Luxury Angora yarn, spun from a blend of Bigwigs finest Angora rabbit fibre and a range of supersoft wools Here at Bigwigs Angora in the Yorkshire Dales, I keep the Continental type Angora (with French and German breeding) and harvest the fibre by hand clipping with scissors every 16 -18 weeks. Living on a farm,… Read more »
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Angora rabbit wool product winner @ the London Show 2017
Congratulations to Mary Tomlin who won the Angora rabbit wool product competition at the London Show this year. Her shawl made from angora rabbit wool was superb and hopefully it will encourage potential spinners, knitters and felters to enter future shows with their angora rabbit wool products. Mary has been spinning and knitting angora wool… Read more »
Products Competition Judges
The current list of Products Competition Judges is: Mrs L Taylor Mrs S Fisher Ms R Staples Mrs J Leighton Mrs C Hamilton Mrs V Symmonds Dr L Hordon Mrs P Cornforth Mrs Sally May Mrs A Gibson
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.
Soft and silky
Article on the English Angora rabbit in LandScape magazine in Jan/Feb 2015 and extracts posted here with kind permission of LandScape magazine. NB: This article featured in LandScape magazine in Jan/Feb 2015 issue and is posted here with kind permission of LandScape who retains all copyright to the images and information within the feature.
Celebration of the English Angora rabbit
This was a celebration montage of Monty the Blue English Angora rabbit who was an award winning Angora rabbit. He is featured here with a selection of crochet squares of Angora wool in sable, lilac, golden fawn, cinnamon (left hand side), brown grey, chocolate, cream and smoke(right hand side) with white (top) and blue (bottom).
Ethical Angora
At Ethical Angora we believe there should be only one way to produce Angora yarns and that’s by keeping rabbits to the highest welfare standards possible, with respect for their natures and a little bit of love thrown in for good measure.
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!