Warm weather is just around the corner! We’ve had a taste of some warm days already, so we know more is on the way. Personally, I kinda hate to see the cool days leave us, as it means putting away the warm woolen things I love to wear. But we can still create lovely cooler items for the summer!
We brought in Trill by Urth, a fingering-weight yarn made of a wool and linen blend. I love the rich, jewel-like colors. It would be great for tees and tanks for layering. Haiku by Knitting For Breakfast sells for about $6 on Ravelry and would be amazing knit up in Trill. I love the lace at the top.
Or Right As Rain by Jamie Hoffman that sells for $10 on Ravelry, with it’s sweet line of lace down the center.
I’ve just finished a cardigan using Jody Long’s Satiny yarn, a 100% cotton DK-weight yarn. I used it to make Black Barlow by Marie Amelie Designs, a FREE pattern on Ravelry, but I made my sleeves a bit shorter. It’s perfect for layering when mornings or evenings are still a bit cooler.
Another yarn I love for summer is United by Queensland. A wool and cotton blend sport-weight yarn, though I find it knits up for me closer to a fingering weight, so make sure you work up a gauge swatch to see how it works up for you. I love the way this yarn works up into a nice, lightweight fabric, and it holds up well over time, too.
Using United, I am currently knitting Reina de Picas Tee_2.0 by Valentina Bogdanova , which sells for $9.80 on Ravelry. This pattern gives you two options of lace yoke length, as well as a way to knit the lace with less holes, mostly by twisting stitches to close up the lace holes.
This last yarn is another I dearly love for summer - Bamboo Pop. It is a DK weight, made with 50/50 bamboo and cotton. The bamboo gives this yarn a lovely drape.
This yarn has nothing to do with summer, but it’s new in the shop and I just had to put in my two cents about it. It’s Snugaboo by Jody Long, a fluffy yarn that I think works great for stuffed animals! The yarn is fluffy, it hides the stitches, so the resulting product looks like it was sewn together. You have to work a bit harder to find your stitches, but it’s totally doable, and the real positive is all that fluff hides any mistakes you make in your project!
I hope you find the perfect warm weather project this summer. Sit back in a nice comfy deck chair, a cold drink nearby, and a project in your hands. A nice way to pass a lazy summer day.
We brought in Trill by Urth, a fingering-weight yarn made of a wool and linen blend. I love the rich, jewel-like colors. It would be great for tees and tanks for layering. Haiku by Knitting For Breakfast sells for about $6 on Ravelry and would be amazing knit up in Trill. I love the lace at the top.
Or Right As Rain by Jamie Hoffman that sells for $10 on Ravelry, with it’s sweet line of lace down the center.
I’ve just finished a cardigan using Jody Long’s Satiny yarn, a 100% cotton DK-weight yarn. I used it to make Black Barlow by Marie Amelie Designs, a FREE pattern on Ravelry, but I made my sleeves a bit shorter. It’s perfect for layering when mornings or evenings are still a bit cooler.
Another yarn I love for summer is United by Queensland. A wool and cotton blend sport-weight yarn, though I find it knits up for me closer to a fingering weight, so make sure you work up a gauge swatch to see how it works up for you. I love the way this yarn works up into a nice, lightweight fabric, and it holds up well over time, too.
Using United, I am currently knitting Reina de Picas Tee_2.0 by Valentina Bogdanova , which sells for $9.80 on Ravelry. This pattern gives you two options of lace yoke length, as well as a way to knit the lace with less holes, mostly by twisting stitches to close up the lace holes.
This last yarn is another I dearly love for summer - Bamboo Pop. It is a DK weight, made with 50/50 bamboo and cotton. The bamboo gives this yarn a lovely drape.
I think it would look great in this tank called Rainsong by Laura Aylor that is $6 on Ravelry. I love the subtle texture variation.
Or maybe this short-sleeved cardigan, Passing Showers by Elizabeth Smith which sells for $6 on Ravelry.
This yarn has nothing to do with summer, but it’s new in the shop and I just had to put in my two cents about it. It’s Snugaboo by Jody Long, a fluffy yarn that I think works great for stuffed animals! The yarn is fluffy, it hides the stitches, so the resulting product looks like it was sewn together. You have to work a bit harder to find your stitches, but it’s totally doable, and the real positive is all that fluff hides any mistakes you make in your project!
I made Little Teddy Bear by Luba Andrushchenko and though I made small mistakes, no one can see them! This bear even has directional increases and decreases, which I opted out of because no one can see what direction the stitches are leaning! It was great fun to thumb my nose at those parts of the pattern. Kitchener stitch the seam closed? No thanks! Three needle bind off for me! Ha ha!! My little bear came out great - he’s super fluffy and soft.
I hope you find the perfect warm weather project this summer. Sit back in a nice comfy deck chair, a cold drink nearby, and a project in your hands. A nice way to pass a lazy summer day.
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