Mohair Mayhem

What do you do with 870 meters of varegated purple mohair? Make a shrug, of course. I bought an entire bag of this yarn several years ago and finally found a nice (FREE!!) pattern for it on knitty.com. Of course, I had to buy a 32" size 11 needle and some DB pure silk in grape to go with it. Why am I such an expensive knitter? Anyway, here it is. I thought the shrug would be too small, but the yarn has relaxed with wearing and it now fits nicely.


























I seem to have an unfortunate fascination with mohair. At the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, at least 7 years ago, I purchased two skeins of worsted weight mohair in periwinkle and lavender. I finally decided last year to use them for my first attempt at lace work... what was I thinking? That project was so frustrating that it turned me off knitting for months. After finally unravelling that disaster, I decided on a simple shawl on size 15 needles; start with one stitch and increase at the beginnning of each row to form a triangle. Intersperse some DB Alpaca Silk DK for interest. Not my favorite project, but very quick.