It's so nice to hear you say these things are not financially viable. I kept feeling bad that I couldn't afford those mohair projects which are just so beautiful. But hearing your thoughts has made me feel so much better!

I appreciate this video so so much as a knitter who learned in quarantine, has almost never been able to visit a yarn store in person, and who is mystified as to why every single pattern these days seems to include mohair. Thank you for taking the time to make it!!

Incredibly helpful!!!! As a seasoned knitter this is the very best knitting video I have ever watched! So informative...

Late to this party but I, too, found your comments extremely helpful. I'm only now experimenting with holding two strands/yarns together, and this helps a lot. Subscribed!

Thank you for taking the time to put together this video! I’m very much a beginner but slowly graduating from synthetic fibres and wanted to check out the behaviours of natural fibres! I’m glad this is a non judgemental space to learn more :)

You're a fuckin rockstar for putting in this work and having the attitude you do. Thanks so much, from an intermediate knitter who's only begun to brave my way into substituting yarn in patterns

Super interesting and informative! The reason for your making this is as spot on as the information. I’d love to see a video about cotton and linen too.

One word, brilliant! Another two, more please. As a 73 year old in the UK who has been knitting for thirty years, you have just made me a better knitter. Thank you.

OK so literally re-watched twice took notes for this pattern I’m working on I’m just trying to get the right drape on it and I just so appreciate this and seriously any more information and knowledge you are willing to share I am so freaking grateful! Now to surf through the rest of your videos! seriously thank you for being so straightforward about everything you’ve Have made this so much less confusing.. and I’ve been trying to find the right yarn or yarns for a few weeks .. watched so many damn videos got no information nothing like this

you're probably tired of hearing this at this point but this was so helpful! I hope at some point you make more videos like this, because the amount of knowledge you have and the way you explain it is absolutely fantastic

Wow! You packed in so much Information! Thank you so much! This has been extremely helpful - I echo other comments - as a newer knitter I was enchanted by mohair…. Until I saw the price tag!! I actually saved up to splurge for an all mohair cardigan pattern (my one year of knitting present to myself), only to realize the yardage on ravelry’s pattern snapshot did not account for holding two strands - I ended up having to go back to the yarn shop weeks later to buy twice as much yarn 😭 needless to say, this will be the only all mohair pattern I knit for… maybe ever lol thank you again!!

Thank you for such a thorough and in depth explanation of mohair, in a way that is clear to a youtube-taught knitter! My grandmother taught me when I was little but I never really understood sizing needles up to allow more drape, and still find choosing the best substitute wool for my projects a little tricky. Thank you again, I look forward to working with Mohair!

This is the most informative video on mohair that I've seen so far. The comparison between different combinations made it much easier to understand. I'm so glad that u didnt just recommend brands cuz I wouldnt be able to access them anyway.

Thanks for sharing this information! Bless you. So grateful that I found your channel! I have been trying to research more natural yarns like mohair, alpaca, and wool for what they bring to the party. I am VERY new to the knitting/crochet party and this party girl is definitely on a budget so I need to know what to expect for my money whenever it comes to investing in such yarns.

This is fantastic information! I need to watch this again and take notes.

I've used mohair yarn before, but not a ton. I have been researching it more before I made a decision on my next sweater. This video was really really informative. You basically told me what I needed to know plus more. Especially love all the swatches you've made. Very helpful.

Mel, What a wealth of information! You are very knowledgeable and I enjoyed how clear you expressed every idea. Thank you.

This video was so great! I love videos like this. Learning more about how to use different yarns and nor just knitting patterns ❤

I love your videos! As a beginner they are soo helpful. Thanks for making them.

Wow! This was such a helpful video. I appreciate passing on of the knowledge.

This was very informative. Mohair makes an important topic on its own. Pls continue with your ideas 😄

I appreciate you doing the work to make this thoughtful and informative video!

Wow, thank you for giving us this lecture and showing examples! I'm grateful

Great discussion about pairing mohair with other fibers. Thanks, Mel.

This is exactly what I needed! the realist, I really appreciate this knowledge! I’m also going to re watching and taking mf notes. So glad I found you!

Thank you so much for this video! You've shared so much practical knowledge in depth. Also ❤️❤️❤️ for being generous.

Love, love ,love this video. Thank you so much. It was super helpful and informative. I’d definitely like it if you did other similar videos. 💕

thank you so much for sharing!! I've always had trouble picking out the right yarn to use.. this really helps!!💕💕💕

This is a great video with lots of great guidance and information! And especially in Covid days (years now..) this really helped me since I can’t visit stores and feel the yarn. Thanks so much!

