What do you think of mohair, specifically this jumper? Thanks

[LeoandBoosmum]

In the mallard shade? I know it's short but so am I so I'd hope it wouldn't look too boxy. I'm a size 10 and 5ft3. I am concerned it might be itchy. Does anyone know if it is? I just fell in love with the colour and thought it could looked nice styled well for winter. I'm 38 if that matters.Thanks! :)

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It's a lovely jumper, but I have not very fond memories of its itchiness from the 80s.

I have a mohair jumper and it is fine with something under it.

Mohair makes me smell .

Really terrible memories of being a teenager and being forced to wear mohair jumpers that my mum knitted (she was not much of a domestic goddess, and as knitting was the one thing she could do, I was torturedforced to wear her "creations"). Might just have been the yarns she chose, but it really put me off mohair for life.

It looks pretty but I have a 'thing' about mohair. It makes me feel weirdly claustrophobic.

Mohair just reminds me of the punk shop 'Nasty' in Southend on Sea in 1970s/80s. Lots of mohair and people that had B.O :(

It's itchy, and looks better on the animal than it does on humans!

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There used to be an ebayer called Isobel and she was the mohairknitter and used to make mohair balaclava's and er full body suits!
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I love mohair and it seems (to me anyway) a bit more robust than cashmere. It's very warm, and I find the idea of thick itchy-ness weirdly comforting when it's very cold - I have a Brora thick Shetland cardigan that's rough as anything but I love it. I always wear long sleeved tops under though, so wool isn't touching my skin anywhere. Also don't need to wash them much (or ever) if not worn next to the skin, I guess that's why cashmere doesn't last well for me.

My all time favourite jumper is a orange/spice coloured mohair one from fillipa k, bought last year on another mumsnetter's rec. I love it and can't wait to wear it again.

It's so FLUFFY!!!

I really like it! As long as you're not an itchy person, iykwim.

Love it and it makes me want to get my knitting needles out

I can't resist a fluffy jumpy, they look so damn cosy!

It's nice but in the cold weather I can't stand cropped- need long to cover my hips.

It's made for layering I should imagine, so hips will presumably be covered by whatever you choose to wear underneath.