Louisa Harding: 'Gathering roses' - The Design Collection
A collection of fourteen designs for hand-knitted garments, using Louisa Harding yarn. (Yes, the yarn is in stock - check it out HERE.)
Buy the pattern book: Price: $15.95
Louisa Harding says:
'The inspiration behind my selection of yarns was evoked by a memory triggered by my 4-year-old daughter. Recently I found her collecting fallen flower petals and putting them into a bowl. As a child, I also gathered petals from my mother's garden, put them into a large mixing bowl and marvelled at the wonderful colours and textures. Smooth, waxy petals and soft fluffy stamen that stained your fingers and their overwhelming heady perfume.
'Flowers play an important part in the person I am. They draw me with their colours, their shapes, their intricacies. I always like to be surrounded by them, a reminder of how clever nature is, the way it knits together many different elements to create one perfect bloom.'
Nightshade: Knitted in Kimono Ribbon
Sorrel: Knitted in KimonoAngora and Kimono Ribbon 
Heather: Knitted in Impression, Fauve and Kashmir Aran
Violette: Knitted in Kashmir DK 
Marguerite: Knitted in Impression 
Cecille: Knitted in Kimono Ribbon and Sari Ribbon 
Orchis: Knitted in Sari Ribbon 
Hazel: Knitted in Fauve 
Rosa: Knitted in Kimono Angora, embroidery in Kimono Ribbon
Prairie: Knitted in Sari Ribbon 
Celandine: Knitted in Kimono Angora 
Snapdragon: Knitted in Fauve, Kashmir Aran and Sari Ribbon
Snapdragon: Knitted in Fauve, Kashmir Aran and Sari Ribbon 
Rosa: Knitted in Impression 
Rosa: Knitted in Kashmir DK, embroidery in Sari Ribbon
Evelyn: Knitted in Fauve
Willow: Knitted in Kashmir Aran, embroidery in Kimono Ribbon