Stitch a Super-Quick Sweater for Summer

Last summer I started knitting a boxy sweater for myself out of bamboo yarn that I imagine will be a great summer sweater if I ever finish it. I imagine slipping it on during beach vacations for walks down by the water when it’s a little too breezy to just be in summer clothes.

I think this is the year I’ll finish it, but if I’d been smarter I could have had a summer sweater in a jiffy with a project like the Sea Breeze Sweater from All About Ami.

Using a giant tape yarn from Lion Brand Yarn, she stitched up a super-bulky, striped sweater in no time at all.

This would be a great first sweater pattern because there is no shaping on the body at all and not much in the sleeves, either. It’s a great pattern for knitters with more experience, too, who just want to knit up a sweater in a flash.

Four sizes of the sweater are available, but you could easily adjust the pattern to make it whatever size you need (again: just rectangles).

Have you ever knit a summer sweater? I’d love to hear about it. Maybe you’ll inspire me to finish mine!

[Photo: All About Ami.]

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This swirly square stitch knitting pattern from Studio Knit is a lot of fun, and it looks kind of complicated without being difficult at all.

The swirly nature of the block comes from regularly placed increases, as the pattern is worked in rounds from the center out. Switching between sections of all knit stitches and all purl stitches (which gives you stockinette and reverse stockinette respectively when worked in the round) adds to the off-kilter flair but makes it really easy to knit.

You can work it in a single color or change colors regularly. This isn’t really a change colors randomly kind of pattern just because it looks better if you work a full repeat in a single color, but you know there are no rules so you can do whatever you want.

You can also make it any size you like, and indeed use any yarn you want. This one is blanket sized and used five colors of worsted weight yarn, but you can use any yarn and corresponding needles (you’ll need double pointed needles and circulars of various lengths, depending on how big you want to make your square).

For a start, why not grab some cotton yarn and stitch up a swirly washcloth? You could still use a couple of colors if you want, jsut for fun.

Once you try that, you’ll probably want to make a bigger version, and you could definitely use more colors than Kristen did (or just one color if you prefer), you just need to make sure you change colors at the beginning of the pattern repeat to keep everything looking good.

If you’re ready to start (and I know I am!) you can grab the free pattern and check out a video to help you get started at Studio Knit.

[Photo: Studio Knit]

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