OK, it's not March, but green has jumped to the forefront here at Mingling Yarn. First up: a crochet summer cardigan. This is one of my own 'designs' -- which basically means I plugged a couple of simple stitch patterns into a very basic shape. The yarn is an oldie from the stash - Italy Baby by Plymouth Yarn. It's 100% cotton in a fingering weight. The sleeves are 3/4 length and done in a simple mesh stitch. The body of the cardigan is another simple stitch from a Japanese stitch compendium - Crochet Patterns Book 300.
Then we have a jaunty green beret. This one is from ancient stash. Koigu KPPPM (Painter's Palette Premium Merino) plus some coordinating KPM (Koigu Premium Merino). The top is done in the KPPPM, the underside in the solid(ish) color. This is a pattern from Interweave Crochet, Winter 2008 - Pinwheel Beret. The only modification I made was to make the 'plate' portion a bit bigger than the pattern called for - in other words I increased more than called for. Dead easy pattern that gives a nice result. It was a bit of a bore, doing all that sc, but I worked on it during the move, so boring fit the bill.
Here's a view of the underside -
