The Angora goat was exceptionally patiently while I gave him an unfortunate haircut. After soaking the fleece in my bathtub and rinsing it MULTIPLE times in hot water (these fibers are much less likely to felt than sheep's wool), I hand-carded it and spun it! After carding this guy's coat and the alpaca fibers, I think I'll save up for a machine carder. (I don't have 300 extra hours to spend carding--exaggeration probably, but it felt that long.) But...
...After trial and error and quite a few Instant Play shows on Netflix, I finally got my balance with the spinning wheel and the mohair. (Only Angora rabbits and cats(??) make Angora wool, fibers from goats are either classified as Cashmere or Mohair, and Angora goats produce Mohair. At least according to what I've read.)
SUPER soft, and lustrous. What should I make?
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