Knits up quickly. Use just one strand of Kidsilk mohair and got gauge, also makes it a LOT less expensive!

Modifications: making size L for a roomier fit (did M on previous not-mohair version since I didn’t know if I’d have enough of yarn from my stash…that one fits, but is more fitted with 0-2” ease).

Made fold-over collar from the regular version, and made it long enough to stand up and warm my neck in winter. The kidsilk is thankfully not the usually itchy-mohair.

Knit to just below separation. When the skein ended switched over to knitting the sleeves. Did about 17” from sleeve separation, then 16 rows of 1x1 ribbing with Jenny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off.

Sleeves: instead of picking up the suggested 12 stitches, I picked up 14 or 15. I learned to NOT pick up a stitch where there is a whole, but instead to pick up a stitch on either side of the hole (usually at the sides of the cast-on-underarm bit). On the following round, knit 2 together, and that closes up the whole. Mo’ Bettah! Looks better, saves going in to close up holes later on, and easier.

Got smart: Marked the end of the row I was on with a pin, then weighed my remaining yarn (both skeins weighed together) when working on the bottom of the body. After four rows, weighed yarn again. It took 11 grams of the two yarns held together. Now I can do the math and figure that I need 33 grams to make a 12-row ribbing on the bottom. Since I have more of the kidsilk in the current skeins than the Cascade, when I have 39 gr. or less of the Cascade only, I will start the ribbing and not have to buy another skein to finish a single row or two (or rip back!).

Bought another skein after all as I wanted this long. I always find that the fronts on my sweaters droop down in the center, probably because I am not the full bust that most pattern designs use. Altering neck/fronts is challenging, but I discovered that using short rows across the back can even out the hem! See photos! I extended the short rows maybe an inch or two past the “side seam” but next time I would go further around to the front, to maybe 3 inches from the center front. See side shot.

I knit the length until I had just enough to bind off. I started to use Jeny’s stretchy bind off, but it didn’t look good in this somewhat open gauge, so I just did a traditional cast off but held the yarn loosely. I had about 30 inches of kid silk haze at the end!

I used two features from the regular Sunday Cardigan pattern: I made the collar longer and folded to the inside, which gives the stand-up look. I also added buttonholes per the instructions in that pattern: you kinda tease open a stitch and sew it open. I didn’t have enough mohair to use that to sew, so used a matching embroidery floss. I don’t like the look much, but the sweater is done and I want buttons, so it is what it is. Next time I’ll figure out overall length and plan proper cast-off-cast-on buttonholes. Just a single stitch would do it.

Blocked, done and comfy--a great big warm winter hug!

LOVE this!