Is Summer Knitting An Oxymoron?
While our store may be a little less crowded in the summertime, it’s not because our customers aren’t knitting. Conventional wisdom dictates that nobody wants to be working with wool in the summertime, and hauling a sweater’s worth off to the beach is an invitation for a bottle of sunscreen to spontaneously open up onto your cabled cowl. But I personally knit all year ’round, and with the plethora of lightweight cotton and natural blend yarns there are to choose from, summer knitting doesn’t have to mean wool sweaters. As I looked through the Sale Flyer for the WEBS Anniversary Sale, I found a lot of options for summer shawls (when there’s too much air-conditioning) or light, airy sweaters to throw around your shoulders as you head off for ice cream with the family.
Prism Delicato Layers, made from Tencel, is a lovely, silky smooth yarn that I would use for any lacy pattern. The stitches would stand out clearly and any lace pattern would be beautifully showcased. Regularly this yarn sells for $30 per 630 yard skein, but for the month of April, (while we have it in stock!) it’ll be available for $20.99.
Sport and DK weight yarns lend themselves to lighter garments in openwork patterns, and I couldn’t find anything nicer than Classic Elite Magnolia. Classic Elite regularly does staff meetings to showcase their new season’s garments and yarns, and when I saw the variety of knitwear one could make with Magnolia, I was sold. The blend of merino and silk has a sheen that makes anything you knit or crochet look like it was crafted by a master knitter. The store price is $10.95, but sale price is just $7.69 for a 120 yard ball. Incredible!
And finally, a truly luxurious yarn that has a really interesting nubby texture with flecks of colorful bits of fuzz, Rowan Summer Tweed (even the name is summery!) would be perfect for a short-sleeved sweater or vest to throw over a tee. The worsted weight would make a quick knit that you could finish in a week, and throw in a suitcase for a weekend at the beach. Normally we sell this silk/cotton blend for $10.95 per 131 skein, but the sale price of $7.69 means you should grab it now before it’s gone.
What will you be knitting or crocheting (or weaving) this summer?
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