Mohair weaving

I had my ups and downs but over all I think I actually like weaving with mohair. It was definitely a change of pace from my normal weaving. My style is usually heavy with texture, so this was a challenge to make something lighter. Mohair is much more tacky then the yarns I usually weave with,

The Rogue Weaver has 6 tips to help you use mohair for warp without loosing your mInd!

Handwoven Mohair Blanket It’s finally finished! After a year of dreaming, planning, dyeing, and weaving, I finally finished making the handwoven mohair blanket. The blanket has been woven, finished, fulled, and gifted to my girlfriend. It’s been the most exciting thing to finally be able to pull this fabric off the loom. This is all hand-dyed mohair warp and weft, woven by Felicia Lo Wong of SweetGeorgia Yarns.

Jung pushes age-old techniques to their limits

Hand weaving with natural wool and mohair on my Brinkley loom

At Pampa, we are excited to have expanded our offering to include beautiful artisan-made bags, baskets and new textiles, launching with our Litoral collection. These objects and accessories have been made by an indigenous community in Argentina, who we are really proud to work with and represent with this collection. They knit bags, baskets and textiles from the fibres of the…

unbleached linen with cotton inlay, asymmetrical

Laura Miles

Learn how Daryl Lancaster uses the Theo Moorman inlay technique to turn family photographs into handwoven heirlooms. (From Handwoven September/October 2019)

Making ugly things — Rebecca Mezoff

Warp of mixed wool, alpaca, mohair and viscose with weft of same including satin ribbon

I'm really proud of my new peg loom kit! It took me a long time to find a small UK business who would create these unique looms for me. They created these beautiful 15 peg looms which have all been handmade! The mohair roving in the kit has been carded by our local mill @natfibreco after being grown by our own non slaughter herd! On my website, I now have a section called "wonderful weaving and bulk fibre bargains!" Most customers are content to only buy 10 -20g of most of our fibres, as...

Varying striped mohair blankets