| Yarns of different varieties are available for making | | | | wool for hand spinning. |
| knitwear. Angora yarn is considered among the finest | | | | Historical records show that the French royalty was |
| yarn available for knitwear and sweaters. Angora | | | | so fond of angora wool that it began its own angora |
| wool comes from the eponymous breed of rabbits. | | | | wool collection. This was done to ensure that there |
| This breed has several strands. It is widely accepted | | | | was sufficient angora wool for knitting royal clothing. |
| that this breed of rabbits originated in some Turkish | | | | This practice led to the naming of a breed of angora |
| town. Sheep's wool is more popular than angora wool | | | | rabbits as French Angora Rabbits. |
| but angora wool is considered more elegant and | | | | Using angora rabbit yarn for scarves mittens hats |
| beautiful. | | | | sweaters booties and other outerwear is a very |
| The color, feel, and softness of yarns that are made | | | | humane way to produce warm and usable winter |
| of wool is what makes angora yarn knitwear and | | | | clothing that is also fashionable. The fur is naturally |
| sweaters elegant and in high demand by royalty | | | | harvested from the animals in the same way that |
| everywhere. The wool is much warmer than regular | | | | wool is harvested from sheep. Not any animals are |
| sheep's wool, while also being finer and more resistant | | | | killed for their fur, such as how the chinchilla is. |
| to stains. Depending on how the wool is spun, the yarn | | | | Additionally there are also some companies that are |
| can appear very fluffy and even resemble fur without | | | | offering custom made fluffy angora sweaters to |
| having to kill any rabbit. The look of the hand spun | | | | those who are willing to pay the price of having yarn |
| angora yarn makes it great for making knitwear | | | | hand spun for making them. These hand made |
| including sweaters, and jackets. | | | | sweaters are so elegant and quite useful in northern |
| There are a few different types of rabbit breed that | | | | climates due to the warmth that they offer combined |
| are prevalent today. There are rabbits breed in Turkey, | | | | with their lightness and weather resistant qualities and |
| England, France, Germany and Chile. These five main | | | | furry fluffy looks. An angora sweater custom made |
| types of wool all have different attributes and | | | | with angora fibers from Chilean rabbits, and handspun |
| characteristics that separate them from amongst | | | | yarn, once in your family will be cherished for |
| themselves. The Chilean version is said to be the | | | | generations. |
| largest of them all and is a very widely sought after | | | | |