On to summer knitting

I think summer is finally coming (or here!). I have realized that the knitting obsession that re-took me after a near 5 year absence is not going to leave, and has only increased. From the moment one project has been completed I've found I MUST have needles in my hands again.

So this time something practical and much needed. I have lots of funky tank tops, but not many suitable for work. After a snap purchase last month in Northampton at Webs, coming home with some Jo Sharpe Soho Summer cotton dk yarn in olive green, I set to work on a tank top, slightly sexy, but still suitable for work. I'm knitting the Soleil tank from Knitty.

My brain must have been mush recently, as I could not figure out from reading ahead in the pattern just HOW the v neck separation worked. Thanks to John and others on the knitlist I subscribe to for wiggling my mush brain back to something more like a gel brain!

I love the feel of this yarn, very soft, and it seems to have a nice drape to it. It feels like it will be a nice cool cotton to wear. You have to be careful of splitting stitches with the many plies in the yarn, but it's working ok. I'm doing this on a number 6 circular bamboo needle.

As of this morning I am 3 rows away from binding off the middle section of the back, nearly done with the back, yeah! Here's a front shot so far. The front neckline comes next. My goal? To WEAR this in Toronto two weeks from today!