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Jo Sharp RARE COMFORT KID MOHAIR Indulgent and luxurious, this feather light yarn made from the finest of Kid Mohair fibre is extremely soft and warm yet comfortable to wear against the skin. SPECIFICATIONS 80% Kid Mohair, 5% Wool & 15% Polyamide. Tension: 17 sts & 25 rows measured over 10cm of Stocking stitch using needles USA 8 needles . Length: 95 yds, 25g ball Price: $8.95/ball, discountable Click here for Knitter's Review Click here for free pattern. Click here for color card.

Wrap Jacket Pattern Book - Knit Issue 3 Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes: S - XL Yardage: 12 - 16 skeins

Mohair Scarf Pattern Book - Knit Issue 3 Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes: S - XL Yardage: 4 skeins

Cosmopolitan Pattern Book - Book Six - Village Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes: S, M, L, XL Yardage: 7, 8, 9, 10 skeins

Lace Shell Top Pattern Book - Knit Issue 2 Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes: S - XL Yardage: 5 - 7 skeins

Nouveau Pattern Book - Book Six - Village Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes: S, M, L, XL Yardage: 7, 8, 9, 10 skeins

Plaza Pattern Book - Book Six - Village Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes:     S, M, L Yardage: 5, 6, 7 skeins

Mohair Cardigan Pattern Book - Contemporary Knitting Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes: S, M, L, XL Yardage: 10, 11, 12, 13 skeins

Ribbed Mohair Top Pattern Book - Contemporary Knitting Designer -- Jo Sharp Sizes: S, M, L, XL Yardage: 7, 8, 8, 9 skeins

Mohair Singlet - free pattern

From Knitter's Review: Jo Sharp has always been one of my favorite designers. For years, this Australian native focused her creative energies on garments knit using her Jo Sharp DK merino yarn. Only recently has she expanded her repertoire (and her yarn label) to include different textures and fiber compositions. First there was Silkroad Aran, and now the featherlight Rare Comfort Kid Mohair. Normally the nylon binder thread in brushed mohair yarns is fairly smooth and inconspicuous. But in Rare Comfort the binder thread was rapidly and tightly plied with the mohair/wool, giving the yarn a fine crimped look reminiscent of the natural curls in kid mohair locks. Knitting Up Brushed mohair is a notorious trouble-maker for knitters, because the loose fibers tend to snag on the needles and cause the yarn to drag slightly, producing irregular stitches. As with all brushed mohair, it's best to give the yarn a wide berth on the needles, making slightly more exaggerated movements to guarantee clean, snagless stitches. After several getting-to-know-you rows I was up to speed and knitting comfortably with Rare Comfort, even glancing elsewhere and allowing my fingers to do most of the work.

Wearing Rare Comfort produces a slightly finer, more airy and transparent fabric than the likes of Classic Elite La Gran. (Translation: Wear something underneath your sweater!) The 15% polyamide content does a good job of keeping the fabric intact under duress. Eventually the brushed fibers began to gather into large loose pills, which were easily disengaged. My swatches looked good for a remarkably long time. Conclusion Although it can be a challenge to knit, I remain a steadfast fan of brushed mohair—and Jo Sharp's new incarnation of brushed mohair has done nothing to change this. Rare Comfort is fundamentally lightweight, the brushed fibers providing the illusion of loft while the fine core keeps the knitted material thin and fluid. Jo Sharp provides solid pattern support for this yarn in several of her design collections, including her most recent release, Contemporary Knitting. The yarn is also flexible and forgiving enough to be taken offroad and into the patterns of your imagination. A standard, unadorned medium-sized women's pullover requires 10 skeins, which brings in the bill just under the $80 mark—a good price for such quality fibers.

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