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]

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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