Flowers, spring (finally!), and yarn over

Spring weather has finally arrived in Colorado. Seriously, we still had snow and ice on Tues. of this week!

With that spring weather finally making an appearance  I can begin to put out some of the flowers I bought, as well as the ones I started from seed, I can also begin to start new plants from seed! Wonderful! 

I finished up a project that I was working on, and learned to do the YO stitch as well, YO being the acronym for Yarn Over. This project was a pencil holder for my five year who will be starting kindergarten next year. Just for the sole purpose of including things that people who are new to crafts like knitting (as I am!), I will include links to stitches as well, even if they are simple ones. 

References:

http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/stockinettest.htm (For the stocking stitch pattern)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qq__ttEMUo (For the Yarn Over Stitch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PotFHrBeio (For Binding Off)

New projects and fabric

Running out to get a Fat Quarter for a project I am working on. This phrase sounds so funny to me for some reason; it was funny enough that I posted it as my status on Facebook just for the reactions I would get.

A couple of new projects are in the works. Some materials for one:

And materials for another:

Some references:

The fabric I ordered from: http://www.fatquartershop.com

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projects-ideas/bags-pillows/free-pillow-patterns_ss12.html for some pillowcase patterns

Color Changes

Changing colors within a knitting project has been a source of fear for me for a bit, but I finally attempted it. So here is my first attempt!

Resources: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpDC0Tq3pkw

http://knitting.about.com/od/knittingskills/p/stripes.htm