Honey Stripes

Pattern: Satsuma Stripes *due to be released in August*

Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino in Honey

Debbie Bliss Wool/Cotton in Putty

I’ve been following Sharon on Ravelry for many years now. Everything she knits is beautiful and eye catching so when I saw that she was looking for testers for her first pattern I jumped at the chance.

Satsuma Stripes is a breton style pullover worked from the top down. It features a wide boat neck, folded cuffs and hem not to mention all those fun stripes.

This was the quickest photo shoot I have ever done!

When I stepped into the clearing the black flies attacked! You can see the little pigs in the picture above on the left hand side around my elbow area. I was wearing white shorts and they were quickly coated in a sea of little black bodies. Most of the shots Moose captured were of me shooing them off me or flailing my arms around my head.

Thankfully we got enough to make it work!

This was my first time doing a knitted hem. I have used a sewn hem in the past but the knitted one really worked out well and doesn’t seem to flip up on itself like the sewn one does. I’ll be implementing this design feature again for sure.

This was another pattern that used the contiguous method developed by Susie Meyers.

I think I am hooked!

I love the finished product even more so once it was blocked.

The yarn bloomed nicely making this my go to sweater for the rest of the summer!

19 thoughts on “Honey Stripes”

I love the color and style of this sweater! It’s one of those perfect pieces that everyone should have for the fall. Well done!

It’s a beautiful sweater and the colors that you chose look wonderful on you , nicely done !

As the temps soar over 100+ here in the south, I look at this gorgeous sweater and cringe… cold weather seems so far away. But when it does return, that looks like a fun sweater to wear! Lovely job with the stripes…

Gorgeous sweater! I love the hems and the set in sleeves, oh, and the neckline too! So many simple, yet elegant details. You live in such a picturesque location, minus the black flies…

Very cute!

That is a fantastic sweater! I love it – so simple and chic. Great color too!

very pretty sweater! and does vick’s vapo rub work as a black fly deterrent? That’s what they used to say in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Never actually tried it tho as i was never – thankfully – there during the height of the black fly season! Hope you’re feeling better!

Lovely sweater! I don’t know if it would work on black flies but I have been using the new Off clip on product and it works great at keeping the mosquitoes at bay. There’s no smell and no stuff to clean off my body at the end of the day.

That is a gorgeous sweater! The design is beautiful and classic, yes – but the colors you chose are just perfect!

Oh wow, it fits you perfectly.

I love this sweater!!

Your Satsuma Stripes looks lovely on you – well fitted and comfy. I’m equally impressed by the knitted hem… A little more work but it makes such a clean and non-flipping hem! And I hear you about the bugs thing… I was in a skirt the other day getting FO pics in the forest and the mosquitoes descended like there was no tomorrow. Needless to say, half the pictures were me flapping around as well.

Wow! It looks amazing on you – and what an awesome color combo!

You are just the best sweater model who ever existed. You have a way of making any sweater look like it’s the best invention since the wheel. lol.

Seriously, you just need to get on Rowan or something. Better yet… how about your own patterns and your own book? Mommy & Daughter sweater sets ? You got it goin’ on girl.