KnitScene Summer 2020
KnitScene offers slightly simpler garments and projects and a bit more instructions than Interweave Knits, its big sister. There are sketches in the back illustrating all the techniques used to make what you find between the covers. Cotton yarns, cottons blends, and wool and hemp blends suited to warmer weather. And there are several small tops which will be much quicker to finish than the long sleeves and tunic lengths we crave in cold weather.
For the summer issue, the focus is on several lacy knits, including the cover Bluets Top by Estefania Espindola which is rated at Easy or as they put it, “Moving past scarves.” It is knitted side-to-side which means you start at the outer edge of one of the cap sleeves and knit across the body to the edge of the other on. It is literally a rectangle with a hole for your waist, arms, and neck which means you need to think about the lace stitch pattern without thinking about shaping. It is saved from hopeless boxiness by that lace pattern which creates a diagonal movement of the eye as it moves from one motif to the next. She also designed the racy Olivine Top which is slit at the sides and ranks as Intermediate in difficulty.
Small tops continue with Jennifer Owens who adds the Gorge Tank Top in citrus orange and white stripes and this one is shaped by ribbing ranks as Intermediate too. My last image is of the Gemstones Shawl by Lana Josi which takes several colors and plays with them to create a shifting movement. There are also several longer tunics, other lace projects, more shawls, and a Wool Studio pullover with a high neck and long sleeves.
If you can’t get out these days, you can find it online here: https://www.interweave.com/knitscene-magazine/
