Gatherings from the wild woods! Twixt talisman bag buttons onto your belt or pouch and features a crochet strap. Worked in 12ply chunky wool, the pattern is on my website here.




Title: Nature Boy
Artist: Josephine Wall

Nature Boy

The little boy of the woods listens to the baby blue tit as his other animal friends gather round. He has found some honeysuckle to drink the nectar if the White Admiral butterfly does not drink it first! A collection of 'woodland treasures' adorn his neck, including his favourite 'lucky' stone and a precious one. The forest spirits amongst the trees, and round about, guide him and protect him in his leafy paradise. (Josephine Wall)


Esmerelda Jones

Author of Victorian Fiction and Old Curiosities
The Higher Self For Writers, Thinkers and Romantics
Poet's Cottage Knitting
The Private Writer
Rose Velvet Literature
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Bon-bon shaped whimsy of late Victorian design. Original pattern and instructions from a home management book of the 1880s. My adaptation of this design up shortly.




Esmerelda Jones

Author of Victorian Fiction and Old Curiosities
The Higher Self For Writers, Thinkers and Romantics
Poet's Cottage Knitting
The Private Writer
Rose Velvet Literature
The Knitting Wench
The Knitting Wench Yahoo! Blog

This design is named after the Australian native peach Quondong. The outside stitch pattern has the appearance of being hand woven, the inside shows as a type of moss tweed. Project used hand spun chunky wool in English Garden hues, and after felting measured 30cm/11¾" in diameter. Pattern.


Esmerelda Jones

Author of Victorian Fiction and Old Curiosities
The Higher Self For Writers, Thinkers and Romantics
Poet's Cottage Knitting
The Private Writer
Rose Velvet Literature
The Knitting Wench
The Knitting Wench Yahoo! Blog