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New Pattern Release – Lacy Tank Top

I’m excited to announce a new knitting pattern release today which is available to purchase in PDF format.

This lacy top which I originally designed for Knitting Magazine has been revamped for 2020!

Unfortunately the yarn I originally designed the top in has since been discontinued and I love wearing this top in the summer months so decided to create another one in a yarn which can still be purchased which knits up to the same tension as the previous yarn and has the same yarn qualities and feel.

This is a beautiful soft and delicate lace top.

I love the fact that the top only requires 1 skein for the first three sizes and 2 skeins for the last 3 sizes which means it can be made in a luxurious yarn.

The top is knitted in the round up until the armhole shaping where it is divided for the back and front.

The only sewing required is on the shoulders.

The lace pattern finishes so beautifully around the armholes and neckline that the top doesn’t require any additional edge finishing.

The knitting pattern can now be purchased direct from my shop.

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Getting creative with left over yarn

When I purchase yarn for a new design I’m working on, I always tend to buy a couple of balls more than what I need for the actual sample garment.

There are several reasons for this. Sometimes it’s because I require the additional yarn to swatch the stitch patterns I want to use in the design. Another reason is that I may decide midway through the design that I want to change it slightly, such as making the sleeves longer which will require more yarn.

Another reason is making sure I have enough yarn in the same dye lot in case I find I run out near the end of making the sample pattern, where I may not be able to obtain the same dye lot again and I therefore risk a variation of colour in the finished garment.

I was recently working on a sweater design and on completion of the sample garment, I had 2 x 50g balls left over in two colours (the sweater was a coloured striped pattern). Part of the garment being knitted, is featured in the cover photo of this blog post.

This yarn by CaMaRose is so soft and scrumptious that I didn’t want to see those left over balls of merino yarn go to waste.

I therefore got creative and worked out that there was enough in the meterage of these left over balls to knit a scarf.

I absolutely love wearing scarfs throughout the winter and sometimes I also make them for other people as gifts.

I decided to keep this scarf for myself as I really love the colours which will go with a lot of my clothes and it is so soft against my skin.

I decided to do a rib design and created wide coloured stripes instead of the thinner stripes that I had created in the original sweater this yarn had been used for.

Here is the finished scarf:

I made this scarf design into a free pattern which can be downloaded on the ‘Free Patterns’ section of my website so check it out.

Happy knitting everyone x