A Finished Top!

I finished my Notched Hem Tank Top!  This is knit in Juniper Moon Farms Zooey in the Sloop colorway and it's knit almost exactly as the pattern is written.  The only thing I changed was the neck and arm edgings.  The pattern has a knit edging, but I used a few rounds of single crochet instead.  When I had finished knitting it, I tried it on and while I liked the neckline, the armholes felt a little big and open to me, so I did two rounds of SC on the neck and four rounds in each armhole.  Then I wove in the ends and washed it and let it dry flat to block.  The Zooey is a cotton and linen blend yarn which should be great for our North Texas climate, but I'm pretty sure it will shrink if I toss it in the dryer.

I'm hoping to get a lot of wear out of it this summer and honestly, if I do, I would probably knit this again!

Spring? Spring? Bueller?

I got quite a bit done on my Katama Tank project over the weekend!  I’ve done the hip decreases, worked the even part at the waist, and have just started the bust increases.  It feels like it’s moving along nicely.

Spring, on the other hand, isn’t.  We had to turn the heat back on this weekend!  In April!  Seriously?

Luckily, it wasn’t quite cold enough to drive me back to beaded bracelets and crochet octopi, but Max did spend the entire weekend under the down comforter.  Poor little soul, barely surviving the frozen wasteland that is North Texas.  (It didn’t actually go below freezing again, but it was cold and wet this weekend.)

The funny thing is, as fast as this tank is coming together, I have no idea when I’ll get to wear it!  Here’s the Rav link to my project page if you care!

Another Something New

Yesterday as I was wandering around Ravelry, I noticed a new pattern: the Katama Tank from Angela Hahn.  I realized I had yarn sitting in my stash that would be perfect for it, so I wound yarn and cast on!

The yarn is Ella Rae Bamboo Silk in Coral (it’s a very pink coral) and I think it will be nice for a warm weather top.  I did add a couple of inches to the length because I like my tops a little longer than what the pattern is written for, but otherwise I’m knitting it as the pattern is written.  I am knitting the high back version (there’s also a regular tank top back version in the pattern).  It’s knit bottom up in the round, so I’ve got a big swath of stockinette coming, but I’ll get lace when I divide the front from the back (where I typically run out steam on a bottom up project).

I’ve had a bit of startitis lately, but I don’t feel overwhelmed by having all of these projects going at once for some reason.

Here’s a link to my Rav project page if you’re interested!