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Originally published in 1991 as Knitted Gardens, this is another reprint of a knitting classic from Jan Messent and Search Press. Jan's years as a teacher of school teachers combined with the work of her pupils has resulted in an abundance of ideas for knitted gardens worked in small units: ideal as a group project. Having been given a tour of the RHS's northern garden at Harlow Carr the night before reading Jan's book, it would be fair to say that the gardens are more traditional than the 21st Century, but that is hardly surprising in a book that was produced sixteen years ago and conceived well before that. The knitted bedspread with its rows of vegetables, formal parterre and herbaceous borders is a delighful example of patchwork knitting with embellishment that could be used for cushions and even garments. I particularly liked the concept of replicating seed packet designs in knitting as an exercise in interpretation. If you like small, compact projects, have a supply of numerous yarns and don't feel the need to make obviously 'useful' things, then this book might well appeal to you. --Lesley Fidler, SlipKnot No 117
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Jan Messent opens up endless creative possibilities on a garden theme for knitters who wish to explore and experiment. There are hundreds of projects which are both functional and decorative such as bedspreads, wall hangings and pillows. There are also full instructions for delightful three-dimensional gardens: a Victorian kitchen garden, a friary garden and a row of cottage gardens complete with wildlife, flowers, shrubs and trees.
Originally published in 1991 as Knitted Gardens, this is another reprint of a knitting classic from Jan Messent and Search Press. Jan's years as a teacher of school teachers combined with the work of her pupils has resulted in an abundance of ideas for knitted gardens worked in small units: ideal as a group project. Having been given a tour of the RHS's northern garden at Harlow Carr the night before reading Jan's book, it would be fair to say that the gardens are more traditional than the 21st Century, but that is hardly surprising in a book that was produced sixteen years ago and conceived well before that. The knitted bedspread with its rows of vegetables, formal parterre and herbaceous borders is a delighful example of patchwork knitting with embellishment that could be used for cushions and even garments. I particularly liked the concept of replicating seed packet designs in knitting as an exercise in interpretation. If you like small, compact projects, have a supply of numerous yarns and don't feel the need to make obviously 'useful' things, then this book might well appeal to you. --Lesley Fidler, SlipKnot No 117
Synopsis
Jan Messent opens up endless creative possibilities on a garden theme for knitters who wish to explore and experiment. There are hundreds of projects which are both functional and decorative such as bedspreads, wall hangings and pillows. There are also full instructions for delightful three-dimensional gardens: a Victorian kitchen garden, a friary garden and a row of cottage gardens complete with wildlife, flowers, shrubs and trees.
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