Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wooly Wilma!

Meet Wilma!


Meet Wilma!  Wilma and her sister Reese are the newest additions to Rainbow Acres Farm.  Wilma is a french angora rabbit  that I just purchased.  I am so excited!  Look at all that wool!  This crop of wool is sort of a bust because she wasn't groomed regularly, but I am excited to see what will be there in 4 months.

Wilma and Reese came after a longing to raise wool on my farm.  I wanted fiber so bad, and it only seemed right to be able to provide my own angora yarn since I knit so much.   The Reluctant Farmer was not to excited about this experiment, but as I reminded her, it could be worse.  I could have brought home an Angora goat!

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  1. These are some big bunnies! Do you spin your own yarn? I have a wheel but I need lessons, I just don't have the hang of it.

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    1. Yes, they are very big bunnies! The French Angora is actually a meat rabbit with angora wool, so they are very large (9-12 pounds). I don't spin yet, but there are lessons in the works! We have a very nice knitting store here, and the lady teaches spinning. I start in 2 weeks, and I am excited! :)

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  2. Wilma is a beauty. My son raised more than 50 rabbits when he was young but he never had an angora. I always wished for one to show up... I can hardly wait to see what you make with the wool and I hope you'll be able to share a tutorial on how to card the wool too. hint, hint. I'd like to learn someday. Thanks for sharing and have a great week.

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    1. You put up with 50 rabbits, and not one angora for him mom?! We need to speak to him! :) I will definitely post pictures of what I knit. I start classes in 2 weeks to learn to spin my wool, and the woman at the yarn store said she would teach me how to dye wool too. As far as carding angora wool, I was told (I am still very new at this though...) that you actually don't have to card the angora rabbit's wool. I guess I will figure it out as I go along, but if I do I will be sure to post a video on how this is done. Thanks for reading my blog!

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