Greetings!
Last year I knitted Little Dumpling village ladies. Now I decided to complete The Little Dumpling village by making the village men as well. These dolls are created by my favorite designer Jeangreenhowe.
In the village of Little Dumpling, Samuel Sprout sells the best vegetables. If you are feeling morose this morning, just take a walk to Samuel's stall and admire the splendid array of vegetables and refresh your mind. Even Macintosh, lord Lancelot's dog is impressed and he doesn't even like vegetables!
As always I am quite impressed with the beautiful and vibrant colors Jean has used. Such a delight to our eyes. When I started knitting Dumpling village ladies Miss.Muffin attracted me a lot and I knitted her first. When it comes to men Greengrocer is my favorite :). It was quite time consuming but I loved the finished project.
Jeangreenhowe always gives importance to details. Varieties of veggies, potted plants, the stall it self is quite amazing. I am pretty sure that this beautiful set, will bring a big smile on anyone's face.
I like the way she has designed Samuel sprout. With his apron, red sleeveless sweater, his yellow straw hat, he looks quite gorgeous.
Samuel 's shop is made out of cardboard box. The veggies consists of (from top left corner) mushrooms, leeks, marrows, lettuce, cauliflower, carrots, cucumber and tomatoes. Below the stall is a sack of potatoes and the potted plants.
He uses paper bag to pack the veggies for his customers and also requests them to recycle the bags later. How thoughtful!
Make sure to visit his shop if you are in Dumpling village.
Before I sign off I would like to share all the comments that we exchanged on the knitting forum.
Mar 21, 14 19:06:55 | |
 Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) Online | bwtyer wrote: Really cute- I love Jean Greenhowe's patterns. Thanks. Even I am a very big fan of hers  Revathi akshay |
Mar 21, 14 19:06:58 | |
a regular here  Joined: Oct 16, 13 Messages: 993 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) | Wow! Very nice! My yarn: http://sapphiresnpurls.storenvy.com/ Weekly videos: http://theweeklystitch.com General knitting: http://sapphiresnpurls.com |
Mar 21, 14 19:07:14 | |
a regular here  Joined: Mar 6, 11 Messages: 221 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Racine, WI now live in MO | Unbelievably adorable! What is the height of these wonderful pieces? judeanne |
Mar 21, 14 19:07:54 | |
a regular here Joined: Dec 10, 11 Messages: 1876 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: USA | Oh my goodness. That is just too cute and SO MUCH WORK. Great job and thanks for sharing. grandmere101 |
Mar 21, 14 19:08:52 | |
Joined: Apr 17, 11 Messages: 1455 Feedback: 7/100.0% Location: Kinnelon, New Jersey | Dear,Revathi, This is spectacular. Sometimes the smaller gifts are the nicest. You are an inspiration. Patricia (PLeclerrc) |
Mar 21, 14 19:11:06 | |
a regular here  Joined: May 27, 11 Messages: 1897 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Tennessee | That is just adorable. Your work is outstanding. beejay |
Mar 21, 14 19:12:34 | |
a regular here  Joined: Jul 30, 11 Messages: 29414 Feedback: 1/100.0% Location: beenleigh se queensland | Absolutely beautiful,you did a magnificent job.  kiwiannie |
Mar 21, 14 19:14:21 | |
Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) Online | judeanne wrote: Unbelievably adorable! What is the height of these wonderful pieces? Thanks a lot. The doll is around 6 3/4 th inches. The stall is around 6 inches wide. The vegs bigger ones may be 2 inches smaller ones 1 inch appox. Revathi akshay |
Mar 21, 14 19:16:22 | |
Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) Online | Thanks a lot everyone. I made his shop out of card board box. Making this whole set was indeed a lot of work but happy with the results Revathi akshay |
Mar 21, 14 19:38:47 | |
a regular here  Joined: Oct 29, 12 Messages: 1081 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, now Ontario | The veggies are amazing. Grandma G. |
Mar 21, 14 19:57:59 | |
a regular here  Joined: Jun 12, 11 Messages: 23248 Feedback: 1/100.0% Location: NYC/ Eastham,CapeCod MA | Adorable! Naneast |
Mar 21, 14 19:59:42 | |
a regular here  Joined: Nov 16, 13 Messages: 1221 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Florida | just as cute as can be Keep swell,Cindi |
Mar 22, 14 00:37:56 | |
a regular here  Joined: May 11, 11 Messages: 11610 Feedback: 28/100.0% Location: Realville Online | This is fabulous. Your knitting is wonderful! Just look at all those tiny veggies and flowers... You are gooooooood. |
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Mar 22, 14 12:55:03 | |
a regular here Joined: May 20, 11 Messages: 1985 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: St. Helier, Channel Islands, originally Scotland | What fabulous knitting, so cleverly done. janis blondel |
Mar 22, 14 13:49:16 | |
a regular here  Joined: Apr 17, 12 Messages: 7126 Feedback: 8/100.0% Location: Kewadin, Michigan USA | That is brilliant! Great job! Jeangreenhowe is a tallented designer. Patty Sutter |
Mar 22, 14 14:57:36 | |
a regular here  Joined: Aug 27, 11 Messages: 1449 Feedback: 1/100.0% Location: Tucson, AZ Online | I adore the greengrocer. When I was in Israel I took beautiful pictures of the fruits and veggies in the stands and turned them into a collage which is hanging on my wall. Marilyn p-k otherwise known as Marimom to my 8 grandchildren. Is knitting an ART or a CRAFT. Creativity is everything! |
Mar 22, 14 15:09:57 | |
