Rabbits' soft fur makes them excellent for cuddling, but it is also an increasingly popular way to obtain some of the most luxurious yarn for knitting. According to the New York Post, more and more ...
T Squared Rabbitry's Tarah Nyberg gave a one-hour class Thursday morning on the how-to's of harvesting and spinning of Angora rabbit wool. The Angora rabbit is one of the oldest domestic rabbits. They ...
Dallas woman spends decades spinning angora for Sheep to Shawl Karen Lamb, of Dallas, has been spinning angora rabbit fur at the Willamette Heritage Center's Sheep to Shawl event for roughly 20 years.
After brushing the billowy, thick white fur of her Angora rabbit Mollie, Karen Lamb feeds strands of fur into a spinning wheel, pinching every few seconds to create an even mound of yarn on a cylinder ...
Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Angora refers to the long hair harvested from an Angora ...
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Anna Blommer whispered sweetly to her four Angora rabbits on a recent chilly December morning. The rabbits snuggled into her arms as they tried to escape the wind. Blommer hugged ...
Pet owners love cuddling their fluffy friends, but that's usually as far as it goes. But resourceful Sally May has an extra interest in her angora rabbits' long silky hair - she uses their fleeces to ...
PM’s Special Assistant on Food Security Jamshed Iqbal Cheema has launched a project in Gilgit-Baltistan, whereby the wool from Angora rabbits will be used to make high-quality products like shawls and ...
Spinning a yarn, literally, has become a favorite pastime of growing number of Americans. In 1970, there were fewer than 2,000 people in the United States who spun their own yarn, using a hand-held ...
A cutting-edge technology developed jointly by the Institute of Plasma Research (IPR) and the National Institute of Design (NID) would soon enable cottage industries involved in Angora wool ...