Mohair Haze

Each time I pick up this project I fall in love with the amazing texture and softness all over again. The combination of super kid mohair and silk with superfine pure merino is just meltingly soft - it’s impossible not to adore it!

The way the colours change when these two yarns are blended together is something I also really like. Have you ever knit two (or more) yarns together at once? It’s a fun and simple thing that has a big impact on your knitting.

This jumper is probably the most I’ve ever modified a garment pattern. I always adjust the length of everything I knit - this time I’m cropping the jumper - but I’m taking it a step further and completely altering the sleeves.

Keeping the neck, shoulders and body of the jumper to the size I want and adding in sleeves two sizes larger doesn’t sound very hard. And in truth, so far it hasn’t been. That’s not to say that I didn’t have to rip back several times, or spend a few hours deciding just how to do this, only to discover I’d chosen the wrong way and overcomplicated it! In the end, swapping out the sleeves was very simple. It was just a matter of knowing where to change them and deciding how much bigger to make them.

The tops of the sleeves are done, waiting patiently as live stitches on their cords while I finish knitting the body. Then the fun will begin again as I decide exactly how full I want the sleeves and how to finish them off at the cuff.
My idea is to make them reasonably full, but not quite a balloon sleeve.

At the moment I’m really enjoying knitting the deep hem. It’s got a fun pattern of ribbing and lace on it that I’m finding engaging but not complicated and it’s nice seeing it take shape. This jumper has the purl-side of the fabric on the outside, a detail I really like. As it’s knit in the round, you knit it inside out so that you’re still working on the knit side. Every so often I flip it out to the right side (which is the purl side) to see how it’s going to look.

Do you alter patterns or do you knit them exactly as written? Maybe you don’t use patterns at all? Or maybe you’re just starting out and the idea of following a pattern is a big enough task in itself?

Wherever you are in your knitting journey, happy making!

Sarah

Project Details:

Pattern: Maeve from Wardrobe Toolbox, heavily modified

Yarn: Onion Silk & Kid Mohair in Soft Pink
and Bellissimo 4 Merino Extra Fine in Peony

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