Starting the year how I mean to continue...

...knitting for myself.

Only fitting my first 09 FO is one for me



I'm calling this my "FrankenTank" because I took 2 patterns and melded them together.

This was knit from the bottom up starting with the Beaded Cami pattern . I knit the lace on straight needles, then joined for the round roughly following the A line decrease shaping, then knitting straight until I had the right length. Once I got to the armholes I switched to the Summertime Tunic pattern and completed the bodice instructions from there (you can purchase this pattern for $5.50 from KnittingDaily or go here to Interweave Knits and download a free copy!)



This was a lovely easy knit. A little bit of maths to get the 2 patterns together but mostly just easy (and just a little bit tedious) stocking stitch in the round making it a lovely relaxing and very portable summer knit. In fact the hardest part was trying to decide what ribbon and beads I wanted to finish it off!




The yarn (Patons Serenity Bamboo/Cotton) was for Cherry but actually I think I'll get much more wear from this. I love how it drapes and so it seems to perfectly suited to the gathered neckline (made by whipstitching live stitches...very clever). It needed quite a hard block because, like most cotton, it does show every little change in tension but other than that it was quite lovely to knit with. I have 70g left over which probably isn't quite enough to do anything with unfortunately.



Now I just need to decide what my next selfish knit is going to be!