Showing posts with label Lily. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lily. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 March 2014

A Flutter of Fairy Folk

Forget-me-not

Spring is in the air here in England, and with flowers appearing I just thought I would put all my fairy folk together, for a bit of a fairy gathering. What to call a party of fairies? After a bit of research I decided a flutter sounds nice. These are all knitted and adapted from my Mermaid and Flower Fairy pattern.

I do like it best where I have managed to photograph them in a natural setting. Most of these fairies have already found new homes, although one or two are still in my shop. There is such variety in nature that I have only once or twice repeated a design. I am already thinking of a few new ones: primrose, blackthorn, or honeysuckle.

So if you have a flower or tree that means a lot to you, please get in touch and I will have a go at making it.


Holly



Dandelion

Oak Tree

Lily


Apple Blossom


Stitchwort
Bluebell

Lavender

Cherry Tree

Snowflake

Mermaids

Christmas Fairies




Pohutukawa (New Zealand Christmas Tree Fairy)
Echinacea (but photographed on a sunflower)

Daisies




Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Lily


Meet Lily, the next of fairy of Fairy Week. She is a very special fairy, for a girl whose name you can probably work out. 

When I was asked to make her I started researching lilies. So many types: water lilies, lily of the valley, tiger lilies. In the end I decided to make a calla or arum lily. It is so distinctive and cannot be mistaken for any other flower. As well as the lily on her hat, she has a little lily to carry.




The other fairies so far are Dandelion, Holly, and the Christmas Fairies.

Who will tomorrow's fairy be?