Source: Historical archives of NAC Yearbooks
Small Knitting pattern book by Candy Haenszel a lady from The USA who has been breeding, showing and spinning angora for many years, she has decided to put on to paper some of the patterns she designed specifically for angora wool. It is a very helpful little book and will help you get started in creating garments etc in angora wool. The National Angora Club hold a few Copies at £10 plus £2 postage. Please use use the contact email on the website if you would like one.
Sheila Leverett and her husband ran a commercial venture for fibre, under the stud name of Tasseltips Angoras, she was also very successful at showing them as well.
I am often asked what makes a difference between a show rabbit and a commercial one. Basically they are the same, both must be properly fed and managed and both must come from good pedigree lines.
Hi All,
I hope you all enjoying your angoras. At last we have confirmation for next years stock shows.
The Bradford Championships 2019
The Bradford Champs will be the venue for the next Products Show on Saturday 19thJanuary 2019. Judge Mrs Chris Hamilton. Address: Lazarus Exhibition Hall, Doncaster Racecourse, Leger Way, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. DN2 6BB.
- Entries can be sent to Sandra Sutton, our Products Secretary and she will post back as long as postage is paid by the exhibitor.
- Alternatively you can bring your entries on the day, but please let Sandra know your entries a few days before the show, so she can prepare the paperwork.
- You will be most welcome to join us at the club stand.
- Sandra’s contact details are: 80 Main Street, Ewerby, Sleaford, Lincs NG34 9JP. 01529 461595
National Angora Stock Show 2019
National Angora Stock Show to be held on Sunday 12thMay 2019, at the usual venue: Wyken Community Centre, Westmorland Road, off Belgrave Road, Wyken, Coventry,CV2 5PY.
- Judge Mr Alan Cargo.
- The AGM will be held at 1pm lunchtime at this stock show on 12thMay.
- All proposals to be sent to myself or Lesley Hordon.
- My contact details are angora.bunnies@btopenworld.com.Tel 01233 732194.
- Address: 19, Farm Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent. TN26 2JA.
- Lesley Hordon’s contact details are : 37 Harrowby Road, Leeds,West Yorks. LS16HX
- e mail: skyrackangoras@hotmail.co.uk, tel : 01132 304400.
- The next dates and stock show venues/judges will then be decided at the AGM so please put in your proposals and preferences.
- Remember the venue is to be within 70 mile radius of Coventry.
- The club stand should also be at the following Fibre Festivals, dependant on being accepted by the festival organisers.
- You are welcome to join us for a chat and to do some crafts at the club stand.
- Volunteers to help man the stand are also needed. Please let Lesley know if you can help.
Wool shows 2019
Wool at Junction 13. Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge, right next to the M6 motorway, Junction 13 on 18thand 19thMay 2019
Woolfest, Friday 28thand Sat 29thJune 2019. Mitchells Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0QQ
Fibre East.27th/28thJuly 2019. Redbone Upper School and Community College, Flitwick Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2NU.
British Wool Show, Friday 10thand Saturday 11thAugust 2019. York Auction Centre, Murton Lane, Murton, York, YO19 5GF
The AGM Minutes are available here – agm+minutes+2018+coventry.doc
Subs are due in January, please send them to Sally May.
Our website address is https://angorabunny.club
Happy 2019 and hope you have success at the shows.
Best wishes from Chris
If you get cold hands in the winter then a perfect gift would be a pair of gloves made from angora wool fibre as this is a stunning product that keeps your hand warm and they are soft and fluffy to wear and feel silky on the skin. Gloves can be made to all sorts of designs using angora wool in various combinations of mixes and colours. Angora wool can be mixed with acrylics, sheeps’ wool, alpaca, merino or used on its own but a blend with around 75% angora works well. Fingerless gloves are good as well as wrist and hand sleeves as these are more simple designs to make.
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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 Garrehy has kindly volunteered to help. Are any other members in Scotland or the North of England interested in coming along to help? The dates are Friday August 16th and Saturday August 17th 2019. Advance planning! Website ewe.scot for more information. Here are the helpers at the British Wool Show in York this year, Sandra, Rebekah and Judith.
The National Angora Club (NAC) held a stock show at the London championship show last weekend. Sadly there were only four entries and one of them was absent. The judge for the stock show was Geoff Boot. Foxwood stud had the best angora with their u/5 white.
The 2004 Stock Show Best In Show was Val Downer (Arundel Stud) magnificent white. Val was a very successful established breeder for many years, and well known amongst Angora Fanciers. She lived in Surrey and was a leading figure in the Worplesdon club. Sadly Val died a few years ago, but she had some superb Angoras, coloureds and whites.
I am often asked for homeopathic remedies for rabbit ailments. The following will do no harm and may be helpful.. Tablets, mother tincture and ointments are sold by health food shops and some pharmacies. Administration of tablets can be done whether by placing directly into the mouth, (taking care not to touch the tablet by hand), or by crushing it between two spoons and sprinkling on food or hidden, whole in a piece of bread.
The number appearing after the remedy, eg. Aconite 30, signifies the potency, and only the potency stated should be employed, as although higher potencies will not cause death, they may cause complications if incorrectly used. A dose = 1 tablet. In acute disease the medication should continue for 24-48 hours, increasing the intervals after the symptoms seem to be alleviated.
Angora wool makes a useful natural fibre to make items of clothing from and one I used recently to make some angora wool hats for a product competition. They are soft,warm and great to wear on a cold day.The Felt hat below was made by Joan Ward, from angora wool and silk.