If you didn’t know otherwise, you might think the images below are from a pattern book for knitted shawls.
An illustration from Nehemiah Grew’s Anatomy of Plants, published in 1680
In fact, they are illustrations from a 330+ year old book called the Anatomy of Plants and they inspired Dr. Julia Riede to create a collection of ten shawl designs, all around this natural theme. It’s a wonderful idea – she notes, “the book is full of detailed, beautiful illustrations of the microscopic anatomy of plants: mostly cells, and lots of interesting textures evolving naturally.”
Riede is documenting her process from start to finish, which you can read about here, offering insight on her process to create ten different shawl designs, their compilation into a pattern collection and their final publication in book form which is available here.
You can get the pattern book here.
The Sage Shawl Knitting Pattern – Designed and Knit by Dr. Julia Riede
To learn more about this smart and inspiring project, visit Riede at her site knitting.today, or get the pattern book here.
And to keep up with patterns as they are released, be sure to follow the Knitting Plant Anatomy collection page on Ravelry, and you can get the pattern book here.
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