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Author: Bethany

  • The Summer Dream Tee Design

    I hope you all have been having a wonderful fun filled summer! Crazy it’s almost over. We only had our last blizzard just over three months ago! It oddly feels like summer has only just started. Hopefully this year is a late start and early end to winter to make up for the last!

    Meanwhile, I finished this summer going into fall tee this week! I had this one planned out back in June, but with the constant traveling of this summer, I haven’t had much time to work on it. So it was a little bit of a long work in progress for something that’s a decently quick knit!

    I love the feel of garter stitch and when it’s knit with this bamboo from We Are Knitters, it made for such an amazing piece. It’s silky soft and has a slightly heavier feel thanks to the garter stitch!

    If you can do twisted rib, garter stitch, and picking up stitches, you’ll have no problem with this one! It’s a perfect tee for heading into fall as well, so while it’s called the summer dream tee, it will go much further!

    I had originally planned it to be a solid green, but unfortunately ran out and I’m actually glad I did. I had some white bamboo too so added that on for the front. Then I added some pretty cotton to make stripes! And I love how it turned out!

    You can purchase the pattern for this sweater by clicking here!

  • The Vivian Crop Summer Sweater

    Happy July! I feel like this summer is just cruising on by! We had our last snowstorm the end of April so it feels like winter has only just finished up. But thank goodness. I am throughly enjoying all the lovely warm days!

    I’m so excited to have this new design out! I was looking to make something quick, who wants to spend all summer knitting a summer sweater, and this piece fits the bill! It’s knit with 12mm knitting needles to make for a faster and lightweight piece. Summer evenings are the perfect time to enjoy a light sweater!

    I am all about the oversized fit. This piece has oversized written all over it. Besides it being a crop length :). The sleeves start with ribbing on the cuffs and continuously get wider all the way until the bind off. This gives them a cozy and voluminous fit. The body is wide and boxy, wear it over anything!

    I added a little bit of duplicate stitches using the cuff coloring to make a fun little addition to the design. Kind of a bit of pop! If you’re not too into duplicate stitching, you can definitely skip it. But I recommend!

    I used two different sized yarns for this as I had two skeins sitting around foreeeever that I wanted to use. But you can definitely just use all the same size petite wool from We Are Knitters that I used. The lighter yarn I used was Plymouth Yarns Merino wool, which is really pretty!

    This is an easy knit and suitable for beginner knitters who have the basic skills down, as well as picking up stitches (for the neckline) and a twisted ribbing. I have had people ask if they can use a regular ribbing instead and the answer is of course! I just prefer the look of the twisted.

    You can purchase the Vivian Crop pattern here.

  • The Freya Summer Sweater Design for Hobbii

    I had the privilege of designing a sweater for Hobbii Yarn this spring and the pattern has now been released! It was designed for their Hobbii Plus app and is available in several different languages. If you’re a subscriber of Hobbii Plus, the download is free. If you aren’t, you can still purchase the pattern for $6.00. I also have the pattern available for sale on my website under the shop button above!

    I designed this sweater to be a fun and easy knit for summer. It’s got some mesh stitching to let in a bit of breeze and is knit on larger needles for a more lightweight feel. There’s fun openings on the shoulders and little tie strings to add a little more fun to it!

    This sweater is meant to be a shorter and loose fit. It’s knit holding two strands of Hobbiis beautiful unicorn yarn together. I used a solid ivory for one strand and the colorway called Happy for the other strand.

    This is an easy knit and can be done by most levels of knitters. If you’re very new, you might have to google a few of the techniques, but they’re easy to catch on to. You shouldn’t have any problems!

    I hope you enjoy this piece!