I present my gift of a sunflower motif to help spread a bit of cheer.
Made with 46 pairs and cotton thread of 30 wraps per centimetre it measures 8.5cm tall. Techniques used are leaf tallies, changing colours, plaits, double picots, half stitch, adding and throwing out pairs, starting edge and plaits in two directions
There are a few ways of adding/taking out coloured threads. Look at the photo on the blue background. The deep yellow of the circle around the petals can be seen running into the top of the green stalk. The yellow of the petals is added as a third pair for each leaf tally at the top, all are carried through the half stitch centre and then, after the windmill crossing through the circle at the other side, throw out the yellow pair and you are left with two pairs of white to make the plait. Hope this helps.
