Botanical Colourwork
You know I love being outside and making art inspired by plants and animals, so it’s no surprise that I can’t get enough of using colourwork motifs that evoke everything botanical! Today’s blog post is all about highlighting some of my work that has natural vibes to get your creativity going.
I’ll start with my book AlterKnit Stitch Dictionary. There are so many leaf and plant motifs in the book! These could be great to adorn a round yoke on a sweater or as an all-over pattern for a pair of mitts.
Nine knitted swatches in colourwork patterns, including leaves, flowers, trees, mushrooms, and cacti.
You can find all these motifs in AlterKnit and here are the names and page numbers to make it easy for you to find them, starting at the top left and going right, then down to the centre left, etc.
Fall, page 119
Escher Trees, page 59
Tall Mushroom, page 119
Sonora, page 102
Leaves, page 96
Leaves in Water, page 75
Traveler’s Joy, page 94
Cottonwood, page 118
Mustard, page 89
Learn more and get links to purchase AlterKnit here.
And there’s nothing like adding a little bit of colourwork to a sock to make it fun and beautiful! The folks at Gauge Dye Works share my love of nature, so it makes sense that we’ve collaborated on two different sock patterns with botanical elements, Saxe Point and Wildflower Meadow.
Parm’s feet wearing red, grey, and beige gradient striped socks with floral motifs at the cuffs. The socks are called Saxe Point.
Andrea’s feet wearing green, blue, and purple gradient socks with leaf colourwork motifs at the toes and cuffs. The socks are called Wildflower Meadow.
Happy colourwork knitting and here’s to getting outside a bit! Today is still very cold, but it’s sunny and has me just starting to look forward to spring when I can knit outside!
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