A Great Tank Top Knitting Pattern for Summer

Just last year I finally started to get into knitting tops for summer. I don’t know why I resisted for so long. I love being able to wear things I made throughout the year, and the right combination of style and yarn makes for really comfy clothes that aren’t too warm for hot temperatures.

The Ciara tank top by Laura Aylor is definitely going on my to-knit list. It’s a bottom up top worked in sportweight yarn, with a slightly flared Stockinette Stitch body and half linen stitch on the bodice.

It’s available in nine sizes and the sample was knit in a silk, linen and wool blend that sounds perfect for summer knitting and wearing.

The pattern is $6 on Ravelry.

[Photo: Laura Aylor.]

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It’s well known (among knitters, anyway) that knitters seem to love chickens as a motif and a subject of our knitting projects. The Emotional Support Chicken and all the other chicken knitting patterns are just the beginning of our devotion to farmyard friends.

For example, there’s Farmer Dennis’ Chicken Hat. This free pattern from Stacy Black is a simple worsted weight beanie sized for adults and decorate with a couple of little rounds of colorwork fences and a flock of chickens strutting around the body of the hat.

You don’t need a lot of any of the colors for the chickens, their facial features or the fences, so this is a great project for using little leftover bits from other projects. The main color for the body of the hat is less than a skein using the yarn suggested, so you might just have everything you need in your house to start stitching up this hat right away.

The colorwork is presented as a chart, with a 16 stitch section that repeats around the body of the hat. All the color changes are shown on the chart but I think it would be easier to knit the whole chicken in the chicken color and add the eye, beak and other features using duplicate stitch when the knitting is done. That way you don’t have to carry those yarns around the whole hat for just a few stitches.

As the name suggests, the original hat was given to a farmer who shared their eggs, but anyone who raises chickens or just has a thing for the fowl is sure to love this cute hat. It wouldn’t be too difficult for someone new to stranded knitting or reading charts to make, either, so if that’s you, give it a try.

The pattern is available for free on Ravelry.

[Photo: Stacy Black]

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