Knitting Patterns – Shawls for Summer Days

Some knitters toss all their knitting aside during the warm summer months, but those of us who are a little more obsessed both knit and use knit things even when it’s hot outside.

Because we know hot outside doesn’t mean hot inside, and a warm day can turn into a cool evening without much notice. And summer knitting can easily be done from an airconditioned room too.

That’s why it’s a great idea to always have a little summer shawl knitting pattern at the ready should a chill come your way. Here are a few pretty summer shawl knitting ones I’ve come across recently.

The Jocelyn Wrap from Fibra Natura is worked in a cool linen blend yarn that’s great for summer. Wear this eyelet and lace pattern over a tank top and you’ll be comfortable all day.

Joyce Fassbender’s Psh-shawl from Knit Picks has a fun story to go with its cute name. It’s the answer to knitters who say shawls take too long or lace is too hard. This little bitty pattern has a pretty simple lace diamond pattern and is a great first lace shawl pattern (though it is rated for intermediate knitters).

The Ojos de Bruja scarf from Knitting and So On has a shawl shape and fun holes along the edge. It’s worked in a multicolored yarn in Garter Stitch with German short rows, which is a slightly different technique that will increase your knitting skills.

Berroco’s Dorothea shawl is a big project, worked with a relatively easy diamond lace pattern from the center out. This one is designed by Amy Christoffers and would be great to wear in spring and fall as well.

I’m a big fan of little shawls like this one from Zsuzsa Kiss on the Love Knitting blog (free membership required to download). It has a fun deep lace edging paired with a textured section and is worked in a pretty gradient yarn.

Have you knit any shawls this summer? I’d love to know what you’re working on.

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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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