Celebrate Spring with us! Stitch a Flower! Welcome Spring 2013 at Fern Resort in Orillia, Ontario with the first annual YarnOver SleepOver Retreat! Classes will interest knitters, crocheters, dyers and machine knitters alike. This event is being hosted by a group of Ontario fiber industry professionals. Stitch with familiar faces and make new friends! Visit us at www.yarnoversleepover.com or our Ravelry group, YarnOver SleepOver 2013 for more information. “Wake up in Stitches” with us!

In anticipation of our event, we wanted to share with you our signature pattern; a symbol of beauty, creativity, and new growth. This SPRING FLOWER is so charming, adorning your lapel, purse or anywhere that needs a little burst of spring! This six-petal beauty can be knit in any weight yarn and layered for added textural interest. Beads stitched in the center add a glamorous finishing touch. Your first flower will inspire so many variations! This simple pattern will become a quick gift staple in your knitting bag!

Materials:
• Odds and Ends of pretty yarns
• Any size knitting needles
• Beads, Pearls, Buttons or old jewelry for center of flower
• Beading needle and thread

Sample shown: Large flowers of both pictured are made of Manos del Uruguay Maxima. The blue flower is layered with a small flower made of Rowan Kid Silk Haze and trimmed with pearls. The pink/multi flower is layered with a small flower made of Debbie Bliss Fez and trimmed with red glass beads.

Wear your flower to YarnOver SleepOver 2013!

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