Mohair weaving

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.

My first mohair throw was woven for a wedding gift. I used a beautiful mixture of mohair, fancy yarns with slubs, and ribbon. Since that first throw I have woven hundreds of throws to keep peopl…

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,

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,

Three basic factors affect drape: yarn/fiber, weave structure, and warp/weft density. How can you design fabric with the drape you want?

Lara Pain on Instagram: "Silk & mohair 🤝"

Hand weaving with natural wool and mohair on my Brinkley loom

Changing colors of the threads you're weaving with is a really fun part of weaving. Maybe you've only switched threads in a new row, or maybe you have switched colors in the middle of a weave, but didn't quite like the way it looked. I've listed the many ways I deal with weaving in different