Muh-Muhs FO Re-Do

The Muh-Muhs Shawl is getting another FO post!  It’s off the blocking board so the photos improved and I forgot to tell you the most exciting part on Friday!

Here’s the details:

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The Pattern:  Muh-Muhs by Isabell Kraemer

The Yarn:  Taria Tweed by Plymouth, a soft tweed blend of merino, silk and llama, sadly discontinued.

The Mods:  Yes, there were mods!  I don’t know how I forgot about my modification, I was so pleased with it at the time!  As written, the bind off was not in a contrast color and the specific type of bind off wasn’t specified.  I didn’t have enough white yarn left though.  I did have a bit of the green left and if I was going for a contrast bind off, I thought the Icelandic Bind Off would highlight the color change without looking like an after thought!

It’s not just decorative though!  It’s also a functional choice…the Icelandic Bind Off is slightly stretchy, perfect for a shawl edge.  It’s not Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off, which I’ve been finding to be a bit too stretchy lately.  It’s on par with a K2Tog tbl Bind Off, each stitch is worked twice, resulting is a little bit of extra give.  AND, if that’s not enough, the front & back are symmetric, perfect for garter stitch, which is what I had on my final couple rows!  This was the perfect storm of right idea at the right time!

Tomorrow…it’s back to hats!  Consider yourself warned!  Winter really is coming!