Sweater detail done by Suzanne Byrom

The knitting group was very pleased last week when Sarah brought a new person to the knitting group:  Suzanne Byrom.  Suzanne was Mary's speech teacher at Barboursville High School.  It was very good to see her again.

Suzanne was knitting a green sweater.  I particularly liked the trim down the front of the sweater.  It was formed by adding another yarn for JUST the trim that made it heavier than the rest of the sweater.  So the main yarn was somewhat a mohair while the added yarn was more like a wool.  It is a very good look.  The pattern Suzanne is using is a Lion Brand pattern called Free Spirit Topper.  It calls for the trim to be in Seed Stitch.  I like Suzanne's variation much better.  I have filed the pattern in drop box as Free Spirit Topper in folder named sweaters.



Below is a photo of the two yarns.  However the color below is not true.  Both yarns were close to the color above and match each other well.  However the below photo gives an idea of the difference in the texture of the two yarns.  The body of the sweater is the fuzzier yarn (mohair?) while the added stability of the trim is caused by the addition of the second yarn which looks to be a worsted weight.