Rating: (5 out of 5) |
What a soft and beautiful luxury! The color is so lovely, and the yarn is wonderfully cozy next to the skin. |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
Son took a kit I had to knit up the project and wanted to make the item longer so an order was made. Shipping took a long time with the holidays and COVID-19. |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
I use this yarn often when knitting hats or headbands to add a dimension to the main yarn I choose, as it blends beautifully but gives a soft glow. |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
I use this yarn often when knitting hats or headbands to add a dimension to the main yarn I choose, as it blends beautifully but gives a soft glow. |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
This was just the right color for my project. |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
I am using this for a wedding shawl june wedding. It is beautiful... |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
I am using this for a wedding shawl june wedding. It is beautiful... |
Rating: (5 out of 5) |
I am using this for a wedding shawl june wedding. It is beautiful... |
Rating: (4 out of 5) |
I'd never worked with mohair before, but this was the yarn called for in the Willow pattern a 2 color brioche scarf by Nancy Marchant. I'd also never done a full brioche project. If you've never knit brioche before, you'll be doing a lot of ripping back. Which, as I discovered, is an absolute nightmare with this yarn. This yarn is so sticky that I sometimes had to cut the fine hairs to be able to undo a stitch. Also, when you pass a stitch from the left needle to the right, it occasionally drags an extra stitch with it, resulting in a dropped stitch. Fortunately, the yarn's so sticky dropped stitches don't spontaneously run down, But they're still annoying, especially in brioche.
I was cursing this yarn right up until I cast off. But once I cast off: oh, my goodness, what a beautiful result! I'm thinking it was actually worth all the headaches the stickiness caused. You can see my finished project on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/JBChristy/willow . I love the puffiness of the scarf, which I think is due to both the lightness and the stickiness of this yarn.
Bottom line: It can be a pain to work with, especially if you make a lot of mistakes. But it's worth the pain, because it's GORGEOUS! |
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