I posted too soon and then found the motherlode of public domain plant photos that look like #knitting: https://www.flickr.com/photos/146824358@N03/albums

So much #textile inspiration! Some of it reminds me of Mary Walker Phillips' work. #sciart

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@eebeejay Ooooo, the red one is gorgeous!
@eebeejay TY for posti. I’ve been looking for #knitting people pushing what knitting can be.
@M_to_the_bay You’re welcome!
@eebeejay I’ve been really interested in machine knitting which can create patterns like these. But I want to reverse engineer the machine knitting to hand.
@eebeejay Some of your plant macro photos that look like knitting would work up nicely in sprang technique! #sprang #knitting #plantInspiratin
@RuTemple That would be really interesting to explore!