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I had a lot of white angora yarn, but not enough for an entire sweater.  I finally decided to create this sweater using the 100% angora for the bodice and 100% linen for the off-the-shoulder sleeves.  To give it some more panache, I added the knitted bobble clusters of grapes made out of the linen with angora leaves and vines.  It looks fabulous with a long black skirt and a strand of pearls. Click here to see the whole thing.
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Men > Brown 100% Qiviut Scarf - 2008 (7) > 2-13-08 099.jpg

You usually have to sell your first born child to buy some 100% natural qiviut yarn (retails for $60 - $90 depending on fiber content and weight).  I found  two skeins of this arctic gold selling for $28.00 (a bargain) so I bought it. 

I've been dying to knit with qiviut yarn after reading about how much softer and warmer musk ox yarn is compared to cashmere.  Everything I've read is correct:  it's  like butter in your hands and cashmere feels like regular wool.  Qiviut is hypoallergenic, will not shrink, is definitely softer than cashmere and very warm. 

The photo shows the scarf being knit with a simple seed stitch pattern but I have since changed it to a 4 stitch checkerboard design using 4 knit, 4 purl, etc to creat a more distinct design.  100% qiviut yarn has more 'loft' than originally expected and the small stitch pattern was getting lost.