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Photos: Diana Ascarrunz @dianascarrunz for Pom Pom x Hobbii
It’s been a little more than six months since I lost my grandmother, the woman who taught me to knit. Since then I have taken a much needed break, started working on fixing a lingering hand injury, and am now back to tell you about my first pattern release in awhile, a sleeveless summer tank available for free and in 9 sizes. (Newsletter subscribers were notified first, so don’t forget to sign up if you haven’t.)
Jump to the free pattern: Bevelled Tank by Heidi Gustad/Hands Occupied, Pom Pom x Hobbii, summer 2024.
In my December newsletter, I announced that I was soliciting test knitters for a pattern that had originally been selected for the summer ’24 issue of Pom Pom Quarterly magazine. However, the magazine ceased publication after its spring ’24 issue, leaving in-progress designs unpublished. (It happens.) As a result, I’d begun the long process of editing, testing, and photographing the pattern for independent release through the Hands Occupied pattern shop and Ravelry.
Before I was done with that process, Pom Pom Quarterly’s former editors reached out with an exciting proposal for the pattern. Post-magazine, they’d begun to partner with yarn companies to produce high quality pattern collections. They wanted to include designs from the would-be current issue of Pom Pom Quarterly in a new collection for Hobbii yarn, including my Bevelled Tank. I worked with the same technical editors I would have for the magazine on this one, and as you can see from the photos, Pom Pom’s team did an amazing job of styling the garment to the beautiful standards they’re known for.
MORE ABOUT THE PATTERN
The Bevelled Tank is a sleeveless cotton top designed with 4″ of positive ease and a cropped length for summer. It is knit in two panels from the bottom up and seamed at the sides and shoulders. Each panel features easy intarsia colorwork. Stitches are picked up at the sleeves for a simple curled stockinette stitch finish, as well as at the cast-on edge and collar for stranded colorwork and folded hems. The shoulder seam is designed to sit slightly towards the back when worn.Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)Measurements
Finished Chest (Fullest Point) Circumference:
81.5 (91.5, 101.5, 112, 122, 132, 142, 152.5, 162.5)cm / 32 (36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64)” – to be worn with 10 cm / 4” positive ease
Model’s height is 170 cm / 5’7” with a chest (fullest point) circumference of 86.5 cm / 38” and is wearing a size 3.
Please note: Only 2″ of positive ease is shown in the photos.
The mood board for this collection featured beautiful stained glass images, which is such a lovely design prompt for summer. The second I saw it I had this idea for mixing simple intarsia and stranded colorwork, and I’m happy with how my design turned out. But that’s enough from me on the adventures of taking a design from concept to published. You never know where the journey will take you!
Don’t forget – you can get your hands on a copy of the new Bevelled Tank pattern for FREE, exclusively at Hobbii yarn.
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