I have started working on a
second piece of my knitted patchwork quilt.
I am calling it Fred after
Frederick Charles Connew who was my third cousin twice removed. He was a
private in the 2nd Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment who died
on 25 September 1915 aged 21.
According to the 1911 census
Frederick was a tea packer working for a tea merchant – presumably in London
where he lived. I think this could have
been quite dangerous work, as tea can be explosive if it forms a dust cloud. The design I have come up with for this piece
is based on the tops of tea chests.
Originally I intended to do
columns of 4 shapes – but now I have decided to do 3 columns of 5 shapes – this
means that this piece uses 16 different shades of Rowan Felted Tweed but it
could be knitted with just 2 one for the “centres” and one for the
background. I have used my main colour –
brown for the background.
This piece is knitting up very
quickly. I think there are 2 reasons for
this – firstly it is quite interesting to knit and secondly because it is easier to knit than the first piece - the
yarn does not get so tangled.
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