Rockin’ around...” Be the aluminum tree that lights up the party! Inspired by everyone’s favorite mid century aluminum trees! Choose holiday colors that sparkle, or go with two other contrasting colors for a twinkly starburst minus the kitsch you can wear all season long. An homage to the atomic holiday icon of 1950’s and 60’s Americana!
Here’s a new holiday sweater, inspired by everyone’s favorite mid century aluminum trees! With the Betty & Judy Lodge Sweater and the Night Before Ski Sweater being some of our most popular patterns, we thought it was time to bring you another kitschy knit for 2021! An homage to the atomic holiday icon of 1950’s and 60’s Americana.
The “Rockin’ Around” Holiday Sweater features a circular yoke construction, knit completely in-the-round and seamlessly. (Shout out to all those who prefer not to purl. We got ya!) We have sized this pattern in XS-4X, but as usual we also include information on how to adjust for your perfect fit. Ill-fitting ugly Christmas sweaters are a thing of the past! You can get your kitsch on and keep it cute at the same time.
We utilized acrylic blend yarns for this design to achieve a super glittery tinsel-y look. It would also be a fabulous season-long look in any wool you might use for colorwork. Go with classic holiday colors, or two other contrasting colors for a twinkly starburst minus the kitsch.
For your enjoyment, we made this pattern easy to follow, we guide you through measuring your swatch, choosing your size, customizing your size, casting on (or modifying), and we even give you options for your shaping instructions in both measurements AND round counts! This is useful for personal preference as well as variance in row gauge. We also selected this construction and gauge carefully to be as speedy as possible for all the ahem..last minute knitters, no shame on that game!
So whatever you are knitting, we hope you have a rockin’ holiday season in style!
DIFFICULTY: 2.5/5
RESOURCES:
Main Color Yarn : "Encore Starz" by Plymouth Yarns (pink);
Contrast Color Yarns, held together: "Eyelash Dazzle" by Ice Yarns (silver) + "Rockstar" by Ice Yarns (silver grey)
