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  • Aliyah Tank Design

    Aliyah Tank Design

    A new tank top pattern has been released just in time for summer. The Aliyah tank top was inspired by the color of the Alani drink flavor sherbet swirl. I’d been searching my cotton yarn stash for something that would be fun and colorful for summer and these colors all caught my eye. I love all the Alani drinks and to have all the colors made my day.

    See how perfect these are?

    I decided on doing a simple striped pattern, based on how much yarn I had of each color.

    Once I had finished the main body panels, I wasn’t quite sure how to finish it off. I wanted it simple enough, but also a little flair to it. I’d planned to have it finished for my Florida trip, but didn’t quite get there and had to finish it when I get home.

    I went with doing wider straps in a mesh stitch, continuing working in the striped pattern. I then made some braided strands to tie up the top of the mesh section.

    The Aliyah tank has such a versatile style, but I felt is best worn with denim.

    It’s the perfect summer tank, given the mesh stitch for a bit of open air flow, and the way there’s no awkward tugging or uncomfortable nature to it. I love when I can have a piece that you can wear and go!

    The Aliyah tank pattern is suitable for beginners and up! You’ll need to know how to do longtail cast on, 1×1 twisted rib, stockinette stitch, picking up stitches, mesh stitch, and seaming. The color work makes this project go by fairly quickly!

    Materials Needed

    5 skeins Wool and the Gang “shiny happy cotton” or We Are Knitters “the cotton”

    Size 6.5 mm circular or straight needles (I used circular as if they were straights for the body panels, then as circular for the ribbing around the arms)

    Darning needle for seaming 

    Purchase your copy of the pattern here!

  • Karianna Pullover Sweater Design BTS

    Karianna Pullover Sweater Design BTS

    Named after my mom’s nickname from her grandfather. Karianna. Meant to be said with a Finnish accent!

    This pullover sweater is knit from a mix of my favorite wool yarns. I used some of the “spun cloud” yarn from Knit Collage, “the wool” from We Are Knitters, and “crazy sexy wool” from Wool and the Gang. These brands all carry colors and textures that differ from eachother and I love to mix and match them. It’s one of my favorite ways to design, going through all my leftovers from other projects and seeing what I can create with them.

    If you have yet to try out using the 25mm needles, yes that is a US sized 50, you need to get to it. I promise promise promise you will not regret it. It makes your wool knits go much faster, the larger stitches creating the perfect drape, and the gorgeousness of the yarn on full display.

    I lucked out and was in Minnesota for all of the knitting, finishing, and photography of this design and had the chance to wear it out on some errands with my sister and daughters.

    The Karianna sweater knitting pattern is one that requires just the basic knitting skills. If you have all the basics down, you’re not going to have a problem! Your toughest decision will be selecting the perfect colors and yarn. But that’s such a fun problem! Actually the best part of knitting if I’m being honest.

    Grab yourself a copy of the Karianna sweater pattern, some beautiful yarn, a coffee, and make something to get yourself through the rest of winter.

    Karianna Sweater Pattern

  • Free Pattern | Magic Shawl

    Free Pattern | Magic Shawl

    This Wanderlust yarn from Knit Collage was originally a tee cardigan (which I sell the pattern for on my site) but I never wore it so I took it apart to make a Christmas tree skirt. While I was making the skirt, I realized I love this yarn way too much to only have it around for Christmas. So then I decided to make it in a fashion that it could also be a lap blanket or shawl. P.S. this yarn color is called frolic.

    Honestly, I love it for a tree skirt too. This yarn is pretty much thee yarn that made me fall in love with knitting. It is actually, not pretty much.

    This wanderlust yarn is fairly spendy, so if you’d like to use something else, you could do something like WAK’s “the wool” or Wool and the Gangs “crazy sexy wool”. It won’t be as heavy as the wanderlust yarn, but will still work! You can double strand it if you wanted it to be more like this one.

    Materials Needed

    6-7 skeins Knit Collage wanderlust yarn or about 210 yards super bulky weight yarn 

    Size 25mm (US 50) straight knitting needles

    Darning needle for weaving in ends and fringe

    Skills Needed

    Longtail cast on method, stockinette stitch, bind off, adding fringe 

    Gauge

    3 stitches and 5 rows in 4×4” of stockinette stitch. 

    Finished Measurements 

    Width- 58” across

    Length- 19” 

    The Pattern

    1. Cast on 52 stitches using the longtail cast on method. 
    2. Knit 25 rows in stockinette stitch, row 1 being a purl row. 
    3. Bind off.
    4. Weave in ends.
    5. Cut strands of yarn to whichever length you’d like and add them to the edge. 

    Easy as can be!

    You can download the pdf version here if you’d like to keep it on hand.

    Magicshawlpattern.pdfDownload