Best in a woodland garden with rich, moist soil. Mature plants produce garnet-red flowers and fleshy fruits. Upright stems appear in spring, bearing huge, lobed umbrella-shaped chartreuse leaves boldly marked with rich chocolate-brown spots. So in most cases, 2 average-sized skeins of fingering/sock weight yarn should be sufficient for the pattern size. An exotic hybrid related to our native May Apple. Yardage: The average yardage for a shawl worked in fingering weight at the pattern size referenced above was between 750-800 yards (686-732 m) on US 5 (3.75 mm) needles. Pairs of large notched leaves, up to 1 wide, are held on 12-18 stalks. Podophyllum peltatum, by the presence of the color purple in many of the plant parts. After the body is completed, a knitted-on border is attached at right angles. Podophyllum peltatum, commonly called mayapple, is a rhizomatous. The body of the shawl is comprised of 3 triangles-a larger middle section flanked by smaller “wings.” A fancy lace wingspan edge is worked at the same time as the body.
#May apple color full#
The Mayapple pattern includes both charts and full written out instructions for those of you who prefer not to use charts.Ĭonstruction Notes: Mayapple starts at the center back of the neck with a provisional cast on (only 9 stitches) and is worked down to the bottom edge.
#May apple color how to#
The pattern includes detailed instructions about how to work the various design elements, as well as video links that will walk you though every aspect of the pattern. A solid or tonal yarn is highly recommended to showcase the intricacy of the design. They remain closed as the stem elongates. Emerging bronze, the leaves are deeply divided into 5-9 lobes. From a single stem, each plant features 1 or 2 leaves and 1 flower. The low-growing perennial is at home in a woodland setting, so it is best to provide a little shade in the garden. The size is easily customizable by working more or fewer Body Chart 2 repeats. Grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive foliage and flowers, Podophyllum peltatum (May Apple) is a rhizomatous perennial forming eye-catching clumps of big shiny green umbrella-like leaves, 12 in. This native plant really does bloom in May, and really does produce a little fruit. Mayapple is shown in the wonderful Tosh Sock weight yarn but may be knitted in whatever weight you choose. Mayapple’s shape is an easy-to-wear, elongated semi-circle. For the color of the shawl pictured, I looked no further than the bright and cheerful yellow color of the center of the mayapple flower. The border features a fern and bellflower panel finished with a lacy leaf edging. The dainty lace pattern I chose for the middle of the shawl body resembles the mayapple flower sheltered by two leaves. While walking in the woods earlier this year, I spied a cluster of little mayapples and was inspired to design a shawl with pretty flower and leaf motifs. It is a unique-looking plant, with only two large umbrella shaped leaves that rise on single stems above a very cute little white flower with six to eight petals. Mayapple is a charming wildflower that emerges beneath the forest canopy in early spring.
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