Free Pattern Fridays - Get Ready for Summer!
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- By Susan Wong-Tsang
- Posted in Corinne, free pattern, Free Pattern Fridays, Ravelry free pattern, Sea Nymph, Silken Straw
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As the warmer weather hits, many set down their needles to work in their gardens, go camping or the beach or a myriad of summer activities! I think you can work on your projects anywhere - knit at the beach, on your patio, by the pool because I personally cannot imagine idle hands so I still knit during the summer months and I love summer tops - lacy or plain, tank top style, tee shirt style...
As the warmer weather hits, many set down their needles to work in their gardens, go camping or the beach or a myriad of summer activities! I think you can work on your projects anywhere - knit at the beach, on your patio, by the pool because I personally cannot imagine idle hands so I still knit during the summer months and I love summer tops - lacy or plain, tank top style, tee shirt style...
Get ready for summer by knitting a summer top or two! Here area few of my favourite free patterns!
Drops Design 168-1 Sea Nymph is a gorgeous top-down summer sweater designed to be knit in a dk cotton. Knit it with Butterfly Super 10 or Rowan Summerlite DK. Last summer, I knit myself the cardigan version Drops Design 169-5 Sea Nymph Cardigan.
Sue2Knits 169-5 Sea Nymph Cardigan
Corinne by Crystal Erb Junkins is a cardigan knit all in one piece, from the left side to the right, with almost no seaming. The yoke and body are shaped with short rows, and the garter stitch throughout keeps the design simple but sophisticated.
EspaceTricot 's Summery Corinne
Purl Soho's Silken Straw Summer Sweater is "designed to cover you in just a whisper of silk. A slip of a sweater, its beauty is its understated grace and quiet confidence. Team it up with a camisole for dinner and a movie, or throw it over your bathing suit for a sea glass hunt. So simple to knit and so easy to wear, it’s just like summer itself!" Knit it in Shibui Reed as in Knitpiki's beow (Reed replaces Shibui's discontinued Linen) or Hikoo Cobasi, a cotton, bamboo and silk blend with elastic nylon for a gentle on the hands wool-like stretch. Blinker03's Silken Straw Summer Sweater is the cover shot that I have used:)
Knitpiki's All Linen Summer Sweater
On a last note, this one was suggested by Nadine as a summer knit-along project and while not a free pattern is no less spectacular!
Summer in Provence by Tabetha Hedrick "A simply sweet tee - This lovely pullover, worked in only two pieces, is the epitome of spring: lightly textural and delectably soft. Dressed up for tea or relaxed with jeans, the sweet bit of lace adds just the right amount of delight in a garment that has beautiful shape and definition." This pullover is worked flat in two pieces and then seamed with the stitch pattern both written and charted for your preference.
Happy Knitting!
Ooooo, I love the Corinne cardigan and the Sea Nymph top.