Angora Wool

How To Harvest Angora Rabbit Fiber - UrbanFarmOnline.com

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Duration: 5:48
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

View more videos at http://www.UrbanFarmOnline.com/Videos Keeping angora rabbits for fiber can be a rewarding activity for urban farmers, especially as peopl...

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Spinning English Angora wool directly from the rabbit

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Updated: 19 Jul 2013

Spinning English Angora wool directly from the rabbit.

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Spinning Angora yarn right off the bunny!

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Duration: 2:18
Updated: 14 Aug 2013

Friend of TFO Family Ministries, Jenn Phillips spins wool from the Angora rabbit sitting in her lap. "Uncle Fritz" doesn't mind letting Jenn help shed his wo...

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English Angora Wool Dying it, Spinning it, Crocheting it

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Updated: 29 Jul 2013

Taking English Angora Rabbit wool, dying it, spinning it and crocheting it.

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How to Harvest Wool From an Angora Rabbit

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Duration: 5:54
Updated: 10 Aug 2013

In this brief video, Sarah from Frühlingskabine Micro-Farm demonstrates harvesting wool by plucking and shearing. See more at: www.fmicrofarm.com.

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Mohair Gloves and Wool Socks with my Black 15 Den Pantyhose

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Duration: 3:15
Updated: 19 Aug 2013

This video is dedicated to my mohair and nylon fan David from United States. He got me into wearing mohair clothing! At the background you can see a perfume ...

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Processing Angora Goat Mohair Wool

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Duration: 3:06
Updated: 08 Aug 2013

Design Spun are a processing plant of the goat wool fibre known as mohair. They put the wool through several processes to produce a finished article that is ...

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Garden Girl TV: How to Spin Angora Fiber Part 1

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Duration: 3:06
Updated: 09 Aug 2013

Patti Moreno shows you how to spin angora fiber into singles using a spinning wheel.

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Learn About a Yarn's Halo and Angora Yarns, from Knitting Daily TV Episode 909, Yarn Spotlight

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Duration: 4:58
Updated: 05 Feb 2013

Knitting Daily TV DVDs and video downloads can be purchased at Shop.KnittingDaily.com. Join Eunny and Clara on this episode's Yarn Spotlight as they discuss ...

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Spinning Angora Rabbit Wool

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Duration: 3:26
Updated: 15 Jul 2013

Spinning Angora Rabbit Wool. Angora wool comes from the fur of the Angora rabbit, it is several times warmer than lambswool. Spinning angora wool is totally ...

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Angora Rabbit Spinning

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Updated: 11 Aug 2013

Kimberly Spinning a Angora Rabbit named Ferbie.

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Louise Walsh Angora Yarn Spinning

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Duration: 1:59
Updated: 18 Dec 2012

Drop spindle or pedal wheel, Louise Walsh makes spinning look easy. Louise developed the Giant Angora breed to more efficiently produce greater amounts of An...

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Garden Girl TV: How to Shear a Rabbit for spinning and knitting angora yarn

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Duration: 4:07
Updated: 25 Jul 2013

Patti the Garden Girl shears one of her angora rabbits, in preparation for making a baby hat. Read the companion article here: http://www.gardengirltv.com/sh...

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Garden Girl TV: How to Card Angora Fiber for Spinning and Knitting

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Duration: 3:17
Updated: 29 Jul 2013

Patti shows you how to use hand carders to prepare your angora fiber for spinning. This video is available through closed captions in nearly all lanugages, s...

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NEW BABY ENGLISH ANGORA BUNNY RABBIT

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Duration: 10:29
Updated: 16 Jul 2013

So I am now fostering this beautiful 3 month old English Angora Bunny Rabbit. My daughter wanted to learn how to harvest and spin her own wool (to sell or gi...

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Angora grooming: Part 6; Wool quality, BunnyCentral.com

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Duration: 1:38
Updated: 07 Apr 2012

Angora grooming: information about the different types of wool quality. www.bunnycentral.com.

