Angora wool refers to the soft downy coat produced by the Angora rabbit. It is very absorbent but lacks tensile strength on its own, so it is often blended with other fibers like wool. Angora wool must be hand washed with mild detergent and cold water to avoid felting or damage. It takes about two weeks total to process the wool from harvesting to a finished product. Angora wool is commonly used to make warm, lightweight knitted clothing and accessories.

1. Angora Wool
By Lexi Walters

2. Fiber Characteristics
 Angora Wool is very absorbent
 The fiber is normally blended with wool to give the yarn elasticity, as
Angora fiber does not normally stretch
 Angora is severely under spun, so it looks fuzzy in the ball. This yarn
often lacks tensile strength and pulls apart easily
 You should Hand wash angora wool but it should never be washed in a
washing machine. When washing by hand, only use mild detergent and
cold water.

3. Source
Angora wool refers to the downy coat
produced by the Angora Rabbit.

4. Manufacturing process
 The processing of spinning twists the fibres, creating a biased
thread. Two or more of these threads are then spun in reverse, to
untwist the fibre, while wrapping the two threads around each
other to create a balanced yarn.
It takes about 10 days to spin 1 kilogram of wool, which must
then still be plied and mothproofed. From harvesting till the wool
is used takes about 2 weeks per kilogram.
Once a garment has been made, depending on the process
used, it will have had its first wash before it goes out. The
simplest way to store your angora item is in a sealed packet in
the freezer.
As far as cleaning is concerned, unless it has had a foreign
matter spilled on it, an airing in the breeze will normally shake
any loose dust off it.

5. Common uses. Cost and Expense
 Light but warm, angora wool  The blend decreases the
is used mainly in knitted softness and halo as well as
clothes, such as pullovers, the price of the finished
scarves, socks and gloves, object.
producing a moderate  Most of the angora jackets
"fluffing" effect. range from $100- $500
 Angora fabric is ideal for
thermal clothing and for
people suffering from
arthritis and wool allergies.

6. History  Interesting Facts
 Angoras were  Angoras wool is 7 times
established in Eastern warmer than cotton.
Europe around 500 -  Rabbits are not hurt in
600 AD as best as can the process of making
be determined, possibly angora wool.
brought there by the  Pure angora wool is
Romans. The tribes impossible to make,
living in the chilly because the fibers are
Carpathian mountains too fine and the wool
of Transylvania will simply unravel.
(between Romania and
Hungary) maintained
herds of captive
Angoras, and bred
them for their warm
wool.

7. Is angora wool absorbent?
 Yes, Angora wool is absorbent.

8.  http://www.koppskritters.com/Angora_fiber.html
 http://www.angorarabbits.co.za/wool.html
 http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-angora-
wool.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angora_wool
 http://www.naturalfibres2009.org/en/fibres/an
gora.html