The National Angora Club are now applying for stands at next year’s craft festivals. We have been accepted for Wool@j13 and the British Wool Show and are applying for Woolfest and Fibre East. There is a new Fibre Festival in Scotland, Ewefest in Slessor Gardens, Dundee, and we have been offered a concessionary stand. Sarah… Read more »
Posts categorised: Wool Festivals
Wool Festival May 2018- Wool@j13
Wool@j13 is a relatively new craft festival, held at Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge, right next to the M6 motorway, Junction 13! This was the second year that the National Angora Club had been invited to take part. Sally May and Lesley Hordon took the Club’s wool for sale, and Sally demonstrated clipping Bunny and Elijah… Read more »
Rabbit, Rabbit: How to Hairdress an Angora
In this demonstration & talk, you will see how an Angora is clipped. The process is completely ethical and causes no injury to the rabbit. The rabbit’s coat is brushed to remove any ‘bedding’ and the clipping takes place using scissors. As the rabbit is clipped, the wool is sorted into bags for spinning and… Read more »
National Angora Club Craft Festivals 2018
The National Angora Club have now planned the craft festivals for 2018. The Club will be attending Wool@j13 in Penkridge on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th May. Plus Woolfest in Cockermouth on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd June, Fibre-East in Ampthill, Bedford Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of July and British Wool Show in Murton,… Read more »
Angora Stand
The Angora Stand is always at the two main Rabbit Shows. The London, 8th/9th October this year, is held at the East of England showground, Peterborough, http://thelondonshow.org/, and the Bradford is held at Doncaster 20/21st January 2018 and for more details visit www.thesmallanimalshow.co.uk.
Why join the national angora club
Do you have an Angora rabbit? Then this Club is for you. All Angora owners are welcome, whether you are an exhibitor, spinner, or simply a rabbit lover. Many of us are all three!