I finished the back of my next sweater Monday night.
La Gran Mohair in this beautiful deep blue.
The back is actually knit only from the bottom up to about an inch and a half past the beginning of the armhole shaping. It is on a holder now, waiting for the front and the sleeves. I don't have the right size circular needles for the combined pieces at the neck so they are on order. I am fairly confident that they will arrive before I get the next three pieces finished, especially since I got all wrapped up in other things and did no knitting last night.
I plan on casting on for the front tonight. I am actually looking forward to wearing this, and the more I knit the more eager I am to finish. I love knitting mohair, I love wearing mohair. Did I ever tell you that my very first sweater was a mohair cardigan? I still have it. It was a crazy first project, but I can tell you honestly that knitting wool and even cotton seemed terribly easy after that.
I, too, love knitting mohair and even love wearing it -- the weight, the warmth, the caress -- but I really don't like the shedding. Any tricks for dealing with this or do you just think it's a worthwhile tradeoff?
Posted by: materfamilias | Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 09:30 PM