Pretty Tank Top Knitting Patterns

After sharing some fresh T-shirt knitting patterns last month, let’s complete our summer knit wardrobes with some awesome tank top knitting patterns.

I love a good knit tank top because it somehow feels a little bit more dressed up than a purchased tank top, plus they give you an opportunity to knit and wear knits even when it’s hot outside.

The Rowdy Tank by Caitlyn Turowski is a great season-spanning top, because you can wear it when it’s warm as a tank or layer it like a vest when it’s cooler. It’s worked with two strands of lace weight yarn held together (or you could use a single strand of sport weight) and it comes in nine sizes, ranging from a 28 to 60 inch/70 to 150 cm bust, and is meant to be worn with 0-4 inches/0-10 cm of negative ease. You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Keep it super simple for summer with the Ella tank top knitting pattern from MMadison Marie on Etsy. This cropped V-neck design is worked entirely in stockinette stitch, which gives you a cute rolled hem. It uses worsted weight yarn and comes in four sizes.

Another great classic design in Camisole No. 9 by My Favorite Things. This slim fit, top down crewneck reminds me of my storebought tank tops, but worked in fingering weight yarn it would be even lighter and nicer to wear on its own or for layering. It comes in eight sizes and is meant to be worn with 4.75-6 inches or 12-15 cm of negative ease.

For a design that’s all summer, check out Plumeria from Wool & Pine. This pretty design has a plain knit bodice and a long, lacy skirt. It’s worked in the round and includes a written pattern and a video tutorial to help with any potentially tricky bits. There are 12 sizes available in this pattern, which is on Ravelry.

The Ripride Slipover from Jennifer Shiels Toland is a pretty DK weight topper with panels of lace down the center front and back and textured stitch panels at the underarms. The pattern has options for a round neck of V-neck and optional waist shaping. You can also split the hem or leave it even. Ten sizes are offered in the pattern, which is on Ravelry.

Go for something a little warmer for the cooler mornings and evenings to come with the Emery vest and pullover pattern from Joji Locatelli. This cabled pattern can be worked as a sleeveless shell or a pullover with sleeves. It’s worked with worsted weight yarn held with a fluffy laceweight, and comes in 10 sizes. You can find this one on Ravelry.

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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