All-New Twenty to Make: Flowers to Knit

Knit your favorite flower and more, with 20 gorgeous projects to choose from.

This collection of beautiful blooms will give you something colorful all year round. Why not knit a bunch of flowers for every season, starting with a bouquet of poinsettia for Christmas?

There are 20 projects to choose from including: an intricate peony; a colorful freesia; a delicate viola; the iconic English rose; and the distinctive Scotch thistle.

The mix of shapes and yarns brings a bright splash of colour and the use of different textures and techniques to create both flat and 3D flowers is very appealing.

Make wonderfully tactile gifts featuring a whole range of flora, or just pick and choose your favorites.BOOKLIST 10/10/22
Most knitters rely on a stash of leftover yarn to start and finish little projects; Ishii’s assumptionthat makers can rely on odds and ends to make these miniature flowers is spot-on. Using size 2and 3 needles and fingering wool, she offers 20 realistic little blooms, all ready to pin or sew on ahat or scarf, blouse, or sweater. Ishii explains materials and techniques like I-cords and Frenchknots up front. Each flower—from anemone and cosmos to tulip and violet—is then showcasedseparately, with color photographs and good instructions. Here's how to quickly create fields ofdreams.

Midewest Book Review April 2024
"Flowers to Knit" by Schiyo Ishii (9781800920873, $11.95, HC, 64pp) This collection of beautiful blooms will give you something colorful all year round. Why not knit a bunch of flowers for every season, starting with a bouquet of poinsettia for Christmas? There are 20 projects to choose from including: an intricate peony; a colorful freesia; a delicate viola; the iconic English rose; and the distinctive Scotch thistle. The mix of shapes and yarns brings a bright splash of colour and the use of different textures and techniques to create both flat and 3D flowers is very appealing. Make wonderfully tactile gifts featuring a whole range of flora, or just pick and choose your favorites.

Sachiyo Ishii was born and raised in Japan. She was a money broker on Wall Street and in London before discovering the joy of handicraft after her second son was born. She learned dressmaking and Waldorf doll making and has been designing and creating dolls and toys ever since. She teaches knitting, doll making, wet and dry felting, sewing, crochet and spinning, among other crafts. She has authored a number of best-selling titles for Search Press and her work regularly appears in knitting magazines. Sachiyo lives in Sussex with her husband and two sons. Visit her website at www.knitsbysachi.com.