This is so well done and I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge!

Love the way you present information! 😁 I really hope you do one about linen and cotton 😊 thanks for sharing your experience.

I like your ideas about sharing knowledge at this particular moment and I appreciate all of this mohair talk! It's one of those yarns that can be so different from producer to producer. BTW< I love your aesthetic--such beautiful garments and choices about cables and patterns!

Literally what I've been looking. Love so many knitted garments held together with mohair but had no idea where to start

Super informative and very helpful - thanks for sharing your knowledge!

This was extremely informative and I loved all the examples you shared.❤

I just found your channel last night looking for videos on properties of different wooltypes (still havent found what I'm looking for). I really enjoy your content, watched through all of your videos this morning. As a new-ish knitter I appreciate what you say about gate-keeping and learning from others, there are easier ways today to learn about these sort of things than pouring 80 hours into a project just to realize that the yarn and pattern doesn't work together. I really hope you continue to bring out amazing videos!

Thank you so much for all this info. So helpful. And I LOVE silk mohair:)

So glad i found your channel! Love the content!

This was so helpful in planning my next project! I would love any similar videos about other fibers, such as alpaca, cotton, silk, etc.

I'd seen mohair before, very confused by it. Only recently learned it's supposed to be held double with something else and this was SUPER helpful to further understand. Thank you so much!!

Great overall video about mohair! I’m getting ready to knit joji’s Elton sweater. I’ve never knit with mohair and I would like some tips. Also, the tin can article you linked was very helpful in choosing color combinations. Thanks 😊

I've just become interested in mohair, although I have knitted a long time, and I found this video very, very help full. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and I will be looking at more of your videos. Very pleasant and helpful. Thanks again,

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. Sooooo helpful 🥰

Your video answered so many questions I had! I'm interested in a drape video as well as the linen, etc. Thanks!

Your opening statement alone made me immediately subscribe. ❤

Thank you so much for this info! I have mohair that's been in my stash since 2019 and I've never used it as I was so unsure what to knit it with or how etc this has really helped. I'm off to knit a few swatches! 💕

Loved your podcast 😊

Excellent video, informative, clear, to the point. I found it quite helpful and well done. Subscribed.

I would never have though of pairing crochet cotton with mohair. Mind blown--thanks!

Would LOVE a video on predicting drape!! This was so clear thank you

Nice to see you here! Great informative video!

I World really love and appreciate a vid on drape . Thank you !

Your swatch gauges were very helpful.

What a helpful, very nicely done video! Thanks!

That was excellent, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

This video is so helpful (great visuals) and super informative! Would love a video on drape.

Nice informative and very useful video. Thank you. This was a year ago but still helpful in today’s guideline search.

Thank you so much the video is very knowledgeable appreciated and most importantly that rock star look loved it ! 🥰

This was so useful, thanks girl!!

This was great thank you! So wonderful for beginner knitters! I started knitting this past March but I’ve already made the city limits sweater and I’m almost done with the Rock-it Tee! I downloaded Joji’s new staple top that’s how I found you when I was looking at the projects and saw your notes leading me here! Thanks so much! Also, I’ve learned that Mohair and Suri? Are not the same. For me, I do better with the Suri sine the Mohair is much more itchy to me. Thanks again!!

I can't even express properly how much I love your video. Just by chance I stumbled into your video this morning and I can't wait to see more and yes, if you could do more videos on linen and other types of yarn and samples of how they work with other yarns I would so much appreciate it. I am a fairly beginner knitter and I have been struggling with gauge and yarn definition and have seen so many patterns on ravelry specifying weight like lace + lace + fingering = DK etc... and I was so confused as to why would I need a combination of yarns instead of just getting a combination already made that has that weight? This video you shared with us just made me realize so many things, and answered so many of my questions I especially like how one yarn combined with another yarn will yield a different color...like the black cotton with the light brown mohair combo was just divine. You mention that mohair plus another weight yarn will result in 2 weight yarn increases but I wonder if I only want one weight increase, if I just modify my needle size, I could possibly get only one weight increase instead of 2? Anyhoo, thank you so much for this informative and well made video.

Wow! A little late to the party, but this was SO helpful and informative! I'm just dabbling with some mohair I was able to get relatively inexpensively, for me, and I was looking for some tips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! :)

I loom knit, and have a huge stack of Mohair, knitted a couple of stoles and cowls, but not everyone liked the finished knits. The whole of combining Mohair with a base yarn opened possibilities. Ready to knit my first one combining two yarn.

