Re: OT: CHAT: goat hair

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• Subject: Re: [iris] OT: CHAT: goat hair
• From: C*@aol.com
• Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:06:20 EDT
• List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)

In a message dated 5/9/2006 9:50:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
ellengalla@yahoo.com writes:

Yes,  goat hair is used for knitting.  Usually those that raise goats, do 
some  spinning but some send them out to 'mills' to be processed. Different kinds 
of  goats provide different kinds of roving.The Brown Sheep Co. headquartered 
in  Nebraska (very large U.S. cooperative with extraordinary fine yarns) uses 
 mohair in their most popular yarn, Lamb's Pride, which contains 15% mohair 
and  isn't itchy,btw. Usually when folks talk about goat hair, it is usually 
angora  or Cashmere (which is a type not a breed,etc.) but that is changing in 
the  textile community. 



Thank you very much.
 
I could have thrashed about on the web for a good while without getting so  
nice and succinct an explanation. I'd forgotten about mohair, and I did think  
cashmere was a different breed, sort of a chamois type creature.  Shatoosh 
comes from a different animal, I know, some sort of little antelope,  now 
protected internationally. 
 
Cordially,
 
Anner  Whitehead

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