oh! the colors!

my little coastal garden is filled with color inspiration these days...

I have been marveling, in particular, at the common alstroemerias that grow like weeds along a rustic fence just outside my kitchen door...

most of them are pink, but occasionally we get one that is gloriously orange...

and with that blue, blue, blue sky of early summer?

even these ordinary lilies become breathtaking...

of course, the temptation to knit with these colors was too great...

isager alpaca merino 2 from 

my favorite yarn shop...

pretty darn yummy, eh?

berets and flowers...

...fellow knitter silvia m. has made a bright, cheery version of the baby beret...her "boina da catarina" is made in rowan's luxury cotton and is embellished with crocheted flowers...you can see it on her blog, ao longe o mar...I love it!

speaking of flowers...

little knitted daisies are easy to make!

grab some yarn and a pair of needles...

cast on 40 stitches

(knit one, bind off six) five times...

you should have ten stitches left on the needle (one stitch on either side of each set of six bound-off stitches)
it should look like this:

break yarn and pull through those ten stitches...

partially weave in ends and use the excess to stitch the flower onto your hat

(or sweater, or...)

et voilà!

questions?  just ask!