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Why is chiengora called hair of dog?
because it is spun from the dog and it is up to 80% warmer than wool
What types of yarn are from animals?
Animal fibers used for yarn include: sheep's wool, llama, alpaca, goat (mohair and cashmere), rabbit (angora), moths (silk), buffalo, bison, camel, and even dog and cat hair (called chiengora).
What are the advantages of natural animal fibers?
Animal fibers are natural fibers that consist largely of particular proteins. Instances are silk, hair/fur (including wool) and feathers. The animal fibers used most commonly both in the manufacturing world as well as by the hand spinners are wool from domestic sheep and silk. Also very popular arealpaca fiber and mohair from Angora goats. Unusual fibers such as Angora wool from rabbits and Chiengora from dogs also exist, but are rarely used for mass production.
Which animal fur is used to make yarn?
Most commonly it is wool from sheep; sheep do not have fur, but, rather wool. Also, llamas, alpacas, and goats are all wool producers whose fleeces, coats and such are spun into yarn. Common fiber types you might have heard of: Merino wool comes from Merino sheep. Angora fiber comes from Angora rabbits. Mohair fiber comes from Angora goats. Cashmere fiber is cashmere goats. Rabbit, buffalo and camel are also used. Some people spin pet fur (dog and cat), though it usually has to be blended with some wool because of the short length of the individual hairs. Spun dog fur is called "chiengora." Recently New Zealand has started harvesting Bushtail Opossums, which are considered a pest there, for fur which is spun into yarn.
What are animal fibers?
There are a wide range of animals that produce fibers that can easily be spun into yarn from the widely known Merino sheep to the more exotic including the Guanaco and vicuna. At present we have only a partial listing of the animals that fit this description, if you know of one that should be included, please contact us. These definitions are continuously being updated.
What are some names of wool bearing animals?
The alpaca, the llama, the Angora goat (known as mohair), the camel, Cashmere goat, sheep, rabbit, vicuñas and dog (called chiengora wool).* These animals, with the exception of the rabbit and the dog, fall under the Order Artiodactyla.Goat and sheepFamily CaprinaeCamel, alpaca, vicuna and llamaFamily CamelidaeRabbitOrder LagomorphaFamily LeporidaeDogOrder CarnivoraFamily CanidaeLocation:Cashmere goatHimalayansAngora goatUnited States, Turkey and South AfricaAlpacaSouth AmericaLlamaSouth AmericaSheepChina, Australia, New Zealand, United States, UKRabbitEurope, Chile, China, United StatesVicunaSouth AmericaCamelTurkey, China, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, Tibet, AustraliaDogScandinavia, North America* List is not inclusive
