Transitions...where does wool fit in?

I spent 5 hours in the dentist chair yesterday! 5 hours! Normally any time I am forced into an inert state...I will sleep. The dentist was way too noisy (we won't get into that) so I spent 5 hours thinking. My mind wandered through miles of yarn and design ideas. Predominantly focused on Spring! The transition to Spring is an interesting time to dress for and knit for. It's unpredictable! You can be cold, wet, sweaty and hot all within a matter of hours. So of course layers are called for. A fingering or DK weight wool tank top is an awesome choice for transition seasons. I will be honest and admit a woolen tank top is too warm for summer...even if it is lace. Cotton and vegetable fibers don't insulate as well as wool so they really are a better choice for summer. Back to Spring and Fall though....keeping your core warm is the secret to a happy outside experience, really! So if you are wearing wool as a base layer, you will be warm. If you throw off all the outer layers and are in sleeveless light wool, you will cool down. Simple! I'm going to share a couple of tanks that I designed for these transition seasons. They are wildly different in design but share a silhouette. It gives you an idea how you can go in as many directions as you want to with a basic shape.
The Goldleaf tank" is actually knit in cotton for Universal Yarns. I had originally designed it in wool ~ so you could go either way with this one, or any of them for that matter. Goldleaf is an "Ode to Woodland Creatures" tank top! The Zelda in Knitscene was a totally outside the box design. It was one of those designs that I was totally in love with, but wasn't sure how it would be received! Zelda was one of two tanks designed with my wild violinist/accordianist/cellist/violaist (and the musical saw) gypsy daughter in mind! The last one (my very first ever published pattern!) is a free download for a hooded tank called La Gitana it means the Gypsy and is also the name of a favorite piece of music La Gitana by Fritz Kreisler

Goldleaf from Universal Yarns

Zelda from Knitscene Spring 2013

La Gitana from Knitty Spring Summer 2010