May Morris (William Morris’ daughter) painted many designs inspired by wildflowers, including her Melsetter wallpaper series. In the same tradition of painting ‘Truth to Nature’, the little floral cross stitch motifs of this feminine statement belt are beautifully worked onto a crocheted base.
Materials
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Scheepjes Organicon (100% Organic Soft Cotton; 50g/170m)
Yarn A: 203 Frosted Silver x 2 balls
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Scheepjes Catona (100% Mercerised Cotton; 10g/22.5m)
Yarn B: 114 Shocking Pink x 1 ball
Yarn C: 409 Soft Rose x 1 ball
Yarn D: 241 Parrot Green x 1 ball
Yarn E: 256 Cornelia Rose x 1 ball
Yarn F: 208 Yellow Gold x 1 ball
Yarn G: 513 Apple Granny x 1 ball
Yarn H: 115 Hot Red x 1 ball
Yarn I: 106 Snow White x 1 ball
Yarn J: 411 Sweet Orange x 1 ball
Yarn K: 517 Ruby x 1 ball
- 3mm crochet hook
- 2 x stitch markers
- Embroidery needle
- 2 x 30mm belt buckles, item no. 0066-881
- 100 x 20cm Tissu de Marie fabric, item no. 706033-5
- 100 x 20cm iron-on interlining, item no. 229040
- Sewing needle + thread
Measurements:
Length Belt 75cm (29.5in)
Total length Belt with fastened buckle approx. 79cm (31.1in)
Width 11cm (4.3in)
Pattern
This is an intermediate level pattern.
The pattern for the May's Belt appears in YARN Bookazine 12 Romance, published by Scheepjes.
