Stage one in producing a knitted flower ....
- I
knit a green hollow stem (important that it's threaded with ribbon
before felting, or otherwise it will felt to itself and you'll be unable
to put a wire through!). I then continued in red with a 3-petal piece.
- I knit a second 3-petal piece in red, as the photo above. The 12" ruler shows the length before felting.
Stage two ....
- After felting, the second set of petals fits inside the first, stamen are added to a loop on a length of stiff wire, which is then pushed through the green stem.
I've been collecting driftwood during the year from my walks on Filey beach, in the hopes I could make a unique tree to decorate for Christmas. It was a learning curve!
Peter drilled the middle of each branch, which was OK for all but the thinner ones. Some snapped, some he had to do with quite a small hole. I bought a metal net curtain rod, to thread the larger branches, used stiff wire for the thinner ones, AND loads of hot glue! The whole structure was then glued into a log saved from tree pruning in our garden this summer.
I AM really pleased with the end result, but if I make another, I would experiment with "threading" more thinner twigs, so you end up with a much taller tree, suitable for a fairy on the top!
