3KCBWDAY4 Knitting and Crocheting Year Round

3KCBWDAY4 Todays topic is: "How does your local seasonal weather affect your craft?"
I live in a small town in Kentucky and we get four distinct seasons most years.  It is spring now and everything is in bloom but this month has been a bit colder than normal.  I find that my knit and crochet projects vary only slightly based on the season.  I am currently knitting a warm hat and am working on my first sweater despite the fact that winter has passed.  My Burberry Inspired cowl was perfect for yesterday's cool spring weather:

You can find the pattern here.

3KCBWDAY3 Inspiration

3KCBWDAY3 Day 3 is about something or someone who inspires your craft.  Today my inspiration comes from my boyfriend and his 4 new buttonquail.  He has been working on some cute bird houses for them and has finished his first one.  He took a couple of pics of my crochet penguin visiting The Condor Club for me. The pattern for the penguin can be found here. 

3KCBWDAY2 Photography Challenge: Mary Tyler Moore

3KCBWDAY2 It's day 2 of blog week. The assignment today is to tell a story or show a scene in a photograph.  I have been wanting to post my Mary Tyler Moore inspired knit hat for a while.  Blog week has inspired me to find a more creative way to show a picture of it.
So here it is... Mary Tyler Moore:

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week Day 1: Color 3KCBWDAY1

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     Thanks to Eskimimi Makes blog for hosting knitting and crochet blog week.  This is the 3rd annual knitting and crochet blog week and my first time to participate in anything like this.  Hopefully I can make it the whole week!  Today is about color.  Sometimes I wish my yarn matched a bit more.  I tend to just pick colors I like when I am picking out yarn and not always thinking about projects.  Therefore my yarn does not always go together and is a bit random.
     Recently my boyfriend found me the perfect yarn storage at Lowe's to display my stash in my living room.

You can find the storage containers here.  I got 3 of them and lined them up.

Here is my latest color work project.  It has gotten too big to take with me so I don't work on it too much.  The pattern is from one of my favorite blogs, Attic24.  I hope to have it done by winter.

Weekend Project- Cacti

A trio of cacti I made this weekend.  Made up my own pattern.  Used simple texture stitch for the large, k2p2 rib for medium, and seed stitch for the little one "stubby nubby."

First attempt at Fair Isle

This was my first attempt at fair isle.  I had some trouble keeping even tension throughout the hat but am still happy with the result.  The pattern can be found here.

Winter is here!

So it is definitely winter now.  It is a great time for knitting!  I love these leg warmers and they are super easy to make: Cast on 45 stitches on US size 8 needles.  k1p1 for 8 rounds.  Then k4p1 until it is long enough and cast off.  I added some green stripes of 5 rows each.

Here are some warm cozy worsted weight wool socks for hanging around the house.  You can find the pattern here.