Delightfully quirky, this knitting guide opens up endless creative possibilities on a garden theme. Hundreds of projects large and small include traditional furnishing such as bedspreads, pillows, and wall hangings, and knitters are invited to explore and experiment with the patterns. What truly sets the book apart, however, are the instructions for three-dimensional tabletop gardens that astound with their detail and inventiveness: a Victorian kitchen garden, a friary garden, and an entire row of cottage gardens complete with wildlife, flowers, shrubs, and trees.
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"A book for the intermediate knitter to make an amazing conversation piece for their home—a knitted garden!" —Myshelf.com
"[Knitted Gardens] was first published in 1991, and it is testament to the book's content that it is still in demand." —Knit Today
"The knitted bedspread with its rows of vegetables, formal parterre and herbaceous borders is a delightful example of patchwork knitting." —SlipKnot
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Jan Messent is a member of the Embroiderers' Guild, a writer of historical fiction, and the author of Jan Messent’s Knit a Fantasy Story and Jan Messent’s Wool ‘n’ Magic.
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Lovely possibilities! WARNING ! Must LOVE to knit with tiny needles and finger weight yarn!
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I love this book. I have already made most of the little animals, and look forward to making my first gardens this week. The animals were greeted with delight when given to children at Christmas. I love to knit, but also enjoy creating all kinds of fantasy worlds. This inspirational book will be a companion to my creative spirit. It is full of great ideas and practical help.
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I bought this after seeing it on Amazon, and love it. It has instructions for a lap rug, a bedspread, and a pillow (which I'm making), as well as a friary garden and cottage garden, complete with buildings, veggies and other plants, small animals, and people. Whimsical and very entertaining.
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using brown yarn, gather the sts, using white yarn, tweedy yarn, last sts, large cold frame, card foundation, wool needle, knit one row, small oddments, garden cushion, grey yarn, friary garden, purl one row, alt row, house pillow, matching yarn, loose cast, green yarn, single rib, score lightly, knee rug, stocking stitch, card measuring, garter stitch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cottage Row, Materials Tiny, Broder Medici, Brother Andrew, Materials Small, Materials Two, Measurements Approximately, Brother David, Materials Approximately, Materials Use New!
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using brown yarn, gather the sts, using white yarn, tweedy yarn, last sts, large cold frame, card foundation, wool needle, knit one row, small oddments, garden cushion, grey yarn, friary garden, purl one row, alt row, house pillow, matching yarn, loose cast, green yarn, single rib, score lightly, knee rug, stocking stitch, card measuring, garter stitch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cottage Row, Materials Tiny, Broder Medici, Brother Andrew, Materials Small, Materials Two, Measurements Approximately, Brother David, Materials Approximately, Materials Use New!
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