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Description: Hand knitted Yellow Mohair Sweater, 1978, with V-neck, ties, cap sleeves.   Construction Details: knitted in flat pieces (back and front), seamed at sides and shoulders, with sleeve edges and neckband picked up after seaming to finish.…

My mother's knitted gift to me one winter when I was still without any knit caps. Too girlish to be worn to work but I liked the colour mixtures and the quality of yarns. She added a matching floral broach to add some decorative element to it. 

Knitted by my mother using a thin mohair thread of rainbow colors in a 7 color gradation. Knitted with a reverse in the middle of 14cm side.

To propose knit/crochet projects for publication, I have made many swatches and sketches since the early 1990s. This one was probably for a publication of Bond America, a company that marketed and sold a hobby knitting machine and a mechanical…

From Beverly Barton, "Made by Sally Feigen in Brooklyn, NY ca 1964-1965 of 100% Scottish mohair for me, Beverly Barton née Feigen. I think she designed it too. I wore it through college; it was huge on me."