In Which I Ponder Summer Knitting
March 13th, 2008 | View Comments
It’s a little bit incongruous, working on the other Anemoi Mittens while surfing for summer tops. But my life is a bit incongruous right now, as I’m dividing my time between Pittsburgh (brrrr), Milwaukee (brrrrrrr!), and Houston, Texas.
And starting this summer, I will be living in Texas full-time, so I might as well look into this business of knitting for warm weather.
Given that the Auburn Camp Shirt was selected for Knitting Daily’s spring gallery, I strongly suspect that I’m not the only one who’s rather smitten with this top.
I love the little details, the subtle texture of the fabric, the turned-up cuffs (though I’d probably sew down that tab to keep myself from going crazy). It has a nice fitted shape that can still be layered over a camisole. This seems like it would be eminently wearable for most of the year in Texas.
The Yosemite top in the latest Knitty also looks like a keeper. I love cabled ribs and shawl collars!
If I were to knit this, I’d probably add an inch or so of regular ribbing at the bottom and at the sleeves to give it a more finished-looking edge, and I’d probably make turn the sleeves into regular cap sleeves instead of knitting them straight down from the armhole.
Are any of you from warm-to-raging-hot areas? If so, what do you knit?
CogKnition posted this on March 13th, 2008 @ 12:11am in Knitting Queue, Life as a Knitter | Permalink to "In Which I Ponder Summer Knitting"
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