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Posted by Mary Fisher on December 20, 2006, 4:23 pm
There's a lot of mohair and other furry yarn in my stock which I want to use
before I buy any more of anything.
Can anyone think of any reason why it shouldn't be used for a man's jumper?
My husband is very tolerant (we've been legally married - to each other -
for going on for fifty years) and says he doesn't mind having a fluffy
yellow sweater but I dread to think that he'll change his mind.
I can't wear the stuff, it itches :-(
Also, I have some smaller quantities of contrasting fluffy yarn, is it
unknown to make fluffy fair-isle?
Mary
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Posted by Shillelagh on December 20, 2006, 4:44 pm
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> There's a lot of mohair and other furry yarn in my stock which I want to
use
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> before I buy any more of anything.
> Can anyone think of any reason why it shouldn't be used for a man's
jumper?
Taste is a personal thing. If he'll wear it, go for it. My husband
wouldn't.
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> My husband is very tolerant (we've been legally married - to each other -
> for going on for fifty years) and says he doesn't mind having a fluffy
> yellow sweater but I dread to think that he'll change his mind.
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He says he doesn't mind "having" it, but will he wear it? ;>)
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
Shelagh
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Posted by Mary Fisher on December 20, 2006, 5:13 pm
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>> There's a lot of mohair and other furry yarn in my stock which I want to
> use
>> before I buy any more of anything.
>> Can anyone think of any reason why it shouldn't be used for a man's
> jumper?
> Taste is a personal thing. If he'll wear it, go for it. My husband
> wouldn't.
>> My husband is very tolerant (we've been legally married - to each other -
>> for going on for fifty years) and says he doesn't mind having a fluffy
>> yellow sweater but I dread to think that he'll change his mind.
> He says he doesn't mind "having" it, but will he wear it? ;>)
Oh I should think so, he's not a conventional man - influenced by what
others think. Even if he were, he'd wear it in the absence of anything else
in cold weather :-)
He said he wouldn't wear it in a work environment (i.e. in his workshop,
making replica historical items) because metal, wood, horn and bone make a
mess. but since he always wears an overall when he's in there anyway I can't
see what difference it would make. I have to make a point of getting him to
divest himself of the overall for meals :-)
I don't know why I used the word 'dread'!
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> Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
OK - but I'd like others' opinions too.
Mary
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Posted by Ophelia on December 21, 2006, 2:45 am
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>>> There's a lot of mohair and other furry yarn in my stock which I want to
>> use
>>> before I buy any more of anything.
>>> Can anyone think of any reason why it shouldn't be used for a man's
>> jumper?
>> Taste is a personal thing. If he'll wear it, go for it. My husband
>> wouldn't.
>>> My husband is very tolerant (we've been legally married - to each
>>> other -
>>> for going on for fifty years) and says he doesn't mind having a fluffy
>>> yellow sweater but I dread to think that he'll change his mind.
>> He says he doesn't mind "having" it, but will he wear it? ;>)
> Oh I should think so, he's not a conventional man - influenced by what
> others think. Even if he were, he'd wear it in the absence of anything
> else in cold weather :-)
> He said he wouldn't wear it in a work environment (i.e. in his workshop,
> making replica historical items) because metal, wood, horn and bone make a
> mess. but since he always wears an overall when he's in there anyway I
> can't see what difference it would make. I have to make a point of getting
> him to divest himself of the overall for meals :-)
> I don't know why I used the word 'dread'!
>> Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
> OK - but I'd like others' opinions too.
Are you going to start knitting Mary?? Good for you!
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Posted by Richard Eney on December 20, 2006, 5:17 pm
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>There's a lot of mohair and other furry yarn in my stock which I want to use
>before I buy any more of anything.
>Can anyone think of any reason why it shouldn't be used for a man's jumper?
>My husband is very tolerant (we've been legally married - to each other -
>for going on for fifty years) and says he doesn't mind having a fluffy
>yellow sweater but I dread to think that he'll change his mind.
I think it may depend on _how_ fluffy it is. If it's just a little fuzzy,
that's more likely to be worn than three-inch fluff.
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>I can't wear the stuff, it itches :-(
Me, too.
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>Also, I have some smaller quantities of contrasting fluffy yarn, is it
>unknown to make fluffy fair-isle?
If the fluff obscures the pattern, it seems like a waste of effort.
The main benefit of mohair seems to be strength, warmth, and the ability
to be worked on huge needles and hold the stitch pattern (which leads to
its main drawback, the difficulty of frogging errors - both because they
are hard to find and because they are glued together, though I'm told
that refrigerating the yarn helps with that).
If you husband can wear mohair, I think I heard it makes warm, durable
socks. Or - inspiration strikes - great felted slippers, though it might
have to beld together with a thicker wool yarn.
=Tamar
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