Another Great Tank Top Knitting Pattern

No knitting pattern roundup is going to be exhaustive, and of course as soon as I write one I start seeing more of the same type of project that I wish I had shared in that roundup.

So it was with the tank top knitting pattern post I did recently, because of course new tank tops are being released all the time in the summer, and the algorithm is just going to keep showing me more of what I’ve been looking at (seriously, Pinterest, I like other things aside from tank tops, thank you very much).

In that spirit I couldn’t help sharing Bari, an easy tank top knitting pattern from the Berroco Design Team. This project is worked in the round from the bottom up in a stitch pattern that’s mostly stockinette with some seed stitch ridges added in for texture.

The design comes in nine sizes, with bust measurements ranging from 38 to 70 inches, or 96.5 to 178 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 2-4 inches or 5-10 cm of positive ease.

This is another one of those projects where the yarn choice makes a big difference. They used Berroco Vernazza, a really cool (in both senses of the word) yarn that starts with a base of undyed cotton and linen that’s wrapped in colorful viscose. The combination of fibers and colors gives any project worked with it a marled look, and it’s also lightweight and breathable.

If you must substitute, your project won’t have quite the same look and feel, but a cotton/linen yarn would be a nice choice here. The yarn is worsted weight so you have a lot of options.

You can find this free pattern on Berroco’s website.

Looking for more summer knitting patterns? Here’s a collection of summer knit tops from last year, and some summer ponchos if you’re looking for a little more coverage.

[Photo: Berroco]

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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