a regular here  Joined: Feb 21, 12 Messages: 1002 Feedback: 5/100.0% Location: Glasgow, Scotland | great hav all her patterns not knitted them all but lol crafty carol |
Mar 22, 14 15:17:20 | |
a regular here  Joined: Mar 3, 13 Messages: 2730 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Orlando Florida | I love these all. Wonderful. Munchn |
Mar 22, 14 15:24:26 | |
a regular here Joined: Dec 21, 13 Messages: 329 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Myakka City, Florida | You are amazing. Everything is adorable. Thanks so much for sharing your photos, they are so sweet and brought a big smile to my face. Gramma Bunny |
Mar 22, 14 15:32:55 | |
Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) Online | Gramma Bunny wrote: You are amazing. Everything is adorable. Thanks so much for sharing your photos, they are so sweet and brought a big smile to my face. Thanks. What a sweet comment Revathi akshay |
Mar 22, 14 15:33:23 | |
Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) Online | Thanks everyone, all the credit should go to Jeangreenhowe. Revathi akshay |
Mar 22, 14 15:36:27 | |
 Joined: Nov 19, 13 Messages: 139 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) | OMG this is remarkable. Brilliant. You are an artist! saskgayle |
Mar 22, 14 15:37:54 | |
a regular here  Joined: Jun 30, 12 Messages: 1562 Feedback: 1/100.0% Location: Upstate New York, USA | Like him and his shop??? I LOVE him and his shop. They are marvelous and the vegetables? Fabulous. Sam even has a little brown bag to put his veges in. How wonderful! iShirl |
Mar 22, 14 16:58:23 | |
a regular here  Joined: Mar 9, 12 Messages: 2044 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Roseville, MN Online | You are very talented to do such a great job. Samuel Sprout and his little store are fabulous. Makes me want to grab a cucumber and some carrots and make a salad.  "They would not have believed him or his truth, for people always believe what truth they have to believe to go on being the way they are." -Robert Penn Warren |
Mar 22, 14 17:03:28 | |
Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding : | iShirl wrote: Like him and his shop??? I LOVE him and his shop. They are marvelous and the vegetables? Fabulous. Sam even has a little brown bag to put his veges in. How wonderful! Thanks. I am glad you noticed his bag Revathi akshay |
Mar 22, 14 02:00:52 | |
 Joined: Mar 12, 12 Messages: 1398 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Lake Macquarie Newcastle Australia | Amazing, just amazing Gai |
Mar 22, 14 03:59:45 | |
a regular here  Joined: Nov 23, 11 Messages: 11147 Feedback: 21/100.0% Location: Leicestershire, England | wow! amazing work! So much detail, just wonderful!! Pat xx Find me here: http://www.craftsy.com/user/pattern/store/510881 and here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/HuggableBears |
Mar 22, 14 06:24:48 | |
a regular here  Joined: Mar 3, 13 Messages: 1145 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Charlotte, NC Online | That is awesome! What a wonderful job! Marie from NC |
Mar 22, 14 07:28:58 | |
a regular here  Joined: Nov 19, 12 Messages: 2510 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Orange Park, Florida, USA | I am so impressed with what you have created. It's a work of art. NRoberts |
Mar 22, 14 07:35:37 | |
a regular here Joined: Nov 27, 13 Messages: 506 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) | Everything is amazing! Beautiful work! BarbaraBL |
Mar 22, 14 08:09:59 | |
Joined: Jan 29, 13 Messages: 145 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) | This is so cute !! Where do you purchase a pattern like that ? God's Girl |
Mar 22, 14 08:49:45 | |
a regular here  Joined: Apr 2, 11 Messages: 2844 Feedback: 4/100.0% Location: Altamonte Springs. Florida | Well done, I did all these 15 years ago, I have all Jean's books. I just love them Roseknit |
Mar 22, 14 08:49:46 | |
a regular here Joined: Sep 12, 12 Messages: 1079 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: bromont, quebec, canada | Absolutely amazing!!! bjb from canada |
Mar 22, 14 08:57:50 | |
a regular here  Joined: Aug 18, 11 Messages: 6937 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Fredericksburg, VA | How cute! Fabulous pattern and fabulous knitting Brianna9301 |
Mar 22, 14 09:54:34 | |
 Joined: Nov 6, 13 Messages: 212 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Durban, South Africa | Superb work luv him Izzibear |
Mar 22, 14 09:57:33 | |
a regular here  Joined: Mar 1, 14 Messages: 110 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Boyle, Republic of Ireland | Wonderful! Cheered up already! Corndolly |
Mar 22, 14 11:32:09 | |
Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) Online | God's Girl wrote: This is so cute !! Where do you purchase a pattern like that ? Thanks. I bought thus from Jeangreenhowe's website Revathi akshay |
Mar 22, 14 11:34:21 | |
Joined: Jun 26, 12 Messages: 333 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: in hiding :) Online | Thanks a lot every one for all your beautiful comments Revathi akshay |
Mar 22, 14 11:35:57 | |
a regular here Joined: Jul 24, 11 Messages: 8045 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: London. England. UK | Very, very cute. I think your knitting is great. Hazel Anne |
Mar 22, 14 11:40:56 | |
 Joined: Aug 8, 11 Messages: 237 Feedback: 0/0.0% Location: Indiana | Absolutely adorable and beautifully done! Toby |
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