Yarn Along - Sunset Highway

My Sunset Highway sweater is complete so I thought I would share it today.

About a month ago, I realized I was short on yarn for my Rhinebeck Sweater #1 (Super Soul Cardigan by MaryJane Mucklestone) so what do I decide to do while waiting for the yarn to be delivered? Well, cast on a new one....of course.

I had admired the Sunset Highway sweater and I thought it would be perfect. I love knitting color work and I'm a fan of wearing yoked sweaters. So I dove into my stash and I had everything I needed! I'm typically a project based buyer, but I always splurge on things that I just have to have when at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival every May. I picked up a bunch of yarn at the Backyard Fiberworks booth and I thought it would make a perfect Sunset Highway. 

Now...let's talk quickly about my taste in knitting. I don't like to have what a lot of other knitters are knitting or wearing. Call me weird, but I like to be a little different. So when I casted on this sweater, I didn't know anyone making it. Maybe I was in LaLa Land...I don't know but it seemed like as soon as I started I saw this EVERYWHERE!!!!! Kits are being made and sold through yarn stores, it's all over instagram feeds....so....CLEARLY I won't be the only knitter with this on at Rhinebeck. It will be fun to see all the color combos and how people put their own spin on the pattern. 

Some notes on my sweater: 

My gauge was off so my math minded sister, Andee, was kind enough to help math-dummy me and help me adjust my needle size. I knitted the large size with size US 3 for the color work and US 4 for the body. The dark gray yarn is cormo and it had a tighter gauge than the sock merino yarn. 

I haven't blocked this yet, so the photo is my unblocked version. 

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For those of you who have been to Rhinebeck, or first timers, here's a fun blog post from Fringe Supply that sums it up pretty well! Check it out.

Happy Knitting!!!

Sunset Highway

The countdown to Rhinebeck has officially begun! I finished up my gift knitting so it's time to refocus on my Rhinebeck knits. If you've been reading this blog for a while you've seen my original sweater. It's the Super Soul Cardigan by Mary Jane Mucklestone. I am on the second sleeve and I ran out of the wineberry colored yarn for the color work. So...had to put an order in for another skein.

So what to do in the meantime???

Well, cast on sweater #2!!! 

I had yarn in my stash for Maryland Sheep & Wool. The sweater is Sunset Highway by Caitlin Hunter. The whole sweater will be knit with Backyard Fiberworks. The colors at the top are their merino sock and the bottom will be their American Cormo.

I am LOVING knitting this one. It's quick and easy so far and at this rate I can get it done for Rhinebeck. Of course, when the new yarn for sweater #1 arrives, I may have to switch back and forth. 

I finished knitting a little baby sweater. My neighbor asked me to knit something for her soon-to-be niece. Love a little sweater! So quick and easy. This is the Garter Yoke Baby Cardi knitted with Rowan Lima (baby alpaca, merino, nylon). This sweater is a great last minute gift knitting idea.