Mohair
I wrote on Tuesday about how I really like mohair. I got to thinking about that, and about how much mohair really is in the stash. In the interests of full disclosure, I offer the following photographs. Keep in mind that I have photographed a representation of each yarn, and that many, many more balls of each exist in the stash unphotographed.
My name is Sarah and I am a fiberaholic.
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1. The cone of purple mohair. I have two of these cones. Someday I am going to make a beautiful little cardigan/jacket out of this.
2. The white half-ball of mohair. Actually, this yarn is almost gone. (Although there is more than I have pictured here, naturally.) That’s because I made my sister a sweater set out of white mohair several years ago. (You’ll have to pester her for a picture of that one.)
3.  The ball of lilac mohair. I have about 12 of these balls. One word: Ebay.
4.  The ball of black mohair. About 15 balls. Same word.
5. The primary handpainted mohair. This is from Ellen’s Half Pint Farm (not our Ellen) and it is beautiful. There are 3 big balls. It is awaiting a fate as beautiful as itself.
6. The ball of sage green laceweight mohair. 2 balls of this. It is gorgeous and someday I will make something gorgeous from it. Promise.
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7. The green ball of mohair. I think I have twenty of these. It was on a great sale on elann. What can I say?
8. The grey ball of mohair. See #7, above.
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9. The gigantic Ziploc bag of unspun kid mohair. We’ve talked about this before, haven’t we?
10. Not pictured: lilac/teal/pink handpainted mohair. Purchased at Rhinebeck many moons ago. I was swatching with this in a quilted pattern this summer. Remember?
Okay, this is the meat of it. What I haven’t included: yarns that are wool/mohair blends, like Brown Sheep’s Lamb’s Pride, of which I have a largish amount destined for a sweater. And then there’s the blue mohair blend, and the handspun mohair skeins, and the Dale yarn which I’m pretty sure has mohair in it…
I can quit any time.
October 12th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
One day at a time, one day at a time…
This is a pretty extensive collection. But not so much laceweight… Hmm…
October 13th, 2006 at 3:18 am
Y’know, pix like this just leave me sitting at the computer drooling, thinking, “OHyum…” Really, not a pretty sight.
I myself have 2 (I think) big bags of Paton’s mohair, about 900 yds/bag, white, that I got on sale about 25 years ago. They’re just waiting for the perfect project. Which as a very fluffy person, takes some thinking. (Slight understatement there, considering precisely how *long* I’ve been ‘thinking’.) I mean, one does not want to emphasize the fluffiness too tremendously, or one may have harpooners following. Especially if one leaves said mohair white, instead of having a dyeing orgy. But mohair is so delectable! And I was less fluffy in those days. 😉
October 13th, 2006 at 6:30 am
You know there’s only one cure for fiberaholism. You must get rid of all of it. All of it, I tell you. And as much as it would pain me to do so, I would agree to take it all. Only to help you of course. I have your best interest at heart. Really. I do.
October 13th, 2006 at 8:40 am
Oh, thanks Leanne! Do you have a really big house to keep it all in? ‘Cause that’s what it would take. Just warning you…
Monica, maybe that’s why I’ve never knitted up all my mohair–I’m a somewhat fluffy person myself. And you know those dire warnings we’re always hearing about fluffy yarns adding pounds… Oh, what the hell, I think we should just go for it. Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
October 13th, 2006 at 10:01 am
I’m willing to step up, make the sacrifice, and take that purple mohair off your hands. I see a beautiful shawl (possibly Icarus??) from that yarn – you know, if you want to divest yourself of the mohair habit. 😀
October 14th, 2006 at 2:07 am
All together now, “Hi, Sarah.” Admitting it is the first step.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
[…] As we all know, I have a serious love affair with mohair, so when this yarn showed up on Elann, I just had to have some. […]
July 16th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
[…] I’m really excited about this yarn, because of the mohair content, naturally. (You all know about my love affair with mohair, right?) Of course, the Mountain Colors yarn that I bought at Stash has some mohair content, as well, so that’s exciting too. (You have to find these little things every day to keep you going, you know?) […]