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.
I currently design doll knitting patterns, but I know there is more to knitting than just 'stocking stitch' & trying to make the perfect looking doll, which doesn't look as if it is hand knitted. I have spent time designing dolls, weaving colours in & out of the work to make pretty patterns, when actually if I had looked at different textures through knitting, I could create something more pleasing.
My April project is based around a day visit in April 2019, on Easter Sunday to Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, UK. It was a very hot day, so my family & 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, a perfect ice cream day.
Waddesdon Manor was owned by the Rothschild family until it was bequeathed in 1957 to The National Trust.
In this piece of knitting, I wanted to incorporate the three dominant colours of blue, grey & green. I decided on the 'Garter Drop Stitch', as the garter stitch represented the green shrubbery, the dropped stitches were knitted in blue & grey.
The colours I used were:
Sage Green
Cloud Grey
Cerulean Blue
I used the main photograph to make a kaleidoscope pattern, to depict the main colours needed for the project.
This year, I want to explore different textures, so used a 'Garter Drop Stitch' in this project.
The stitches used in this stitch is:
- Knit
- Wrapping the wool around the right needle twice, before dropping it on the next row.
Finished - April 2019
Joanna Marshall - Edith Grace Designs
