With my Saltwind finished, I’ve been focusing on finishing up my Copenhagen Cardigan, binding off the body this morning. I did not work the Italian bind-off as the pattern called for as I really just didn’t want to do that with mohair. I also did not go down a needle size for the body ribbing. I just worked six rows of ribbing on the body needle and bound off in pattern. I am very happy with how this is coming out. I like the marled effect, although I have learned that if you carry mohair along with your regular yarn there is no such thing as mindless stockinette. There are a few stitches where the mohair is not on the correct stitch, or was left off, but only a few. If I noticed quickly (on the next row, for example) I was able to fix it, but there are a couple that I didn’t notice until way later and there was no way I was dropping stitches down and fixing them with mohair in the mix. I’ve picked up the stitches for the first sleeve and have started working it.
Pattern: Copenhagen Cardigan by PetiteKnit
Yarn: Ewe Ewe Yarns Fluffy Fingering and Magicland Yarn Marvelous Mohair
Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm) & US 4 (3.5 mm) but only for the collar ribbing
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