Knit a Simple Tank Top for Summer

Over the weekend I finished knitting the body (though I still have some edging and seaming to do) of a super simple tank top I got in a kit from We Are Knitters, which I will actually tell you all abut next week, but I am certainly feeling a summer top jag coming on. All I want to do is knit little tees for the girl and me, or a loose-gauge boxy sweater to wear on cool nights, or little raglan shrugs.

If you’d like to get some simple summer knitting done, too, check out this pattern idea for an easy knit tank from Mama in a Stitch.

It’s worked in Garter and Stockinette in flat pieces. The back is a square, and all you need to know for the shaping on the front is how to bind off and knit two together. And it looks really cute for a first garment project.

Hers is a small/medium size, but because these pieces are worked flat, if you know your gauge with the yarn you want to use you can easily calculate how many stitches you need to cast on.

It’s also a pattern you could easily jazz up by working stripes or throwing in a different pattern stitch if you wanted, but it’s totally cute as it is, too.

Are you doing any summer knitting? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Mama in a Stitch.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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