The April showers are steadfastly refusing to acknowledge that it's not April anymore, and we've been having one rainy day after another. (Mind you, these are Colorado rainy days, so total accumulated rainfall is something like 0.4" for the month, but that's really wet for these parts. I miss the sun.) My garden had a rough winter -- for the first time in years, I lost roses to the weather. Three, to be exact. And once again the squirrels have eaten the bulbs, so there's a definite deficiency in the May flowers department. So I knit some. 
Small flower pattern courtesy of Saartje, from some coned fingering weight wools on size 2 (2.75 mm) needles. The pattern was flawless, though I only decreased down to 6 stitches for the stem so they would fit over the pens.
Tulip pattern from Rineke, same yarn and needles. I changed this one a little as I went, moving the increases so that the beginning of the round didn't move, and tried different decreases, but the end result is the same, I think.
Yesterday was Flower Day at my son's school, so the whole woolen bouquet went off with him in the morning, to get handed out to his math teacher, reading teacher, homeroom teacher, and classroom aide. Hope they don't mind too much.
(Oh, the pens? Just these, as they've got a smooth barrel and a small price tag. Pencils would work just as well, though you'd have to be cautious as you approach the pencil sharpener...)
How cute! Very clever.
Posted by: Imbrium | May 09, 2006 at 11:19 AM