Fanny Price's Campanula Ring

Fanny Price's Campanula Ring

What Is Being Made

This is a delicate knitted jewellery ring designed by Kirsti Johanson, featuring a campanula (bellflower) shape. The ring combines functional wearable jewellery with decorative textile craftsmanship, creating a unique piece that showcases the versatility of knitting beyond traditional garments. The finished ring is shaped to resemble the distinctive bell-like form of a campanula flower, making it both a wearable accessory and a miniature sculptural object.

Techniques Used

The construction of Fanny Price's Campanula Ring employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its three-dimensional campanula shape:

• Shaping through increases and decreases: The pattern uses strategic knit and purl stitches combined with purl decreases (pk2s) to create the bell-shaped form of the flower
• Seaming: A quick seam joins the two ends of the knitted piece to form the complete campanula ring shape, using a darning needle and the cast-on tail
• Bead placement: A small crochet hook is used to thread the cast-on tail through the front of the ring, allowing for bead placement that is then secured to the wrong side of the work
• Live stitch finishing: Five live stitches are gathered using a darning needle and tied off to complete the ring band neatly

Stitches Used

The pattern utilizes fundamental knitting stitches to construct the campanula shape:

• Knit stitch (k): Used throughout the pattern to create the main fabric structure
• Purl stitch (p): All stitches are purled in rows 1 and 3 to create texture and shaping
• Purl two stitches together (pk2s): A decrease stitch used in rows 2, 4, and 6 to shape the campanula form by reducing stitch count strategically
• Slip stitch (slip): Used in row 5 to create a smooth edge transition

Materials

Fanny Price's Campanula Ring is worked in 4-ply yarn, which provides the fine gauge necessary for creating delicate jewellery-scale knitting. The pattern requires only three yards of yarn, making it an economical project. Construction requires standard knitting needles appropriate for 4-ply weight yarn, a darning needle for seaming and finishing, and a small crochet hook for bead placement. The design allows for optional bead embellishment to enhance the campanula flower aesthetic.

Pattern Overview

The ring is cast on with 35 stitches and worked over 6 rows, creating a compact piece that is then shaped into a three-dimensional campanula form. The pattern progresses through strategic decreases that narrow the width while maintaining the bell-flower silhouette. After completing the knitted rows, the two ends are seamed together using the cast-on tail, and live stitches are gathered and secured to finish the ring band. This downloadable PDF pattern is offered free by independent designer Kirsti Johanson, making it accessible to knitters interested in exploring jewellery-scale textile projects.