Yesterday morning it was 4 arcdegree F when Mom feed us our breakfast . She hesitate to rub Mr. Tumnus ’ back and hair came out ! She depend closer and sure enough , the Boers are set forth to shed their cashmere undercoats . Afrikander have Kashmir ? That ’s correct ! Special Cashmere goats uprise a luck of extremist - mild fiber ( Mom write an clause about them in the July / August 2010 issue ofHobby Farms ) , but all us laughingstock grow cashmere underwear to keep us ardent . you could comb it out and utilize it if you learn tospin thread .
Lots of other farm animals mature fibre you may make into clothing , blankets or rugs . If you do n’t spin , knit , crocheting or weave , you could also learn to make it into felt or pay up other craftspeople to do it for you .
Dogs likeSamoyeds , Siberian Huskies , Great Pyreneesand other three-fold - coat breeds have soft , okay undercoats that can be blended with fleece to make into garments . Go to Google ( my favorite lookup engine ) and typecast in “ spin dog hair ” to find artificer who do it for a fee . Or , type in “ spin cat hair ” or “ spin horse haircloth ” if that ’s what you want made into lid or baseball mitt .
Curly horsesare supernumerary - extra in the horse - fibre section . hairsbreadth from their wintertime coat is twisted and curved like the fiber fromSuri Lama pacos , so it ’s easy to feel or blend with other fibers and tailspin into yarn .
GotHighland cows ? Their soft , winter undercoat is a thread maker ’s dream ! You do n’t have to fleece them to harvest their fiber , just wait until they shed and comb out it out .
That ’s reliable of somellamas , too . It ’s well-off to mildly neaten the shedding undercoat from classic ( also called short - woolen or ccara ) llamas using a dog - flair peg coppice , but most medium - woollen and all long - fleece llamas have to be shorn . Some llama fibre is as soft and feasible as alpaca .
If you like to spin but thinkalpacasare too expensive to buy for their fibre , think again ! Alpaca roughage gelding get trashy all the time . Many breeder trade them for titular terms or donate them to rescue organizations . If you want alpacas for fiber , think boy !
And if you ’re really adventurous , get ayak . A yakety-yak ’s wintertime , cashmere - quality primer is radical - soft and cushy , and all you have to do is dress it out .
Or , stick to the old dearie likeAngoraandPygoragoats , Angora rabbits , or beautifulsheep . There are oodles of fiber - take over brute you may keep on a farm !
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