Free form knitting - Knitting Hero Prudence Mapstone

Free form knitted Flowers

Its sometime now since I came across Prudence Mapstone's amazing free form fibre art on her website http://www.knotjustknitting.com In truth at the time I was looking for a domain name for a little creation of my own - "Knot", a little dog drawn in the form of a single piece of knotted up string. But Prudence had got there long before me. Her work is truly sensational and inspirational and her world wide following is so well deserved. One of the very best things to come up from "down under" I think she has to go down as my second knitting hero after James Norbury.

Free form knitted landscape

While I don't ever expect to produce anything approaching her amazing output, and have only seen the website as yet, I now I often sit down and start some "random knitting". Just casting on a few stitches using an oddment of yarn. Before long some sort of idea will pop up and I might then make a little sketch  to give a basis to work from. Its very relaxing and as creative as working with a brush or pen. 
I now have lots of little bits but here are a couple of ideas I did a while ago which went a bit further.

I'll never afford to go to one of her shows or get on board the good ship "Voyager of the Seas" for a 14 night craft cruise from Freemantle to Singapore.(http://www.needleworktours.com.au/). They really do know how to treat their crafts people in Australia! But I know there are lots of free form knitters on Ravelry, perhaps I really should catch up with some of them.