Diagonal knitting has always held a certain fascination for me. I’m not sure why, but whenever I knit on the diagonal I feel like it is going ten times faster then normal. The front or back of a sweater seems to be completed in half the time, and I am motivated to get the next piece on the needles and done very quickly.

It is a very impressive way to flaunt your knitting talents: the beginner knitter is astounded by your ability to turn knitting on its ear, the experienced knitter praises your ability to keep track of increases and decreases; and the non-knitter can’t believe you made that all by yourself .

This week I have added another level of simpleness to a slant-wise project. We just unpacked a new shipment of alp light and I spent the week end knitting up a diagonal vest. Alp Light does all the color work, you just have to do the knitting. The result is a piece that looks like you spent hours figuring out color, planning changes and working in ends, when all you really had to do was wind the yarn into a ball!

Here is what the final results look like!                                                                                                        

Simple summer project that is also easy and flattering to wear. Check out the new colors and ask for the pattern the next time you shop.

Keep knitting in front of the fan—Linda