Wow, what an amazing array of Angora wool products, thank you ever so much for everyone who entered it is fantastic to see such excellent craftsmanship and skill as well from our members. With 39 entries it is incredible to see such talent all together, so congratulations to you all. It is brilliant to see so many ways in which Angora wool can be used from shawls to hats, slippers, toys, baby boottees, gloves, tops and in an array of colours and patterns too. Angora wool is such a versatile natural product and has endless opportunities for you to make so many items in so many ways from hand knitting, felting, needle felting, crochet and anything you can use your imagination to create.
Here are the entries and don’t forget to vote via the National Angora Club Facebook page for your favourites by 6pm on Monday 31st May 2021. You can vote for as many as you like.
1. Angora wool beret – white angora 1ply angora 1ply silk hand knitted2. Poncho Blue – 2 ply Angora dyed with a cold dye hand knitted3. Pink Merino wool, Silk and Cashmere with Angora wool Wheel spun4. Baby hat hand knitted Merino wool and Angora wool5. Blue faced Leicester, Aubergine Merino and Angora 2 ply yarn – Wheel spun6. White Angora and Ruby Merino sparkle wheel spun 2 ply yarn7. 1ply gold angora, 1 ply taussah silk spindle spun shawl 8. 50% Angora and 50% Merino wheel spun vintage pattern hand knitted Traditional Bolero9. 1 ply White Angora wool with a little Angelina, 1 ply Mulberry silk spindle spun hand knitted shawl
10. Angora wool hat with spun Angora wool mixed yarn 50/50hand knitted
11. 2 ply 70% English Angora and 30% Merino hand dyed with colour craft dyes hand knitted Cardigan
12. Hand spun Top made from 50% Angora / 50% Merino and hand knitted
13. Scarf 50% Merino and 50% Angora and hand knitted
14. Angora needle felted toy 30% Merino and 70% Angorausing Smoke wool15. Felted Angora toy 100% Angora in Smoke wool16. Fingerless mitts – 50% Alpaca wool / 50% Angora using Gold woolhand knitted17. Adult woolly hat – 50% Alpaca / 50% Golden Angora wool Hand knitted
20. Beret – 50% Angora golden wool / 50% Alpaca – Hand knitted21. 100% Angora White Wool knittedtoy22. Adult Woolly hat – 50% Alpaca / 50% Angora wool hand knitted23. Single ply Angora with single ply Musk of fibre spun on a Turkish spindle (Drop spindle)24. Blue Angora spun on a Turkish Spindle 2 ply25. 2 ply Turkish Spindle spun, 1 ply Chocolate Angora, 1 ply Hand dyed Blue protein dye Angora wool 26. 2 ply Spindle spun cream Angora wool
27. Felted Angora bunny
28. Fibre spun from 1st clip, 100% Angora wool
29. 100% pure Angora wool – Back 2 left Sooty fawn, Back right, Smoke. Middle right and front left, Sooty. Middle front Gold, Front right Siamese Blue Vienna
30. Clipped fibre 42g, 175g of boxes. 217g in total minus the boxes. One clip 100% pure Angora wool
31. Baby Boottees in smoke and white Angora 100% except for the binding
32. Baby Boottees – 100% White Angora with a white fringe
33. 100% Blue Needle felted Angora and 100% Golden Needle felted Angora
34. Adult slippers 50% White Merino and 50% Smoke Angora woolfelted
35. Pram blanket – 100% White Angora wool Crochet 36. Baby Boottees – Gold and White and Sable Angora wool 100%37. Angora bunny – Needle felted and spun white Angora
38. Baby Boottes – 100% Angora except for the cotton thread and binding39. Angora rabbit toy – 100% Chocolate Angora
