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Weaving Mohair Evelyn Oldroyd

Weaving with mohair for the first time was a "learning opportunity," to say the least. Really, "learning opportunity" is my code for "not as easy as I expected." Though I was using two very different yarns, the pattern called for plain weave, so I thought, "how hard could it be?"

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For some time I've been talking about a large mohair bedspread I was weaving from hand spun mohair yarns. I finally completed it and here is the story of the weaving in pictures. Though it has been said that hand spun mohair makes for a frail warp and that mohair is best mixed with another fiber, I have found that 100% mohair makes a fine warp.

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Weaving Techniques || Weaving with Mohair (part 2) 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.

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Tips and tricks for weaving with Mohair and other fuzzy yarns! Ever wanted to use that beautiful textured yarn in your weaving project? Curious how people ge.

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After I cut the yarn, I double knotted it around my frame towards the bottom then wove a plain weave across the warp threads. Since my loom was double warped, weaving the first row of the yarn was more like passing it between upper and lower warp threads, which you can see in the picture. When I reached the other side of my loom, I wrapped the.

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Mohair blanket on the loom under tension. The second picture is the selvedge edge of that blanket. The selvedge is straight and tight and that comes with shuttle control. When you are weaving with mohair you may have to pull a little harder when the shuttle comes out of the shed as it is setting the opposite side.

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Mohair is the long hair of an angora goat that has a silky quality to it. Mohair yarn is really thin and fuzzy and I assumed it would be delicate, but the yarn I purchased was the opposite. It might depend on how it's spun, but what I got was strong and had very little stretch to it. I put it next to my normal warp thread and a Sport weighted.

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You might like to try it out with a narrow warp before you do it 36″ wide. This system makes weaving with mohair a breeze. Also, in our Online Guild - I demonstrate working with mohair in Season 1: Episode 9 - Making a Mohair Blankie… Yes! If you are ever looking for mohair we stock it in a lovely colour selection of Brushed Mohair.

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Sandra Mod. Jane has a Dummy (Pseudo) warp on her Fanny and that Fanny is the one that has had over 1000 mohair blankets woven on her! It was the natural one to use to demonstrate what it does best. Jane wanted to demonstrate weaving with mohair on a small loom and she used the Wolf Pup. Often weavers use Harrisville Shetland (or other wool.

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Weaving on a direct tie-up is how to weave mohair easily without tearing out your hair or tearing off the warp in frustration. In other words, one shaft is tied to one treadle. I tied them left to right, 1,2,3,4. First depress 1 , continue to hold it down and depress 3. Throw your shuttle and beat (delicately - you are placing your weft to.

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For this, I warp back to front as I do all other warps except mohair. There is a video demonstrating me warping on the Online Guild - Season 1: Episode 1 - Making a Good Warp. I weave them in a 2/2 twill setting the Shetland at 8 epi and weaving the mohair at 8 ppi. The Shetland controls the shedding in the twill because it fulls more than.

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Here is what I did: step1| to make my mohair weave, I warped my loom with the mohair thread. You could use your normal warp thread, but I found that using the mohair thread gave the whole weave an airy lightness which I liked. It also aided in holding my mohair wefts where I put them. step 2| I started with a single thread plain weave and found.

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I've made some lovely mohair shawls for auctions at the Oregon Right to Life annual fund raisers. The main trick I use is a sett of 4 epi, and weave a balanced fabric. The shawls are like clouds of color. But yeah, not even as a bit added to a scarf would I use mohair - continuous nightmare if that strand has others to snuggle up against.

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What is Mohair? Mohair, prized for its brilliant colour and sheen, is known as the diamond fibre. Mohair dates back to the biblical times and the garments of the wise men were probably made of this fibre. Mohair comes from the fibre of the Angora goat. It is sheared every 4 - 6 months. Mohair grease is harder to remove than lanolin from wool.