All of these plants are hand knit using a variety of needles, fibers, colors, and stitches.
Evening Primrose
The Evening Primrose flower under construction with various yarns and needles. These petals are knit with yellow wool on a size 8 needle. The organs grow in whorls of four including the petals, stamens and a fused carpel with four stigmas.
Hibiscus
Pink Bazic wool on # 9 needles. The purple and red (primary and secondary) veins were knitted into each petal. The Hibiscus is in the Malvaceae family, distinct because of its fused filaments and stigmas that sit atop the androecium. The small spikes at the tips of this hibiscus illustrate tiny stigmatic hairs that occur on the real flower. The round yellow forms are the pollen sacs.
Peace Lily
This Peace Lily is a 9-foot free-standing flower. The petal alone is over 5' tall and 5' at its widest point. It is knit with a thick white cotton. The white furry stalk in the center illustrates the androecium of this flower. Each furry bulb is a stamen in the process of releasing pollen (the darker yarn in the center of each bulb).Water Lily
Water Lily in the metal working area of the List Sculpture Studio. Many of the knit plants have metal armatures which require welding, grinding, and cold manipulations of steel.
all images © 2008 Tatyana Yanishevsky