I’ve made my attempt at the Mumsey flower, only getting the first center part done before running out of the yarn.
The yarn was from a crewel-work stash — and cruelly short. Eventually i gave up on carefully attaching new lengths and i just tied on new strands. Good practice for the petals, but not very attractive in the end.
Looking at the calendar, i think i’ll wait and give the October flower (or leaves!) a go, and wait to use this technique when i’ve got an end use for it. Learning the petal stitches, though, was good practice for free form work!
Yeah, Mumsy is the one flower that takes a lot of yarn. Your Mumsy is cute–it’s kind of like a spider mum!