Diaphanous

I’ve been waiting for a special occasion to wear my new sweater – the Diaphanous Raglan designed by Jessie Mae Martinson and this past weekend, I was finally able to!

We spent a couple of days in Toronto to celebrate my son’s 20th birthday. First, some one-on-one time with me and Radley in downtown Toronto. We met him at the Cineplex VIP to watch Parasite then we met up with the rest of the family for dinner at Scaddabush.

Ever since I saw this design, I knew I had to make it. I was intrigued by the fact that I only needed 1 skein of fingering weight yarn to knit this sweater. I’ve collected so many single skeins over the years without a project in mind for them and I was excited to finally be able to use one up.

I knew I wanted the sleeves to be navy which was my jumping-off point. I picked up 2 skeins of Isager Silk Mohair (color 100) from my LYS, The Knitting Loft then narrowed it down to 2 skeins from my stash that best matched the mohair. If you’re following me on Instagram and participated in the poll I did, thank you for your input!

I chose Undercover Otter Singularity in the color Akkaris which I purchased from Stephen and Penelope during my visit to Amsterdam last year.

DI-APH-A-NOUS
adjective
(especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.

It’s my first time knitting with mohair and I enjoyed it so much! I also really liked that this pattern came with a few different options for sleeves that you can choose from. I knit the Bishop sleeve for mine. I used the main needle size for a slimmer version and omitted the underarm increases – which were all noted in the pattern.

I did end up getting a third ball of mohair as I only had 1 gram left after knitting the first sleeve. (The pattern does call for at least 550 yards but I wanted to wait to get the third ball in case I changed my mind on the sleeve).