Apple Butter Makin' Days and Sweater Details

Flashback Summer: Apple Butter Makin' Days and 1940s Sweater Details - classic pickup truck
Flashback Summer: Apple Butter Makin' Days and 1940s Sweater Details - Mount Vernon, Missouri autumn

Flashback Summer: Apple Butter Makin' Days and 1940s Sweater Details

One of the best things about the southern Missouri area is all the small town festivals during the fall.  It seems like nearly every town has one at some point, and the themes range from Cider Days to Turkey Trot to today's festival, Apple Butter Makin' Days!

Apple Butter Makin' Days far exceeded my expectations.  Located in Mount Vernon, Missouri (a town I have never felt the need to visit until now), it was actually a large, fantastic festival!  It had lots of delicious food, live music, and a huge array of hand-made, quality items.  I judge festivals by food and crafts, basically, and I was pleased to find the crafts here were unique, really artistic, and creative.  It was fun to walk around and look at everything, even though it was doing a strange, cold, misty-rain thing on and off throughout the day.


Flashback Summer: Apple Butter Makin' Days and 1940s Sweater Details - classic car show

Flashback Summer: Apple Butter Makin' Days and 1940s Sweater Details

Flashback Summer: Apple Butter Makin' Days and 1940s Sweater Details

One of my favorite things was the car show.  I've gone to a bunch (my dad's family is very into this sort of thing), and I enjoy them.  I know very little about the cars ("Ooo, that one's engine is... so shiny..."), but I still like looking at them!  This is the BEE-YOO-TEE-FUL late 1940s pickup I liked best and picked out for myself to have.  In my imaginary world.  (Actually, I'd like an earlier model, but this one was my favorite at the show there!)

Jacob got some candied nuts to munch on the whole time, and he was perfectly happy.  That seems to be the consistent part that all the men I know especially enjoy at these events.


Outfit Details   (Sweater knitting details at the bottom)
blouse: handmade by me, Simplicity 4762
skirt: vintage 1950s
sweater: vintage 1950s, found in a flea market
shoes: Naya brand
pants: handmade by me, Simplicity 4362
sweater vest: handmade by me, Sun-Glo series 57, no. 2652 (from Granny's PDF Patterns)

Flashback Summer: Apple Butter Makin' Days and 1940s Sweater Details


Here is a summary of the pattern details and things I changed:
Yarn: 100% wool, "Wool of the Andes" Worsted yarn in "Evergreen" (I used a little over 5 skeins, I believe)
Pattern: Sunglo 57, Patriot Pullover No. 2652
Year: early 1940s
Notions: none
How historically accurate is it? Extremely!  I didn't change a thing from what the pattern called for.
Any tricky parts to the pattern?  This was my first time doing a cable knit, so I almost gave up knitting after trying a few times... then realized I wrote the pattern down wrong. But that's not the pattern's fault.
Did you change anything?  I used circular needles to knit a ribbed band around the armholes instead of the DC trim the pattern called for.
Time to complete: I just don't count hours when knitting.  Too depressing.
First worn: October 2014
Total cost: yarn = around $30
Notes: I really like this pattern.  I'd recommend an extremely loose cast off method if you decide to knit around the armholes like I did, or to just go with the DC called for.  My armholes are a little tight with a blouse underneath.

16 comments

  1. Very nice! I'm a knitter too, so I can relate to your comment about not counting the hours! I love knitting cables now, but it was extremely frustrating when I first learned.

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    1. It was my first time around, too! (Which was this sweater!) There was one evening that almost killed my love of knitting... but I told myself to give it one more try another day, and I finally succeeded!

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  2. Fall is my favorite time of year, especially here in New England. :) And car shows are so much fun too. Love the outfit! You must put together a how to for your hair style too. So cute!
    -Emily

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  3. The sweater vest looks great! I've not attempted cable yet but I do love it - I have a few cable patterns to try once I've finished my current project.

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    1. It was a little tricky to figure out at first, but it actually isn't hard once you get the hang of it!

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  4. Love the vest!! Besides a practice round of cables I've not made anything with cables till now. I'm making a sweater but still am a little leery and have knitted the cable free back and sleeves first. The front has the cables running down each side of it, along with buttonhole placement. I thought simple yet a bit of a challenge for my first time actually knitting cables into a garment. I'm sure the fun will ensue when I count the number of times I rip it out and start again. :)

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    1. Oooo, that sounds great! Cables took me a bit to understand the logic, but after I did it a couple times, they totally made sense! They're actually quite easy once you get the hang of them!
      And now that I'm following your blog (as of....now) I hope you'll post pictures of your project when you're done!

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  5. I love everything about this outfit ... it's sooo 40s, nice for fall colors, you are so skilled with multiple talents, dear Lady

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  6. For your first cable pattern, you did an amazing job. Cables can be a lot of fun, about 2 years ago I learned how to do cables without a cable needle. Totally blew my mind and opened up a whole new world of knitting. Keep at it, you'll be a master cable knitter in no time.

    She Knits in Pearls

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    1. Wait wait, when you say "cable needle," what do you mean? I'm just using a third knitting needle. Is that the same thing, or is a cable needle different?

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  7. I love knitting cable, I recently finished a cardigan full of them. I really like your vest, it looks great. I just read your question above, a cable needle is a short double pinted needle with a v shape dip in the centre. It holds your stitches better than a straight needle, makes them less likely to fall off when you move them in front or behind. I like them better than a straight needle but it is just preference.

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    1. Huh, I've never heard of such a thing! It does sound very handy! I've learned my knitting basically from old 40s books, so I'm not always up on the newer gadgets available. I'll have to look at a cable needle!

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  8. Your sweater vest turned out AMAZING! And I love how your town has all these cute little festivals, I need to scope out more of the ones in my own city and attend them!

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    1. Thank you so much, Carla! I'm SO glad that vest turned out well. I may have abandoned knitting for a very long time if it hadn't!

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  9. You look adorable, like a Land Girl! Love festivals. We recently moved to Kansas so I am looking forward to more festivals and small ton goodness!

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