Spring Inspiration

Happy Friday all! Spring is officially in the air and it is a great time to be inspired. We found some beautiful inspiration from a knit blog sharing photos of some knit and crochet floral creations. These photos are from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for their "Knit, Purl, Sow" exhibition. We were mesmerized by the intricate and complex work that has gone into creating this large flora and fauna!

We searched out our own floral inspiration on the web and we found some great patterns to share with you! We found patterns from Ravelry which is a great free pattern resource for knitters and crocheters alike!

Ravelry: Flower Power Shawl by Ekin Deniz

Ravelry: Flower Pie Shawl by Megan Ellinger

Both of these beautiful patterns can be knit in DROPS Lace, a lovely 70% Alpaca, 30% Mulberry Silk blend.

If it is still a little cold where you are at, but you want to bring some spring flowers into your life you could knit this blanket or jacket from Garnstudio.

Try this super soft knit blanket with big floral motifs made from DROPS Alpaca and DROPS Vivaldi

This sweater is one of our most popular patterns! It is originally knit in DROPS Nepal, but you can use any worsted weight yarn. Why not try your own unique spring version in Good Earth Solids, it is a great cotton/linen blend perfect for warmer weather!

If you have some spare time this weekend be sure and check out the podcast from The Knitmore Girls and listen for a Nordic Mart shout out! <3

Floral Fancy

Flower bring a lot of joy.

They smell good, they're bright and colorful.

They're also easy to crochet! 

A flower made with Drops Delight. Crochet this flower using this pattern.

There are endless possibilities for designing your own flowers with different color combinations, yarn combinations, and petal combinations.

All of the flowers in our blog banner were crocheted with DROPS patterns and various yarns, and we're giving you a little insight to make your own field of crochet flowers.
Some of our favorite flower patterns are included in this post, but you can find the whole selection here.

These make great gifts, great additions to projects such as headbands, bags, or hair clips, and are just fun and simple to make.  Once you make one you won't be able to put your hook down.

This Safran flower can be made with this pattern.

We recommend Safran as your flower yarn of choice, but Delight is also a great choice for its color changes.  Both can be found in our Webstore.

Even better, our cotton yarns are on sale for 35% off for the month of July, so you can grab some various weights and colors for just a few dollars!

The leaves you see can be made using this pattern, and we love the flowers included in the pattern as well.

These are made with bulky yarn Drops Eskimo. The pattern is shown in this tutorial video, so it is great for beginners!

Find all the flower patterns by Drops Design here.
and if you need any new crochet hooks for your flowers, find our whole selection here.

Please share what you come up with! We love these little beauties and would love to post a collage of all the flowers our fans make :)

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Happy Crocheting :)

XO,