My favourite yarn for summer scarves

I love soft drapey summer scarves, cover ups and shawls! Not only do they protect your arms and keep you warm on cool evenings they bring elegance to summer wedding outfits and a touch of class for summer parties. The choice of yarn is critical to the finish you want so I choose with care. Here are my favourites. All my choices of my favourite yarns for summer scarves are cottons and cotton blends. Cotton is soft and cool and generally is easy care. The combination of cotton with other yarns, brings in other elements, whether you add it yourself or the blend is part of the yarn you use, such as warmth, softness, stretch and an easier more satisfying yarn to work with.

Who couldn’t love a cotton cashmere blend?  Soft 90% cotton and 10% cashmere Louisa Harding Azalea comes in a choice of subtle colours. Azalea has an elegant drape effect which you can see in the zig zag scarf I made. Azalea is perfect for beautiful warm weather knits and stunning shawls. As you would expect from a cotton yarn, it has fantastic stitch definition.  Lovely on its own I used with another cotton yarn Toscana my number 2 favourite.

Sirdar Toscana Strong is a cool silky blended yarn perfect for summer crochet projects. Strong and firm I used it for a gorgeous summer crochet cover up. Toscana is 100% cotton and machine washable. I love the very subtle colour effects of Toscana, it comes in a pale teal purple, a cream coral blend, a blue/grey blend, a very pretty red/teal/red,  cream/sea green, pale orange/red and a cream/lavender blend.

My number 3 favourite yarn for summer scarves and shawls is Drops cotton merino, blended with merino wool this light yarn combines the cool soft strength of cotton with the soft warmth of merino wool. in 50gm balls and 29 lovely shades, I love the cerise and powder pink which would make a lovely soft, warm scarf and the mustard yellow would work well with coral.

Debbie Bliss Summer Tweed is sold as DK (light worsted) but it feels more like a 4 ply to me. It comes in a lovely range of beautifully blended colours from violet, daisy, poppy, rose, begonia, marigold, honeysuckle and petal. I used honeysuckle for my summer shawl. The yarn has slubs which makes for a more interesting finish and gives an extra level of interest.

Debbie Bliss Eco baby is a Fair trade yarn and 100% organic cotton, perfect for anyone with allergies. The dye colours are non allergenic and non toxic, considering all of this it is well priced and perfect for delicate baby skins. However I love it for lacy shawls.

Rowan hand knit cotton in 50gm balls is 100% cotton and comes in fabulous range of colours its washable. This 100% cotton is a wonderful, soft yarn perfect for light, summery projects. It has great stitch definition perfectly. It is also available in a bright and pretty colour palette.