Friday 13 February 2015

Christmas Knit




 This was originally meant to be a September birthday gift - but the initial leaves and ivy took so long that I re-scheduled it as a Christmas gift instead rather than rush.Also, it took a while to find several different shades of green and brown. Actually, after those two initial leafy sessions, everything else went pretty quickly.

The pattern comes from Ravelry ~ Woodland Wreath, by Frankie Brown.
Since I took the photos with different cameras in wildly varying lighting conditions over two months as I added each new item, I'm afraid the colours vary a bit from photo to photo. C'est la vie. A couple were taken with the wrong colour balance - and typicially, when I had RAW disabled so I can't correct them.

The foam wreath I used was just under 14" diameter, 35 cm. Since I got two, I am planning to make another one of these for myself. I had it hanging on the wall for about a week before I wrapped it up and posted it off, which gave me time to make a few adjustments in positioning, and add a few more white dots to some of the toadstools. I missed it when it was gone!

Bare wreath

plain leaf garland

Oak leaves and acorns

Ivy garland

Holly leaves and berries


Mistletoe

Pine cones

Toadstools

Hedgehogs

Owls
Bluebells and flowers

3 comments:

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 said...

So ADORABLE Sabrina. I am sure your friend was blown away with such a special gift made just for her.

Jocelyn x

Sabriel said...

Oh I LOVE this!

Julie M said...

Hands down the best knitted project I've ever seen, Sabrina. I love the progression of the pictures - more and more and more and more!!! Now all you have to do is muster up the energy to make another one.

Julie x