More Summer Top Knitting Patterns to Finish Out the Season

Whether it feels like summer is never going to end where you live or like it’s never going to come, we’re all wrong, but the season change probably isn’t coming as fast as we might hope.

If you’re clinging to the end of summer or can’t wait for it to get started, now’s a great time to cast on a summer top (I just started a Boho Shell the other day — you can get the pattern by Annie Lupton on Ravelry). Here are a few that have caught my eye this season.

Have a festival or concert on your calendar? You’ll want to stitch up the Summer Bandana top, a free pattern from We Are Knitters. Designed by Erica Gabriella Studio, this is basically just a big triangle with straps, so you can customize it to fit you easily. (Free registration required to download pattern.)

I want to believe that knitting the Arewena short sleeve top from Handmade by Kunbi will make me as happy as she looks in the pictures. It’s worth a shot, right? Who wouldn’t be delighted to wear this pretty top, with an allover lace pattern worked from the top down in DK weight yarn. It comes in nine sizes and you can grab your copy on Etsy.

The Dawning Top by Ainur Berkimbayeva is a great little A-line tank top with eyelets for extra airflow coupled with spokes that emphasize the shape. It’s worked in sport weight yarn and has 12 size options, and you can get it on Ravelry.

Take yourself on a little knitting adventure with the Adventure Tank from Disturbing the Fleece. Originally done as a knitalong, the pattern is now available for purchase. I like that this one has wide straps (almost but not quite cap sleeves) and because it’s worked from the top down you can make it as long as you like. It also has 12 sizes and you’ll find it on Etsy.

The Muse Tee by Amanda Solomon is a simple cropped scoop neck worked from the top down and uses three strands of yarn — a DK and two fingering weight — to make a worsted weight yarn. Hello, stash busting! But it’s worked on size 13 US needles (9 mm) for a open fabric that’s perfect for layering throughout the year. It comes in nine sizes up to a 65 inch chest circumference and you can grab a copy on Ravelry.

The Slightly Sassy V from Aimee Sher is another one that can span seasons because you can work this fingering weight, top down, raglan V-neck with short or long sleeves. It uses a super simple and sleek I-cord edging, and has options for adding bust darts for a more custom fit if needed. You can get this pattern on Ravelry.

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Many times when I write these posts I will say something like “you can use any yarn you want” or “this would be a great stash-busting project.” That’s just how my mind works. And my stash, too, since I probably have sweater quantity of two or three yarns at most, but tons of singles and odd balls and leftovers.

Blankets are generally a really good way to use up those bits, but in this case, I think you’re going to want to plan it out a bit better.

Looking at photos of the Color Study Blanket from Purl Soho, it looks like it’s made with two yarns held together, and that block in the center is worked with one of each color from the adjoining sides to make a mixed up color.

But that’s not actually how it’s done. This is three separate colors (four, really, with the neutrals in the corners) chosen form a yarn with an expansive palette so they play off each other. The project calls for a worsted weight superwash wool, which is a great choice for a blanket that’s both warm and washable.

This pattern was originally designed by Laura Ferguson and was updated by Hiromi Glover. It is worked in one piece in garter stitch intarsia, which is a great way to learn the intarsia technique if you don’t already know it. It comes in crib or throw sizes.

Despite the introduction to this post, I am going to go ahead and say that, yes, of course you could do this blanket with scraps or odd balls or even just choose five colors that don’t blend together so easily. But I really do love the look of the color play, and I think it would be worth your time to find colors that play well together to get a similar effect.

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]

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