mohair is pretty expensive. i do have one mohair yarn... 4 balls of filatura di crosa :ritratto:... i think i am going to use it to make the athena smoke ring shown at knittinggoddess.com. or some kind of cowl/mobius/hood-type-deal. mohair is also a total bitch to pull out if you make any mistakes, because the little fibers bind to each other. there is a fantastic mohair sweater (knitted with six strands including some metallic ribbon) in the vogue very easy knits book; i wanted ot make it but the yarns priced out to about $250.

i did get a nice mohair (not sure what if anythign it's blended with) long sweater jacket at express this past fall, with an attached scarf (that i wear as a hood, usually)... it is very warm and VERY itchy, though. and that is a problem with mohair... you can go for something like "douceur et soie", which is baby mohair and silk, very strong and soft, or you can get some kind of kid mohair, but regular mohair can be kind of itchy, for all that it is still fine and soft.

i don't know... i bought the ritratto because it was so lovely to touch... it's a mohair strand, a metallic strand, and a rayon strand all twisted together. the colorway i got is purple mohair, black/silver twisty metallic, and a sort of berry variegated rayon strand. to make the athena thing i think i will have to run two strands together. and with the leftovers? i don't know, maybe handwarmers or something.