What role did rabbits play in the Second World War? Rabbits for Food In Britain rabbits were an essential source of food for the population, at a time when merchant seamen were risking their lives importing food through perilous seas. The Government encouraged rabbit keeping, allocating rabbits their own bran rations, which were issued by… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Angora wool
Wool@j13 in 2022
The National Angora Club will be heading to Wool@j13. Spinning, carding and combing Angora wool demonstrations on our Stand. Free spindle spinning lessons! Hope to see some of you there. Date: 14th and 15th May Location: Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST19 5RE Price: Tickets from £6.00 E-mail contact: hello@wool-j13.uk Tel: 01785 330757 Mob: 07717… Read more »
Summer Wool Festival 30th & 31st July 2022
Another Craft Festival for the National Angora Club! This one is a weekend show on the 30th and 31st July at Redborne School, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, MK45 2NU. Check out the Summer Wool Festival website for more details. Hope to see some of you there.
“A Bit of Fluff” by Lesley Taylor
I think it safe to say that most people when they think of spinning think of little woolly jumpers running round a field! In my case it was little woolly bunnies, because I decided to keep the rabbits for exhibition first and then discovered the craft of spinning. One rabbit actually takes up a very… Read more »
The Bradford Show 2019-Products Competition
The National Angora Club Products Competition There was a very good entry this year, with two beginners producing excellent work.
Angora rabbit wool gloves
Bigwigs Angora
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 »