22 Incredible Ways to Use Mohair
Mohair is the luxurious fiber produced by Angora goats. Whether you are a fiber artist or farmer, you can find ideas for using beautiful locks or silky yarn in this post. Create stunning wreaths, durable horse tack, and more. Use mohair for your next crafting project!
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Angora goats have been a wonderful addition to our farm. That’s me and Dust Bunny, one of our white doelings when she was three months old. Not only do they provide us with pounds of luxurious fiber called mohair twice a year, but they also brighten our days with their sweet and silly demeanor.
Over the years, I have learned many ways to use and showcase the beauty and versatility of mohair, and I am constantly experimenting with new ideas and projects.
Whether you are a fiber artist or famer, you can find ideas for using luscious locks or silky yarn in this post. Give mohair a try in your next crafting project!
1. Use Mohair Yarn for Knitting or Crocheting
Mohair can be spun into yarn and used to make soft and cozy knitted or crocheted socks, sweaters, and hats. Items made with mohair yarn will have a soft halo of fluff that traps heat and keeps the wearer nice and toasty even in the coldest temperatures.
Mohair can be blended with wool or other fibers to add strength and luster. It dyes exceptionally well and makes a vibrant addition to any yarn.
2. Use Mohair Art Yarn for Wall Hangings and Garlands
Mohair locks can be spun into chunky art yarn and used to make beautiful wall hangings or garlands. Use a wooden dowel to weave a creative masterpiece to accent your home with different colors and textures of mohair.
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to make tassel ghosts to string up with beads for Halloween! They are super cute and easy to make with hot glue.
3. Use Mohair to Make a Breast Collar
Mohair is strong, durable, and makes exceptional horse tack. Use the directions in this post to weave a breast collar for your faithful steed. It will keep your saddle in place, your horse comfy, and you both looking like a million bucks!
Find additional pattern ideas for embellishing a handmade breast collar here.
4. Use Mohair to Make a Cinch
Whether you are showing or heading down the trail, a comfortable and functional cinch is a necessity. You can make a woven mohair cinch to match or complement your mohair breast collar like you see above. It wicks moisture, doesn’t stretch out, and is washable with these easy steps.
5. Use Mohair to Make a Dog Collar
You can make a stylish and unique collar for your dog with mohair cord. Get buckle recommendations and tips for weaving in this post. Sage, our farm dog and model, thinks it’s great!
6. Use Mohair to Make a Gun Sling or Camera Strap
Mohair straps are versatile, pretty, and soft. Get directions for weaving a gun sling or camera strap on a cinch loom in this article!
7. Use Mohair to Make Felted Soap
Felted soap is amazing! Ditch the washcloth and prolong the life of your bar soap by making this all-in-one product. Wrap mohair, or a blend of mohair and wool, around your favorite bar of soap and use wet-felting techniques to create the ultimate bathing experience.
You can even add needle-felted details for fun. Find the directions and a video tutorial for making felted soap here!
8. Use Mohair to Make a Felted Pin Cushion
A felted pin cushion is the perfect place for keeping all your crafting needles and pins. Learn how to make one in this article.
9. Use Mohair to Make a Felted Bowl
Mohair can be used to make decorative and functional vessels. Make a bowl using mohair and wool, a resist, and the wet-felting techniques outlined in this post.
10. Use Mohair to Make Felted Coasters
Felted coasters are a work of art that protects your table from condensation. The mohair absorbs moisture and remains vibrant even after extended use. Follow the steps in this post to make your own with a cork base!
11. Use Mohair to Make Felted Hot Pads
Felted hot pads are fire-resistant and super insulating. Safeguard your dining surfaces with a handmade, wet-felted mohair hot pad. Learn how to make one in this article.
12. Use Mohair to Make a Felted Landscape Picture
Can you tell I enjoy felting??? If you want to make a felted landscape picture, mohair is a perfect accent fiber. Find tips for wet-felting the background and adding needle-felted details like a herd of goats in this post.
13. Use Mohair to Make Dryer Balls
Natural fiber dryer balls decrease drying time and help reduce wrinkles in your laundry. Learn how to make them with needle-felting or wet-felting techniques in the corresponding articles.
14. Use Mohair Locks to Make a Felted Fleece Rug
My greatest achievement as a fiber artist has been making rugs with mohair locks. While tedious and time-consuming, rug making has also been extremely rewarding for me. These all-fiber, no-kill rugs are sustainable and exquisite. With a thick pile of curly fringe, mohair rugs make a statement in any room.
I shear my Angora goats in a sheet to make arranging the locks easier for wet felting to a wool backing. Discover more about this process here!
15. Use Mohair Locks to Make a Felted Seat Cushion
A felted seat cushion is a fleece rug but made on a smaller scale. Mohair locks make a plush and comfy cover for your chair. They are so soft and relaxing, you wont want to get up!
They can also double as a pet bed. Try and convince your house cat that the seat cushion isn’t a sleeping place for them, I dare you.
16. Use Mohair Locks to Make an Accent Pillow
You can turn a miniature felted fleece rug into an adorable accent pillow. Just add the backing of your choice, stuff to fill, and enjoy!
17. Use Mohair Locks to Make a Wreath
Create a charming wreath for your home with mohair locks. Use the staple technique and surface tacking to needle felt scoured locks into a roving-wrapped metal wreath frame. Learn more in this how-to article.
18. Use Mohair Locks to Make Beards
White or colored mohair locks make the absolute best beards for Santa or gnomes. Give your crafting project this realistic touch to bring it to life!
19. Use Mohair Locks to Make Doll Hair
Use mohair locks to give your handmade dolls bouncy, curly tresses. Dye the locks for blonde, brunette, or any color hair you desire!
20. Use Mohair Locks to Make Ornaments
There are so many ways to make ornaments with mohair! Wrap a ball with mohair yarn or felt mohair and wool into a 3-D form. Use this tutorial to make a rustic Santa ornament to hang on your tree this year.
21. Use Mohair to Make Nesting Balls for Wild Birds
Natural fiber like mohair makes a great nesting material for wild birds. You can provide the birds in your backyard a one-stop shop with a woven grapevine ball filled with raw fiber. Directions for making and hanging a nesting ball are provided in this post.
22. Use Mohair as Garden Mulch
You can use the skirted or unusable portions of a mohair fleece as mulch in your garden. Not only does it deter weeds, but it also leaches out nutrients that your vegetables can use for growth!
Discover many other creative uses for “waste” fiber in this article!
More on Mohair
To learn more about shearing Angora goats, scouring fiber, and processing mohair with wool combs, follow the links to my other articles.
How do you use mohair? I would love to hear about it in the comments!
