In line with the current trend for cycling what better way to celebrate than to our craft than upcycling a bicycle.
I had so much fun creating this quintessential english country rose garden wrapped around one of the bicycles that were kindly donated by our local recycling centre in Burniston.
A bed of 20 roses in shades of red, pink, peach and lemon made the cover for the seat. It wouldn’t be a rose garden without a cute little bumble bee, this little honey maker was donated by Mrs G, a very talented knitting friend.
Continuing the rose theme with 2 giant blooms displayed on the rear wheel.
With his cute pink button cheeks a snail this sweet just has to be forgiven for having a little nibble on the vegetation.
Nestling on the front wheel is a silky silver spiders web, home to two (not so scary) spiders, but wait a minute there’s only one!
There he is, he’s obviously just been for a spin, pardon the pun.
He has just been exploring the rose vine that’s creeping around the cross-bar.
The Country Rose Garden bicycle featured in the 2015 yarn bombing at the surgery along with another themed on the seaside. They certainly gained a lot of interest.
It took me approximately two weeks of crocheting to cover each bike and make the adornments
Lovely job!
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This is amazing! Great job!
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Thanks, appreciate your comment.
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Very cool. I love it. This is from Finland:
Crochet tractor.
Happy weekend.
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Wow, the tractor is amazing, thank you for sharing the link.
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Have to be honest. It’s the only use of a bicycle I would consider 😂😂.
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Me too, it’s too hilly where we live.
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I love crochet
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Me too, yarn is so forgiving unlike fabric, it allows you to cheat a little.
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Wow! And that spider! Oh so cute!!! 😀
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Thanks for visiting and your kind comment.
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Love all the critters that you added to your garden!
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Thank you.
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Please tell me you actually ride this!! It’s fab! Apart from the probability that it would get grubby quickly, and might cause accidents because it’s such a head-turner. I love the idea of this being ridden through traffic! 🙂
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Sadly the bike was not roadworthy when it was given so it cannot be ridden, I have thought it would be fun to do another that I could ride. Where we live has lots of hills though so I am not sure I would have the stamina to ride a bike very far.
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Amazing !! ♪ ♫ You’re such a great talent !
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Thank you for your kind words, so pleased you liked it.
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Reblogged this on notewords and commented:
An Upcycled Cycle
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Thank you for re-blogging this post and sharing.
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I fell in love with it! 😉
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WOW!
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Reblogged this on DaniellaJoe's Blog and commented:
I love recycling and this is over the top!
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WOW!!! I love it!!! That is so creative and one of a kind beautiful 👌
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I had to reblog 🙂
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Thanks for re-blogging and sharing.
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Thank you for your lovely comments.
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Absolutely adorable!! Such a creative idea!
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Thanks.
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Well done! It’s stunning!
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Thank you, I enjoyed doing it so much and have to admit was very pleased with how it turned out.
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Absolutely brilliant! 🙂
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Thank you for your lovely comment.
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Wow, that bike looks fantastic!
Many greetings from Virginia, ivonne
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Thank you for your kind words my firend.
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Just beautiful and very creative!
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It was for a good cause and the re-cycling centre were very kind to provide the bike for us to use. Also I must thank my friends who provided the snail and the bumble bee that add fun to the project.
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This is truly fabulous! I like the spider web best, I think!
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Yes, I like the spiders too, so simple but still effective.
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Gorgeous and ever so enchanting. So many cute little things going on. You’re so clever and talented. 🙂
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Thank you. It was such fun to do, I started with the idea for the seat and the rest of the features evolved as it went along.
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