One of my favourite autumn/spring outfits is a knitted tank top over a long-sleeved t-shirt. I used to have a grey cabled tank top but it gradually got more and more felted until it was tight across my shoulders so I have sadly parted with it and knitted myself this nice new red one.
The pattern is the Locus Vest by Katya Frankel and I knitted it in Sirdar Country Style DK yarn, which I like because it’s warm and quite woolly but not TOO woolly (pure wool makes me itch, even through a t-shirt). The lace panel runs up the front and back and I love how it looks but it did mean I had to pay attention on every row, which means I wasn’t in the mood for this every day, and consequently it took over a year to finish. But I’m very glad to have it now.
My next knitting project is a stripy tank top knit using the leftover yarn from my Eastern Jewels blanket. This was initially moving faster due to being mainly stocking stitch, and also stripes always knit up faster; but recently I’ve been forgetting about it and leaving it to one side while I do other things. Hopefully writing this post will remind me to pick it up again.
