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About Mohair and Angora Goats
We play with the goats we get our Mohair from. Hope makes a yummy goat and sheep brownies of molasses, cracked grains and buckwheat flour they are a special and healthy treat especially for Mothers who are pregnant the molasses has important nutrients for them. What a fiber animal eats and how well it is treated shows up in it's wool!
With humans, bad nutrition and enviroment effects our hair. Glossy fine rich fibers only come from happy animals!
Fine Kid Mohair Roving
a spinners dream
a spinners dream
11 Lbs of washed (scoured) Mohair, it has already been dryed in the sun once. Now it is being sorted by fiber quality, brightness and how much left over dried grass, twigs and wood shavings are in it after washing. We rub lavendar oil on our hands while fluffing the fibers to add back a tiny bit of natural oil lost in the process, this also works as an anti-moth repellent and smells nice too!
Mohair is the fleece of the Angora Goat. It is as warm as wool but much lighter in weight. Garments for Kings, Sultans and part of the Tabarnacle of the Old Testament were made from it.
Unique Properties:
Luster: Luster is the natural sheen of a fiber caused by light being reflected directly off large outer scales. Dyed Mohair resists fading because of this.
Non- Flammable: Mohair is almost non-flammable.
Hypoallergenic: Less allergic reactions then sheeps wool
Stretch and Strength: Mohair can stretch 30 percent over it' length.
Soil Resistant: The fibers are slippery and dirt doesn't tend to stick.
Grades of Mohair: Super Kid, Kid, Yearling. Fine Adult and Adult.
We buy and hand wash our raw Mohair fleeces with non-soap and no harsh chemicals. Locks are pulled by hand and graded carefully, with the priority being the home spinner, and fiber artist.
We remove as much vegetable matter as possible. You can tell if a fiber has been subjected to harsh chemicals...these chemicals tend to destroy VM completely. We also remove as much "Yolk" as possible (I personally hate finding yolk in my mohair while spinning). Yolk is the waxy protective coating on the Mohair that we remove with carefully controlled very hot water which must remain hot to fully remove it. Our mohair is super soft and has the luster that only hand washed and prepared fleeces can have.
Unique Properties:
Luster: Luster is the natural sheen of a fiber caused by light being reflected directly off large outer scales. Dyed Mohair resists fading because of this.
Non- Flammable: Mohair is almost non-flammable.
Hypoallergenic: Less allergic reactions then sheeps wool
Stretch and Strength: Mohair can stretch 30 percent over it' length.
Soil Resistant: The fibers are slippery and dirt doesn't tend to stick.
Grades of Mohair: Super Kid, Kid, Yearling. Fine Adult and Adult.
We buy and hand wash our raw Mohair fleeces with non-soap and no harsh chemicals. Locks are pulled by hand and graded carefully, with the priority being the home spinner, and fiber artist.
We remove as much vegetable matter as possible. You can tell if a fiber has been subjected to harsh chemicals...these chemicals tend to destroy VM completely. We also remove as much "Yolk" as possible (I personally hate finding yolk in my mohair while spinning). Yolk is the waxy protective coating on the Mohair that we remove with carefully controlled very hot water which must remain hot to fully remove it. Our mohair is super soft and has the luster that only hand washed and prepared fleeces can have.
