madness

Posted on | March 7, 2008 | 16 Comments

I’ve cast on for a new project.

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I couldn’t help it; it was just so … fluffy.

It’s one of the new patterns available on Interweave’s website, the Airy Cardigan.

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I saw it and I couldn’t stop thinking about it.  I had an enormous hank of mohair I bought at SAFF in my stash – 750 yards of it – which is enough to knit the 39.5″ size. 

I swatched with three different needle sizes to get gauge and settled on a US 8.  My obsession was such that I cast on last night using the only US 8s I own – aluminum straights.

Aluminum straights are slippery.  Mohair is slippery.  My descent into madness has begun.

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Damn, it’s pretty.

Category: she's cast on again!

Comments

16 Responses to “madness”

  1. grace
    March 7th, 2008 @ 9:36 am

    Wow, no kidding. After my purple sweater, mohair still makes my skin crawl a little, but I know your cardigan is going to be beautiful!

  2. margene
    March 7th, 2008 @ 9:44 am

    It is pretty! Welcome to the madness club;-)

  3. Carrie
    March 7th, 2008 @ 9:48 am

    Sweet! That little cardigan caught my eye too. It will be lovely and flattering.

  4. Tonni
    March 7th, 2008 @ 10:54 am

    I love this cardigan… i loved it when it came out in one of the past issues of IK, but I have a Love/HATE relationship with mohair. I love mohair, hate knitting with it ;) The color you purchased is beautiful!!! Is it the lighting playing tricks on my eyes or is it not quite a solid color?

  5. Jessi
    March 7th, 2008 @ 12:13 pm

    The sweater is gorgeous, but mohair is one thing that makes me break out all up and down my arms when I knit with it. I can’t imagine wearing a sweater in it. LOL I’d be doing some weird freak dance trying to scratch everything at once. ;-p

  6. Sandy
    March 7th, 2008 @ 12:20 pm

    Ummm, prettyyyy.

  7. maryse
    March 7th, 2008 @ 12:35 pm

    well go out and buy new needles!

  8. Lynn in Tucson
    March 7th, 2008 @ 12:49 pm

    It’s more than pretty. It’s divine!

  9. Nannette
    March 7th, 2008 @ 8:40 pm

    LOVELY! Enjoy the madness. ;)

  10. Emily
    March 8th, 2008 @ 9:05 am

    It IS pretty! Don’t switch to plastic needles to solve the slippery problem – you’ll end up with lots of static electricity (I learned this the hard way)!

  11. Jen
    March 9th, 2008 @ 12:55 am

    It’s so pretty! But it looks superfine, is it like working with spiderwebs? Without the can’t get it off of me feeling, I’m sure.

  12. Crazy For Yarn In Alabama
    March 10th, 2008 @ 7:46 am

    What a beautiful pattern and the color you chose is going to look GREAT!!! Such a pretty Spring sweater!!!!

  13. Becky
    March 11th, 2008 @ 6:29 am

    The cardigan is adorable! I can’t wait to see your’s completed in that beautiful yarn.

  14. mel
    March 11th, 2008 @ 6:51 pm

    I love this pattern – so pretty! It will be lovely in that color – hurray, I can’t wait to see it!!

  15. cyndy
    March 11th, 2008 @ 8:20 pm

    Looks fabulously soft…love the color!

  16. jenifleur
    March 17th, 2008 @ 3:42 pm

    Ooooh! I want to copy you! I have some purple and some green…