This is really educational. I just acquired mohair.. Thank you.

This was super helpful !

I''d be super interested in a linen video!

Wow this is actually suuuper great info! I'm a crocheter just dabbling into knitting and I'm not familiar with mohair. Thanks for the vid! I subbed :)

Wow this was so helpful for a beginner like me. Thank you!!

Fn yes! thank you for keeping it real!!

So helpful! Thank you!!

Returning to this video after watching it about a year ago because it is such a useful way of presenting information! I recently came across a pattern I really want to make, but which calls for 3 strands of mohair held together. I found it so frustrating...but I now may try to substitute 2 of those strands with fingering weight wool, as you've suggested. Thank youu!

thank you !! this was really helpful :)

so so helpful!!!

Thanks for this informative video!

This is wonderful. I've been debating using mohair in a colourwork jumper, but I think I'll bite the bullet. To make sure the colour work still pops, I'll be using a lighter mohair with my lighter wool, and a darker mohair with my darker wool.

Great tips!!

very helpful and interested in all mohair hints . thanks

So informative thank you 😘

Hell yeah!

Great video - thank you!

This is such a helpful video and I appreciate that you show alternatives to cut costs whilst achieving a certain look. I burst out laughing when you said you were pissed that a pattern is out there that requires 3 strands of silk mohair held together. I just saw a sweater pattern being sold by a popular yarn company that calls for EIGHT strands of their yarn held together. How insane is that!

Great info, thank you very much!

Fantastic!! Would you consider bases? 3ply vs 4ply vs fingering etc. You taught me more about ply in this video than half the yarn company websites that sell the stuff!! Thanks you!!!

Love mohair

I would love to have a video about linen and cotton yarn! I’m trying to increase he amount of natural fibres in my wardrobe.

Very helpful.. thank you.

Excellent video, great quality, visuals and audio, and super useful information. Learnt a lot from just this one video. I will now go on and check out what else you have on your channel, as I am wondering if you did end up making that video about drape - I would love to know how to obtain that. I am a fan :)

Thank you!

Thanks. I learned a lot from this video. I'm thinking of pairing a lace weight on hair with VK, or light worsted weight alpaca. I was thinking for a poncho. Do you have any experience with that? The visuals were really useful as well.

Very informative Thank you!

Would you say that suri alpaca is as hot as mohair? Being that it’s suggested to use in place of mohair whom are I’m curious how it compares with mohair. Mohair tickles me and is too hot for me I have issues controlling my body temperatures and I don’t want to waste a sweaters quantity of expensive yarn because frogging it I assume would be disastrous. Thanks so much. 😊

Can you tell me about alpaca silk what to add to make it m9re stable and love to kn9w about cotton linnen yarns and garments

please do a video on drape!!

Non super wash vs superwash feels diff? Does it have diff drape?

I have a lot to learn,even though I have been knitting a few years.All of your suggested topics sound very informative to me, this mohair podcast was just in time,Iwant to knit a hat for my Grandaughter mixing mohair and Webs Dk merino yarn.Is that a good combination? Thanks.

Best mohair is NOT commercial as it usually has nylon added and that is not a great thing to add to beautiful mohair. It is also mostly also made from adult goats and that can make it scratchy. Get it from an angora goat breeder who sends it off for processing . It will be much cheaper and you can get kid and yearling as well as naturally colored mohair. The adult from this source is also more likely to be fine into adult so will be incredibly warm, comfortable and not scratchy like commercial mohair. If you are a spinner you can also get it raw, in washed locks or processed into roving. This will cut down your cost considerably. Kid mohair especially @100% or blended with silk is a gorgeous fiber. Mohair is 4x warmer than wool so a lacy shawl in kid will be lovely, very warm and cosy. Check out local goat farmers and when the shows and festivals start again, it is a lot of fun to check them out to find wonderful local sources of beautiful natural fiber and yarns especially kid mohair. Never blend it with superwash. Superwash is coated and the same plastic used for the coating as is used to make synthetic or acrylic yarns so it is basically expensive synthetic that no longer has any of the benefits of wool. If you must blend it then use 100% fine wool like merino to retain the loft and drape and no itch qualities.

Got any advice for blocking? Am working a sweater with merino/silk combined with mohair/silk and when I do shawls, I just spray block, but with the sweater, I'd like to wet block but am worried about flattening the mohair.

I would love to hear your take on linen and cotton.

Great resource for cheaper Mohair is ICE Yarns ! I just bought a bunch from them and was impressed with the quality

I need more videos like this!! thanks! I have super washed worsted merino yarns. Would it be good to knit with mohair?