As I was knitting my Kaya Tee I decided that I wanted to knit another one, in these two yarns, which were inspired by Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night. This yarn is Sundara Yarn. I love her colors and her Daily Dream emails, they are the only impulse yarn buys I am allowing myself at this point, and I do have a fair bit of her yarn in my stash. Even before I had finished the first one I dug these out of my stash and on Monday I caked them up and cast on. I did do things a little bit differently. I am working the next size up (my first Kaya Tee was a size 2, this one is a size 3), I joined in the round immediately after cast on, did not go down a needle size for the first row and the first two rounds, and did not do any of the patterning on the first two rounds. I just joined in the round after the cast on and started knitting. The cast on edge curls as stockinette stitch will. I may just leave it like that, I may work a single crochet round (as the pattern calls for) or I may work an I-cord. If I do any embellishment I may do it in my contrast color, just for fun.
I did, of course, do the lace pattern in my contrast color. I really do love how that band of lace looks in the yoke, and of course I added beads. The beads are from Earthfaire, and came with the yarn that I used for my first Kaya Tee (they go with the purple yarn). I am not working any of the textured stitch patterns in the main color as the yarn is variegated and I don’t think they will show up well, plus I like the mindless stockinette as I can read while I knit.
Pattern: Kaya Tee by Megumi Shinagawa
Yarn: Sundara Yarn Super Sock
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