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
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| Knitting Journal - April 2019 |
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| Knitting Journal - April 2019 |
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| Waddesdon Manor Knitting Sample |
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| Garter Drop Stitch |
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| April 2019 - Knitting Journal |
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| Garter Drop Stitch |
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| Edith Grace Designs Shop |
Finished - April 2019
Joanna Cox Marshall - Edith Grace Designs
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