Late Ch×××××as project

It's very pretty Namsnanny and it'll look super on your front door.

This is my Spring wreath - paper, not yarn. When I took my Christmas wreath down the door looked a bit bare so I decided it needed cheering up a bit. It was all white, but when it was laying down it looked like a funeral wreath 😁 so I added some colour. Plus MrA thought the neighbours would think we must be getting married 😁 Still, the postie likes it and I'm making him one for his nephews christening next month.

I'm working on paper daffodils and tulips at the moment, but they're not as easy to get the shape so it may be a few weeks before that's ready for the door.

Absolutely lovely Namsnanny - a friend of mine kept her (bought) wreath up all year as it cheered her up! I can’t knit at the moment as I have tennis elbow - very frustrated!

Thanks CraftyGranny 😊, but sometimes patterns are written in a mysterious 'code' which my brain refuses to decode.🤣

I've been mulling over your corsage idea FannyCornforth hmmm🤔

Absolutely brilliant. You are a very clever lady, making it up as you go along is not easy.

Namsnanny thank you!
You could also make corsage type brooches.
They wouldn’t take long and would make lovely gifts.

Dont worry dogsmother..... you probably know where everything in your house is.
Craft creates clutter (well, for me anyway)

Ziploc crazyH jaylin Thanks so much, glad you like it.

FannyCornforth You have a good imagination, I never thought of a scarf! (Yes Thank you, on the up and up X)

Whiff Around 200 although I didnt count up how many I used.

lixy Thanks for the compliment. I love using things from the garden when possible, rather than buying more stuff.

Beechnut Nice of you to post that.

Baubles Well, that is praise indeed, as I still remember your pumpkins - excuse me sounding like a remnant from a Carry On film.

Stunning!
I have great admiration for all things creative as I’m the least creative person I know.🫤

👍Thanks so much Blossoming BTW I'm trying to think of a way to use your namesake for a spring themed one 😄.

Chocolateloving Not a Man For All Seasons but a wreath ect.,🤣

That is absolutely beautiful Namsnanny

Witzend I have a book of stitches from the 70s, when I started knitting. It gives good instructions and suggestions of what to use the stitches for.
Some years ago I needed a long strip of picot to edge a plain blanket. It folded in a certain way which gave me the idea of a leaf shape.

I've come to understand I have a strange brain, which finds following patterns harder than making things my own way. (Hence such a large pile of dumped unfinished projects!).
I did look on line for a leaf pattern, but couldnt fathom them.
As it happened, this way made a thicker leaf, which took to being wired easier.

It's the sewing up that can be a bore, isnt it? I just settle in with a tv program and go on auto pilot😄.

Your wreath is beautiful Auntiflo. Such lovely spring colours.
You say you have taken a photo?
I think that's a good idea, and I am trying to do that now. As I may give away the things I make, (I am thinking of down sizing some time in the future). So I dont think I will have the storage room.

Namsnanny, that is beautiful. What a lot of work has gone into it. Perhaps you should do as Georgesgran suggested, a wreath for each season.
I did make a Spring one in April 2020 (the date is on the photo in my album), but it is very sparse looking against yours, it could do with many more leaves.

Namsnanny, is the leaf pattern from the Jean Greenhowe holly leaves one? I’ve made quite a few of those and seem to recognise it! If so I do admire you making so many - they’re quite quick but a bit of a fiddle!

That's just lovely, Namsnanny. You are one of the prepare - early - for Christmas brigade par excellence! A wreath for every season would be great - maybe you could use up the left over leaves?

How beautiful! You are so talented Namsnanny.

That is beautiful 😀

I’ve just seen that there was no pattern. You are very clever.
I hope things are better after your naff Christmas

Oh wow! Namsnanny, it’s absolutely gorgeous! 😍
Could you make a scarf like it?
It would be amazing, you could do it in all sorts of colour ways.
I’d definitely buy one (or several)

Whiff

Beautiful the best sort of wreath to have. Did you count how many leaves you made ?

Now there's a thought - it could be a fund-raising variation on 'guess how many sweets in the jar'!

I think it's great that you used garden resources to make the backing. What a super project.

Beautiful the best sort of wreath to have. Did you count how many leaves you made ?

Glad you like it Harris27

Witzend I'm going to do as Midgey suggested, and leave it up for a while longer now!

Grannyrebel7 So glad you like it Thank you.

Ro60 That made me laugh

I know what you mean about having the patience CanadianGran, I didn't think I did. Thanks for the compliment.

Namsnanny

MerylStreep if you look at the picture of the back of the wreath, I dont think my work is tidy enough to sell 😳🤣🤣

Sorry that was for SusieHi

MerylStreep No, no pattern just thought I'd try to make it myself

Ali23 Yes I fancy a wreath for different seasons now too.

Millie22 Well, I knitted around 200 leaves in 3 colours, some of which I didn't use. I've basically worked on it most days over since a bit before C, till now.
I made the wreath from Wisteria fronds cut back in the summer.

Yes ixion spring colours, I dont know how to knit any spring flowers though so, might take me a while.

Grandmatti Thank you, yes thats the plan, all being well next December.

Marthjolly1 It came together better than I thought, so yes it was quite satisfying to see it finished.
I have quite a few misses in the 'I'll go back to that later' project box

wow, fantastic! I would never have the patience for all the little separate bits of knitting, then putting it all together so nicely. Well done.