Yay, I got two new Satin Angora's last week. Merry and Flopsy are settling in very well and after a few days of adjusting to their new home I brought Merry in to play with. He had been wonderfully groomed before arriving so all I had to do was pluck out the rest of the loose hair he had. I only got about a half an ounce but it was plenty to start a small yarn project. I spun a very small amount of it and made a short (10 yard)4 ply piece of 26 wpi yarn just to see what it would look like! After working with my chocolate agouti's and Mocha's chocolate wool all winter it was kind of nice to have something a bit different! Merry's wool is a gorgeous warm grey with streaks of dark brown. I can't wait to get the rest spun.
This is Merry . . .
And Flopsy. I am going to breed her to Mocha soon. Could get some black bunnies from that cross!
And Merry's 4ply lace weight yarn! Not enough to do anything with but I think I will do the rest of the half ounce from him in the same way. If it spins up the same as Penny's lace weight that I just finished I should get about 100yrds. Good thing I've got most of the garden planted already!
Oh Karin - it looks GORGEOUS. It's so amazing for me to see that fibre actually spun. I'm so glad these two went to live with you!! Yes, their dad had a black sister, and there was one black bunny, a doe, in Flopsy's litter, so black genes are in there for sure!
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