Here in the Pacific Northwest the weather took quite a drastic turn to cool on the first day of Autumn. Yesterday there was frost in certain parts of town. All this means the lovely flower gardens that were around last summer are now, well let's say, not so lovely anymore.
You might remember last year I wrote about the LYS, Colorful Stitches, located in Lenox, Massachusetts. Click here to see that post. Last year in their shop windows an entire array of knitted food items were on display. Here's just one to whet your appetite to check out last year's post.
This year one of the shop's co-owners took her knitting outside to create a flower garden complete with birds, a squirrel and fountain. Here's a few of the highlights of her work:
So if one were to long for the gardens of summer all one needs to do is knit it. Although the knitted garden might have been outside for part of the summer in Lenox it appears from Kristin Nicholas' blog everything is now safely out of the elements. (And if you'd like to see more of the garden outside in the sun, click here to read Colorful Stitches own blog and view more of their photos.)
What attracted me most about this display is the flowers, so many of them were familiar to me. And that's because I own one of the books this prolific knitter used to create parts of her flower garden, 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet by Lesley Stanfield.
This type of creativeness reminds me my quirkiness rating is rather low. There are 162 flowers, with 152 leaves, ornamental grasses, a hosta plant, a boxwood hedge, a boulder and many supporting landscaping features. The perfectly mortared bricks containing granite gravel that surround the fountain with its own flowing water is all so beyond quirky. This idea is so imaginative and original, I can't see myself thinking of it. It is pure G-E-N-I-U-S followed by hours and hours of knitting.
Reminder to self--more playful knitting needs to enter this life and soon! It is time to have a stern talking to myself, I guess. I want some of those flowers cut in a vase for my own enjoyment.
You might remember last year I wrote about the LYS, Colorful Stitches, located in Lenox, Massachusetts. Click here to see that post. Last year in their shop windows an entire array of knitted food items were on display. Here's just one to whet your appetite to check out last year's post.
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| Pizza, plus what looks like a beer and bead cheese on the side |
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| All three photos are from Colorful Stitches blog |
So if one were to long for the gardens of summer all one needs to do is knit it. Although the knitted garden might have been outside for part of the summer in Lenox it appears from Kristin Nicholas' blog everything is now safely out of the elements. (And if you'd like to see more of the garden outside in the sun, click here to read Colorful Stitches own blog and view more of their photos.)
What attracted me most about this display is the flowers, so many of them were familiar to me. And that's because I own one of the books this prolific knitter used to create parts of her flower garden, 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet by Lesley Stanfield.
This type of creativeness reminds me my quirkiness rating is rather low. There are 162 flowers, with 152 leaves, ornamental grasses, a hosta plant, a boxwood hedge, a boulder and many supporting landscaping features. The perfectly mortared bricks containing granite gravel that surround the fountain with its own flowing water is all so beyond quirky. This idea is so imaginative and original, I can't see myself thinking of it. It is pure G-E-N-I-U-S followed by hours and hours of knitting.
Reminder to self--more playful knitting needs to enter this life and soon! It is time to have a stern talking to myself, I guess. I want some of those flowers cut in a vase for my own enjoyment.
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