Pattern: Tank Girl by Vickie Howell, from a summer issue of Knitty
Yarn: NaturallyCaron.com Spa (75% microfiber acrylic, 25% bamboo) in Ocean Spray, about a skein and a half.
Needles: US 6/4 mm Knit Picks Options circular needle
Modifications: Knit in the round, left out the color change and the drop stitches, didn’t continue the ribbing up the back, didn’t bother with the lingerie rings (just did an eye cord and fastened it to the back of the tank). I probably also fiddled with the length– I basically just knit the bottom until I ran out of yarn in that skein then did the other part.
So I’m a huge fan of this tank top. It came out amazingly. It fits perfectly (well, the straps might be a leeeetle long), and I will definitely be making more in other colors. Possibly in other fibers. I like making tank tops cause they’re quick to make and I don’t have to knit sleeves, so that’s fun.
The yarn: I would definitely use this yarn again. The bamboo makes it nice and drapey and soft and lovely, while the acrylic makes it more hard-wearing. It’s hella splitty, so if you don’t like that, stay away, but I only had slight problems with it (splittyness is never really an issue for me). Also, ya know, big box craft store and all that. But I bought the two skeins separately, each with a 40% off coupon so the tank was probably $3.50 total? SCORE.
Coming up: That swap thing, some more knitted things. If you’re good, there might even be a wip post somewhere sometime.
Stitch, Brinn, Stitch! 
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July 8, 2009 at 5:33 am
Joanne Tinley
That looks really lovely – I think you’ve convinced me to add this pattern to my long list of ‘must do’!
Thanks for listing what you’d changed about the pattern too – very useful information.
January 3, 2010 at 10:32 pm
MamaKaren
I found your post through Ravelry- we are on some strange wavelength, because I also did this pattern with the Spa yarn in Ocean Spray (I did the contrast stripe with the yellow, the name of which I can’t recall but it was something like “Sunny”) and decided to do it in the round with i-cord straps instead of lingerie rings and ribbon.