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:
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!
You knit too fast.
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Mostly I just knit a lot…I don’t chase kids around, I don’t do dishes, I don’t wash windows, I don’t cook so ya know, what else am I going to do? :)
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This is stunning. Great colors
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Gorgeous!
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Nice colors and pattern
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Love the mods!
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