Well here's my 4th double knit potholder. I love & grow tons of large dinner plate Dahlias every year, so this tried to capture their beauty, shape and cascading colors in this potholder. I made several 'patterns' and I think I might try this again with one of the designs that had fewer petals. This design turned out a bit muddled in the middle and I rather have it be a tad more 'graphic'. I'll try a dahlia again, since my best friend also grows dahlias and I share tubers with her every year
I was also tad disappointed that the Lily Sugar 'N Cream, "Pinky Strips" yarn did not vary much between strips. I was trying to get the top, center petals deep pink and the bottom petals a faded pink. It sort of works. Here's a picture of the Pennhill Dark Monarch dahlia that was sort of my inspiration. (It actually a gorgeous, huge, 12" +, purple and fushia, with yellow center dahlia):
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