What Is All the Talk About Angora Yarn!
Natural fiber yarns are having new attention laid on them from the recent surge in knitting. Angora yarn has been being found to be one of the most useful natural yarns due to its unique and desirable qualities. This type of yarn has been revered for its low micron count, halo (fluffiness) and warm nature for years.
A docile sweet natured breed of rabbit called Angora has its shiny coat sheared combed through a harmless process that allows us these special knitting fibers.
Since angora rabbits can be bred in residential areas, it is absolutely possible that anyone can raise, spin and dye their own yarn!
Be the Owner of Your Very Own Angora Wool Products
The time and care in raising and grooming these rabbits is not for all our schedules. This is why Angora yarn can easily be found in many local and online stores. Both machine wool and handspun wool are offered with the latter having the distinction of providing the highest quality of these unique fibers.
Prefabricated Angora knitwear is available in many locations in such such clothing items as coats, sweaters, scarves, and many other varieties!
Angora yarn can also be blended in case of its fluffy characteristic wanting to be reduced. Angora blends include sheep's wool or acrylic fibers. These blends can help the light Angora fibers stay in their place.
There Are More Unique Benefits to Angora Wool
If you were a fan of this special look and feel of Angora wool, there are even more benefits to be had. Angora yarn has been proven by research to be seven (yes, seven!) times more warm than traditional sheep's wool. This will make it one of the warmest yet lightest fibers available.
The manner in which this light yet warm phenonomen is achieved is from its fibers being hollow strands. What the hollow chamber acts as is an insulating element. And covered all over a clothing garment, this makes for a very comfortable warmth that is great for the colder seasons.
Angora yarn is light and airy, and because of so acts as a sort of billowy cloud where its fibers rise up and hange freely above the base of the garment. This has been viewed for centuries as a luxury aspect to the clothes made from this product.
And from this being a natural fiber, Angora wool could be dyed any different color one'd want.
The versatility of this product is incredible. All the while, Angora rabbit wool remains to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing yarns.
ANGORA YARN offers a wide range of Angora clothing knitted to a variety of attracive and luxuruious clothing pieces. One will also find the highest quality Angora knitting yarns in a large variety of colors at ANGORA YARN. Be it luxury made clothing pieces, accessories, or knitting yarns made of Angora fibers, ANGORA YARN offers will offer them!
Published October 29th, 2010
