MOHAIR MALADY
Q I love the look of flu y yarns like mohair, but I’m a bit nervous about trying it out. Isn’t it a nightmare to undo work? Tia Davies, via Facebook The fibres of hairy yarns do love to cling to each other, making undoing stitches a bit of a challenge, but a tip that many knitters swear by is cooling your knitting in the fridge beforehand (in a plastic bag to protect it!), then working slowly and carefully. The hairiness also makes it tough to see individual stitches, so another tip is to use needles in a contrasting colour to your yarn – that’s so you can see the stitches more clearly when you want to count them. Using stitch markers and row counters also helps you to keep track when visibility is di cult.