While In Medellin

Summer is almost at an end and what a crazy, fantastical, different summer it has been! There were unbearable bits when British Columbia went through a heatwave like never before. A “heat dome” covered most of Western Canada causing loss of human and marine life and catastrophic forest fires. It was unbelievable that we went through something like this, in Canada of all places! 49+ degrees Celcius in BC – say what!! Our pup didn’t veer too far off his cooling pad and our family congregated near every possible air-conditioning vent during those scorching June days.

July and August were perfection, though!

We survived all that and now we are surrounded with gorgeous hints of fall everywhere and everyone’s favourite… Sweater Weather!

I love crafting seasonal pieces and this summer, it was all about knitting with cotton and linen.

My daughter tried on a store sample of the While in Medellin top by Lina Wu that was on display at Black Sheep Yarns. She wanted one right away and although she knows how to knit, she wanted me to make it for her 🙂 She picked out the yarn and I got to work on swatching and working out some customizations for her smaller frame.

For this piece I used, Tynn Line by Sandnes Garn in a soft pink.

My gauge was tighter than the designer’s which worked in my favour as my daughter didn’t want a lot of positive ease. I followed the instructions for the XS size and made a couple of minor modifications. I increased the length of the body slightly to 10″ and decreased the length of the straps to measure 10″ in total so that the neckline wouldn’t be too deep for her.

These minor changes worked out well and this top fits her perfectly! She is so happy with it and wore it a ton this summer. It is a simple wearable tank.

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