Advice on seaming 100% cashmere yarn?

[fish_echo]

Sometimes I leap into things without thinking all the way through, without reading all the instructions, or without thinking ahead for all what the instructions might be...

Which is why I now have a patchwork blanket made with a variety of yarns to piece together, and I'm looking at the patches made with 100% cashmere yarn, wondering what to do next. I reclaimed the yarn from a jumper at a second hand store and the shoulder seams were reinforced with some non-cashmere yarn. Of course, it's not until now, when I've knit everything up, that I'm wondering if maybe that means that seaming is complicated when working with 100% cashmere yarn. (My original plan was to use blanket stitch on all the seams.)

So, does anyone have advice on what I should be doing with regards to seaming the 100% cashmere patches?

Cheers!

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Comments

[indeliblesasha]

Shoulder seams are a special case, as they support the full weight of the sweater when worn, and it's very important they keep their shape. I would imagine that is why the shoulders were reinforced.

I think that unless this blanket is likely to be drug around by toddlers and used for building forts you are probably just fine. Maybe take a little extra time on the cashmere pieces to make sure they are secure and stable, and do some research on seaming and have a few options before you get started.

[fish_echo]

Good point about the structural purpose of shoulder seams. Sadly, there will be toddlers (and judging from myself as a child, saying 'no playing fort with the blanket' would accomplish exactly nothing with regards to preventing fort construction). So I ought to reinforce the cashmere seams, I suppose. And go do some reading on seaming. Although I'm now feeling a bit more positive about my ability to actually incorporate the cashmere blocks into the blanket. 'Twould have been a pity to have to exclude them :)

[indeliblesasha]

Ha ha ha ha. I have actively taught my toddlers to build the forts, so I have only myself to blame LOL

Something that just came to mind, do you have enough of the cashmere blocks to make something smaller...a lap throw or such?

[fish_echo]

:) Blanket+pillow forts are awesome! :D

I do have enough cashmere blocks (+ unknit yarn) to make a lap throw, which was the backup if seaming was inadvisable. But I'd really rather incorporate them into this blanket -- I like how the variety of colour and texture works with the cashmere included. And I'm a little bit impatient and don't want to knit replacement blocks! ;P

[indeliblesasha]

Oh yes, knitting replacements when you already have lovely pieces finished would be soul-sucking kind of work. *nods*

I wish you the most luck, and hope you will post pictures here once you're finished. I'd love to see it. :)