We went to the Bristol Botanical Gardens for their Bee Festival last weekend. Click her to see more info: bristol botanic garden The colours of one of the borders in front of the Victorian house were stunning:
The last picture does not do justice to the orange (dahlias and canna lilies), yellow (rudbeckia) and purple (verbena). I have these colours in Petra so I think I will have a go at making something with them (I have some very cute DMC amigurumi patterns that I want to try out).
I have just finished a knitted octopus for Nancy's daughter (Nancy loves to crochet, hates to knit). Here he is, crawling around my mother's sitting room ....
This is the picture from the book - I made him with Petra size 5 (available on my website!) and size 2.5mm needles.
And this is the book he came from - Amigurumi Knits by Hansi Singh. I enjoyed making this creature and I love the finished piece, but you do need to be an experienced knitter to make these - and using thinner (and slippery) yarn and small dpns made it even harder (the pattern is for double knitting, easier to do but I think the small scale improves the look).
