10 FREE Summertime Knit and Crochet Patterns

We pulled together some of our favorite free warm-weather patterns from the Yarnspirations website! Use these patterns to inspire you to try new projects or even some new yarn! They’re ‘quick and easy’ – ideal for crafting while traveling. Here we have a collection of 10 FREE summertime knit and crochet projects sure to get you excited to pick up your needles and hooks.

Pack any of these in your knit or crochet travel bag and be done by the time you get home!

There are lots of great options for your next project for your crochet hooks or knitting needles.

Easy Breezy Summertime Knit and Crochet

Summer projects are great to work on or wear throughout the year. And using summertime items in the home year-round helps you feel like warmer weather is right around the corner. I also love that summertime knit and crochet projects are lightweight, fun, and in bright colors.

But since summer is a major travel, time, you’re likely looking for projects you can throw in your bag and take with you. Summertime knit and crochet projects are typically smaller, lighter, and so easy to travel with.

So grab one of these 10 FREE patterns from Yarnspirations and make a collection of great summertime knit and crochet pieces.

Featured Patterns: FREE Summertime Fun In The Sun Patterns

We’ve found 5 homeware patterns and 5 wearables for you. Obviously, the homeware projects are the smallest and quickest. Knit or crochet some for your friends. Who wouldn’t love a summer dishcloth to use year-round?

Did you see the knit intarsia bikini dishcloths? Look closer – they even have a belly button! Hey – this is a great opportunity to try a new technique, too.

As for garments, the cold shoulder top would look great with a summertime tan. Toss all your beach gear in the striped beach bag, and you’re all set for fun! Ready? Set? Make!

  1. Bikini Dishcloth – Knit this sassy dishcloth for your bestie, and try intarsia knitting!
  2. Flip Flop Dishcloth – Crochet a dishcloth that looks just like a flip flop!
  3. Gotta Wear Shades Dishcloth – Crochet this smiling sun with sunglasses dishcloth. You can’t help but smile at this one!
  4. Large Potted Plant Cozy – This decorative cozy looks like macrame, but it’s really crochet. It’s like a sassy skirt for a plant pot! Super cute.
  5. Beachball Dishcloth – This is a fascinating knit beachball design in curvy triangles!
  6. Beach Time Coverup – Cute in crochet with a V back and side slits. This is perfect for summer concerts outdoors or wear it year-round as a long-line belted vest.
  7. Beach Bag – Stars & stripes in Lily Sugar’n Cream!
  8. Scalloped Top – This cold-shoulder crochet top is in an openwork stitch pattern. Great for summer days and nights, or wear this over long sleeves for a versatile all-season layering piece.
  9. Lacy Cami – Low V-neck sleeveless tank with drawstring waist and shell edging (3 different stitches)
  10. Summer Totes – Ultra-casual slouchy cotton crochet bag with rope handles. The ultimate beach look!

More FREE Patterns To Love!

If these knit and crochet patterns above didn’t hit the spot, check out what we have for you below. You’re sure to find something you just can’t live without!

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  1. Kay Baker says:

    Hi Marly, I am knitting the Nomad Fair Isle sweater. I have completed the body of the sweater and have done the bind off. Actually, it looks bad. It is way stretchy and the pattern looks unattractive on the sweater.
    In the tutorial, you don’t show what the actual bind off looks like after completed. This is most disappointing after all the work that went into this otherwise beautiful sweater.

    I have looked at several tutorials and I am considering ripping this back to the actual 2X2 ribbing and doing a rigged bind off. The examples I see on YouTube look much better than this.

    Do you have any other suggestions before I do this?

    I appreciate anything you can tell me that helps this look beautiful.

    Thank you so much for the tutorials. I would never have been able to do this sweater without them. It is flawless, except for the bind off.

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