knitting flowers

today was a day for knitting plum blossoms and forget-me-nots. That, over there is a picture of my first finished plum blossom. it's a lot bigger than an actual plumblossom, but once i have 5 made and attach them to a branch, they'll look pretty great. and they don't have to be perfect because they are for my banner, not for sale. and i think i'm going to play with the design before i sell these.

and here is a picture of the very funky and not at all like a forget me not:
So i'm thinking I might practice making the pin back on it. and then give it to someone as a silly thing. i dunno.

i have big plans for the forget me not. they are supposed to look more like this:



i have a lot of work to do on this... BUT it can be done, and i'm excited. no one seems to knit flowers with care about their natural details. this will be fun.