FO: Forth of July Socks

Happy Independence Day, America!

What's more festive than holiday socks? 🙌 These socks are red, white and blue...plus have a stranded colorwork motif! Did I do any of that labor? Nope!

When Cascade came out with this Independence "Heritage Prints," I knew they had to be 4th of July socks! I called them "American Socks" on my project page, but they can be French socks too. :)

American Socks

Method: top-down, short-row heel

Cast-on: 72 sts 

Read my project notes HERE.

 

Needles: US 0 and US 1

Yarn: Cascade Yarns ® Heritage Prints

1 skein = 437.0 yards (399.6 meters), 100 grams

Colorway 52 Independence 

Plus some scrap white fingering weight yarn

I hope this post finds you well.  <3

FO: the Weekender Sweater

Long time no see, dear readers!

A year ago I started the process of updating you on my knitting adventures, and then I seemed to have fallen off the internet. It's been so long that Blogger looks different, and I had trouble logging in! In fact, I don't even live in that house anymore, nor use that phone! Ha.

I feel it's better to be late than not here at all, so let's take a look at the Weekender sweater that I finished in March 2019.

Since I didn't bother to make a WIP post, here's a quick tour of the process:

I used a tubular cast-on/off, because it's stretchy and clean looking. I highly recommend doing this for any neckline and hem to give it a professional finish.

 I used PurlBee’s Cast-on method and used this Tubular Cast-Off.

Project Notes

The Weekender, by Andrea Mowry 

 

Needles:

US 7 - 4.5 mm & US 8 - 5.0 mm

Yarn:

Yarn Bee Chloe  4.3 skeins = 1161.0 yards (1061.6 meters), 430 grams

Gauge:

20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches  in US 8

Notes:
I casted on for a size L instead of a M since I used US 6 needles and thinner yarn
CO 117sts with US 6. 1x2 rib for 2.5.'' Switch to US 8 needles for the body.
Days 1-2: tubular cast-on and completed bottom hem ribbing.
Days 3-13: body of sweater to 16.5’’.
Days 14-16: divided and knit the front bust section for 5.5’’, plus 1 row. Inserted a lifeline.
Day 17: worked W&T section and ribbing (US 6) for the front.
Days 18-19: worked on the back bust section for 5.5’’, plus 1 row.
Day 20: worked W&T section, and ribbing (US 6) for the front.
Day 21: finished ribbing, 3-needle BO, started sleeve #1
>>>Sleeve note: knit for 5.5’’ straight before starting the decreases. You will only get 9 total decreases. Knit 7 rows straight between decreases. After 9th decrease, the sleeve is 14.75’’ long.
Days 22-23: worked on sleeve #1
Day 24: worked sleeve 2’s ribbing and started sleeve #2.
Days 25-26: worked on sleeve #2.
Day 27: finished sleeve #2

I would definitely make this again, but in another type of yarn, such as something similar to Cascade 220.