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Angora wool[Wikipedia article]

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Updated: 24 Aug 2013

Angora wool or Angora fibre refers to the downy coat produced by the Angora rabbit. While their names are similar, Angora fibre is distinct from mohair, which comes from the Angora goat. Angora fibre is also distinct from cashmere, which comes from the cashmere goat. Angora is known for its softness, thin fibres, and what knitters refer to as a halo. It is also known for its silky texture. It is much warmer and lighter than wool due to the hollow core of the angora fibre. It also gives them their characteristic floating feel. Angora rabbits produce coats in a variety of colours, from white through tan, gray, and brown to black. Good quality Angora fibre is around 12-16 micrometres in diameter, and can cost as much as $10 - 16 per ounce (35 to 50 cents/gram). It felts very easily, even on the animal itself if it is not groomed frequently. Yarns of 100% angora are typically used as accents. They have the most halo and warmth, but can felt very easily through abrasion and humidity and can be excessively warm in a finished garment. The fibre is normally blended with wool to give the yarn elasticity, as Angora fibre is not naturally elastic. The blend decreases the softness and halo as well as the price of the finished object. Commercial knitting yarns typically use 30-50% angora, in order to produce some halo, warmth, and softness without the side effects of excessive felting. The Angora rabbit There are four different ARBA recognized types of Angora rabbit: English, French, Satin and Giant. There are many other breeds, one of the more common being German. Each breed produces different quality and quantity of fibre, and has a different range of colours. Fur production Angora fur is produced in . Harvesting occurs up to three times a year (about every 3 months) and is collected by plucking, shearing, or collection of the moulting fur. Most breeds of Angora rabbits moult with their natural growth cycle about every four months. Many producers of the fibre pluck the fur of these breeds. Plucking is, in effect, pulling out the moulted fur. Plucking ensures a minimum of guard hair, and the fur is not as matted when plucked as when it is collected from the rabbit's cage. However, plucking a rabbit is time consuming, so some producers shear the rabbit instead. While this results in slightly lower quality fleece, as the guard hairs are included, it does take less time and results in more fleece. Also, not all breeds of Angora moult, and if the rabbit does not naturally moult, it cannot be plucked. German Angoras do not moult. The rabbits must be groomed at least once or twice a week to prevent the fur from matting and felting. There is also a danger a rabbit will ingest its own moulted fur; unlike a cat, a rabbit cannot easily be rid of the build up. Quality of wool The premium first quality wool is taken from the back and upper sides of the rabbit. This is usually the longest and cleanest fibre on the rabbit. There should not be hay or vegetable matter in the fibre. Second quality is from the neck and lower sides, and may have some vegetable matter. Third quality is the buttocks and legs and any other areas that easily felt and are of shorter length. Fourth quality is totally unsalvageable, and consists of the larger felted bits or stained fibre. Third and fourth quality are perfect for cutting up for birds to use in lining their nests. With daily brushing, felting of the fibre can be avoided, increasing the usable portion of fibre. Uses Angora wool is commonly used in apparel such as sweaters and suitings, knitting yarn, and felting. Image source and licensing details: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EnglishAngoraRabbit.jpgThis is a synthesized speech reading of the Wikipedia article "Angora wool" and is intended primarily for blind and visually impaired individuals who can not view Wikipedia. This video can also be used for mobile users who wish to listen to Wikipedia articles on the go, or by those who wish to learn a second language by reading the captions in that language while listening in English. Original article available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angora_wool All text from Wikipedia is licensed under CC-BY-SA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content "You are free ... to make commercial use of the work": http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Text-to-speech synthesized from FestVox, which permits commercial use: "no restrictions on its use (commercial or otherwise)" http://festvox.org/festival/downloads.html Original article available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angora_wool Note: all these licenses permit commercial use, and therefore we are permitted to monetize videos derived from these contents.

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Angora Rabbit wool demo

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Duration: 1:30
Updated: 06 Mar 2013

Demonstration of spinning wool right from an angora rabbit. Filmed at the Maryland sheep and wool festival.

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Angora Rabbit Shearing in New Zealand

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Duration: 9:17
Updated: 18 Aug 2013

At the Shearing Shed in Waitomo, an Angora Rabbit is sheared clean. No rabbits were harmed in the filming of this video and this procedure is SPCA approved!

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