I am soooo close to completing the Inversion Cardigan in Blues.  Why is it now that the Kid Seta (70% Super Kid Mohair & 30% Silk) is starting to act up and drive me crazy?!  I don't blame the silk part — it is, I know, the mohair that is the wild thing, the fiber with attitude.  It has the most ethereal halo and its colors simply glow.  It is nearly magical and feels fabulous.  But it does not play well with others. 

As you can see, I am using the Kid Seta to make a narrow insertion between a lace section and a wool section.  So, I have all three balls of yarn dangling off my needles.  I expect a little tangling as I twist the yarns intarsia-style across each row, but while the wool and lace yarns separate good-naturedly with a few flips, the mohair digs in its little tentacles and refuses to release!  And after I finally pull everyone loose and set each ball of yarn in its own place in my knitting bag and begin to knit again, the mohair starts hopping around, throwing itself out of the bag, exploding into puffy little snarls and, somehow, whipping itself around the other yarns — so that by the time I get to the end of the row, it is strangling the wool and lace yarn so expertly that I cannot  knit with either one until I patiently untangle everyone again!

I suspect the mohair gets bored and a little jealous — since there are only 5 stitches in the insertion. 

The frustrating part is that I have been using the Kid Seta throughout the project and it is only now at the end that every row is a battle.  Up until now, the mohair has been, well, if not perfectly behaved, at least not particularly agressive.  What makes mohair turn violent?  We may never know.

I only have a couple of inches left to do on this project, so I feel I can make it.  But my next project — an Autumn Q'mitl — features not one but two balls of mohair!

(Sorry the picture is sideways — apparently I cannot even get a photo of mohair to cooperate!)