More Projects to Knit for Summer

A few cute warm-weather projects have caught my eye recently, and I thought I would share some with you in case you’re looking for some summer knitting inspiration.

I can’t stop thinking about the Tribeca Tunic from Lion Brand Yarn, designed by Bobbie Fitzgerald. It has a cool modular design, stripes, a bit of sparkle, even a hidden pocket. So great.

Carioca from Berroco, designed by Allison Green, is a cute little cardigan with lace at the cuffs and hem that makes a simple cotton yarn cardigan something a little more interesting and fun.

If you still like a bit of a scarf, cowl or shawl even when it’s warm out, check out the Signs of Spring Cowl (PDF) from Manos del Uruguay, which uses a fun crossed stitch pattern for ventilation and whimsy; the Among the Wildflowers Kerchief, designed by Sasha Ball Rives of Stitch Space Yarn to help her customers use a single great skein; or the Idina Scarf from Tahki Stacy Charles, which uses a sparkly yarn and a lacy stitch pattern to make the perfect fancy summer accessory.

What are you knitting for summer? I’d love to hear about it!

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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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