Impulse Knitting - or I can make that

 During a recent shopping trip I spotted a tank top (slipover?) in the Barbour shop that would be perfect over summer dresses.

I was very tempted to buy it but then I remembered I'm a knitter so a search for a similar pattern began.

I've settled on the Stockholm Slipover by Petite Knit. It's a very simple looking tank top, similar to the Barbour one but without the split at the waistband. I've gone with the recommended yarns - Sandes Garn Petite Knit Sunday and Sandes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair in shades of cream. My swatch indicated that I needed to use 5.5mm needles rather than the recommended 4.5mm to achieve stitch gauge, I can't achieve row gauge so I'm having to modify on the fly. The one issue I have with the Petite Knit pattern so far is there is no schematic so I can't see what length each element should be. Other than that it seems to be going well and thanks to the 5.5mm needles is growing rapidly.

There are also some neat bits of technique including a practically invisible pick up of the cast on shoulder seams.

Hopefully I'll have a finished tank top to show off soon and we might have some appropriate weather for me to wear it!

Seasonal Stitching!

 

First garden knitting of the year. Feels a little later than usual but we're experiencing a mini heatwave this week (likely to be all over by the weekend - typical!)

And yes the colourway is intentionally festive; these socks are destined to be a Xmas present. I've started early, felt like I'd get done in plenty of time but I keep on extending my list of people who deserve hand crafted presents!