http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues.htm savannahchik knits, sews, cooks Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues.htm/comment-page-1#comment-393 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:48:44 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues/#comment-393 Love your site.

]]> http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues.htm/comment-page-1#comment-392 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:50:24 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues/#comment-392 Don’t you hate when your yarn just doesn’t behave as you’d hoped!
It looks like you are making a multi directional scarf(?)
Maybe you need to do something really simple with the yarn and not try to make it do something it clearly isn’t suited for.
I had the same problem with some mohair I was knitting up. a simple slip stitch scarf ended up showing off the colors to best advantage with the least amount of fuss.
If you want to tone down your yarn colors I’d combine with a medium or charcoal grey yarn rather than black.
Of course, your mileage may vary! I’s a lovely yarn and I’m sure you’ll find a perfect use for it.

]]> http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues.htm/comment-page-1#comment-391 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 13:47:23 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues/#comment-391 At sheep and wool they had hats made with one strand of boucle held together with one strand of sportweight/sock yarn. Neither yarn was a solid but the colors complimented each other enough that it looked great.
Another option would be knitting it up with a ribbon yarn. There’s a Katia yarn (Seville maybe?) which is a thin, solid colored, shiny ribbon that looks really good coupled with mohair.

]]> http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues.htm/comment-page-1#comment-390 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:21:32 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues/#comment-390 Hi Jody-
Sorry the mohair isn’t knitting up as you would have liked. My mom was a wonderful knitter (I’m upset that she never taught me how to read patterns)who used to make me designer sweaters. One memorable sweater was mohair. It had a different color yolk than the rest of the sweater. It also had ragland sleeves with elastice running through the cuff portion so that the sleeve had the same color as the yolk. Are you understanding what I am explaining? Anyway, I think you would look good in a sweater like that. You would have a wide variety of colors to use for the rest of your sweater. I’m thinking that the rest of your sweater doesn’t necessarily have to be mohair but I think that is what I think would look good. So that’s my idea. Have fun coming to a decision!

]]> http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues.htm/comment-page-1#comment-389 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:10:39 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues/#comment-389 also I like the first p icture of the scarf. Why not mix in some redish or blueish eyelash to mask out the green?

]]> http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues.htm/comment-page-1#comment-388 Wed, 09 Jun 2004 10:02:08 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/06/mohair-blues/#comment-388 Heya I have more questions! I posted an entry to my blog if you have time to take a look. I am nearly done with the back!

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