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| Model wearing Rose waistcoat and running along the Long Border |
I love using floral images on my knitwear designs. I am very fond of roses, but can’t grow my own as I don’t have a garden. I do have a small roof terrace, which is over-populated with plants in containers, and now have a lovely collection of delicate-looking Hellebores (Christmas Roses). Though not in such vibrant colours as garden roses, they do a great job of brightening my life and, when they first started flowering, reminded me that Spring was just around the corner - probably wishful thinking!
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| Christmas rose - mottled hellebore with double centre |
Rose designs have been used on several hand knits in the past such as these vintage cardigans and waistcoat in 4ply weight mercerised cotton or wool.
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| Rose design white cotton hand knit cardigan with leaf-shaped pointed hem |
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| Rose and lacy floral pattern panelled cardigan - navy cotton background |
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| Cream rose pattern wool waistcoat |
I have added roses to a pair of fingerless mitts, which can be knitted by anybody who can do intarsia.
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| Rose hand knit fingerless mitts |
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| Rose fingerless mitt - left hand |
The PDF pattern is available from Twisted Classics shop on Ravelry - rose mitts
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