Flower Garden

So great is my love for flowers, especially roses, that no matter what else I am working on I sometimes have to just create a little bloom in the midst of everything else. When I do this and don't have an actual purpose for the flower I just knit or crocheted I always add it to this wonderful, heavy glass jar that was a gift from a friend years ago. I think it originally had a candle in it. I like it better with my hodge podge flower garden growing inside! 

Just like my little cottage garden outside, this one is forever changing. I am constantly putting in and taking out. It's so nice to have a fresh supply to go to when I need to pluck a flower to embellish a hat or bag or even a tea cozy.

 

Flowers are just one of those things that keep me inspired.

And like many of you, my pattern source grows continuously. The first place I look to for a pattern for beautiful blooms is one of my favorite books ~

100 FLOWERS TO KNIT & CROCHET

BY LESLEY STANFIELD

It was a gift from my Dad a couple of years ago. Once again, Thanks Dad!

 

"Just living is not enough...

One must have sunshine,

freedom and a little flower."

Hans Christian Andersen