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Warm weather is here!! Time for warm weather knitting!

I’ve been doing some searching for tee patterns. Here’s what I’ve come up with:


In the shop we have this pretty fingering cotton yarn, Huasco Coton Kettle Dyes and have found this pattern that would work nice with this yarn - Stromboli by Caitlin Hunter (selling on Ravelry for $9) seems nice and airy with all the pretty lace on it.



I really love this tank made with linen yarn - Notched Hem Tank Top by Purl Soho and it’s free on Ravelry! It calls for a fingering weight linen, but I see that many projects have used Juniper Moon Zooey with success, even though this is considered a DK weight yarn. Because this tank has a simple pattern, I think the other linen yarn the shop carries, Summer Solstice Paints, would be a really fun one to try on this pattern! It is still not a fingering weight yarn, but a sport weight. Using either of these yarns, one would have to experiment with and work up a few gauge swatches to double check all is in working form.



Idalou by Laura Aylor is a sweet little cardigan that sells for $7 on Ravelry. It uses a DK weight yarn and we just brought in Satiny by Jody Long - a cotton yarn that would work beautifully here.


This last pattern is not a tee at all, but with its meshy patterning it really says “summer” to me! It’s Kingfisher in Flight Shawl by Littletheorem and is $5. I would use a more solid or tonal yarn for this one, so Heritage by Cascade would be nice, or a tonal Malabrigo Ultimate Sock. I think it would be cute to throw on when A/C gets too cold.


Now if I could just knit fast enough to finish one of these before summer is over!








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