Leptospermum (Tea Tree)

The beautiful and fragrant tea tree is one of the native flora that Australia and New Zealand share. I simply love these flowers. I love that during Spring tea trees provide beautiful colour in my garden that attracts bees, birds and butterflies. I love tea trees so much that there’s even a tea tree flower in my logo.

I had so much fun designing the flora for the WARM project that I couldn’t stop at just those, so I came up with this sweet flower.

Construction:

This wee tea tree is knit using double pointed needles. It begins with the receptacle and works outwards to complete each of the petals individually and seamlessly The stem is created using i-cord which can be thread onto wire to provide greater structure.

Sizing:

Flowers measure approximately 3 inches/7.5 cms in diameter. 

Stems measure approximately 18 inches/46 cms in length.

Skill Level:

Intermediate

Techniques used:

Knit and purl

Increasing, decreasing 

Modified cast off 

Working small circumferences in the round on DPNs 

i-cord

Yarn Requirements:

Each flower uses approximately 15 yards/14 metres of 8ply/DK weight yarn. 

Each stem uses approximately 25 yards/22 metres of 8ply/DK weight yarn.

Samples shown in White Gum Wool Natural, Everlasting and Wild Orchid and WOOLganic Lotus and Blossom.