019
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Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Sandringham Country Park - May 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based around a week's visit in May 2019 to the Sandringham Country Park, Norfolk, England. My husband and I, plus our little dog, stayed in the country park with our caravan. Bella, our dog, just loves walking around the country park, trying to find rabbits and squirrels. The leaves on the trees and the ferns were only just starting to grow, but it is still a lovely place to relax and unwind during May.

Sandringham is owned by HRH Queen Elizabeth II and has been in the family since 1862. The family traditionally spends Christmas at Sandringham.

In this piece of knitting, I wanted to incorporate the three dominant colours of the trees and fern, brown, green & orange.

I decided on the 'Speckled Rib Stitch'. I think the combination of long stitches and bobble stitches gives the impression of the trees & the country park floor.

The colours I used in my sampler were: Brown, Green, and Orange

Speckled Rib Stitch

Knitting Journal - May 2019

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Finished May 2019

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Garter Drop Stitch - 2019 - FREE KNITTING PATTERN

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Stitching Project - Knitting Journal - Waddesdon Manor - April 2019

This year, 2019, I have decided to explore texture & colours in my knitting. I want to record this through a journal & be inspired by my home in the English countryside or places I have visited.

My project is based on a day trip in April 2019, on Easter Sunday, to Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, England. It was a very hot day, so my family and I walked around the gardens and through the forest walks with our little dog. It was a beautiful, bright day, with a clear blue sky and a perfect ice cream day.

Waddesdon Manor was owned by the Rothschild family until it was bequeathed in 1957 to The National Trust.

I wanted to incorporate the three dominant colours of blue, grey & green from the photo, so I decided on the ‘Garter Drop Stitch’, as the garter stitch represented the green shrubbery, the dropped stitches were knitted in blue and grey.

The colours I used in the sampler were: Sage, Green, Cloud Grey, and Cerulean Blue

Knitting Journal - April 2019

Waddesdon Manor Knitting Sample

Garter Drop Stitch

April 2019 - Knitting Journal

Garter Drop Stitch

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Finished - April 2019

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