Mukhayyar : " the chosen one, the most beautiful " it
is of this Arabian-Persian word that originates the word mohair,
name of the fleece of the Angora goat.
ORIGIN
:
The origin of the Angora goat is Turkey. Its name comes from
Ankara, which was formerly called angora.
Its very soft fleece, with incomparable qualities was already
looked for in Asia more than twelve centuries ago. From the
4th century before Christ, tablets of Summer testify of the
presence of the Angora goats, Greeks of the antiquity tell the
famous history of Jason and the golden fleece.
This goat was first time introduced in France in the 15th century,
but did not resist to the famine.
BREEDING: CHARACTER
Of gregarious instinct, rustic, lively and docile.
Perfect weed eater, it adapts itself to all grounds
and all climates. REPRODUCTION
The births take place in March.
FLEECE SHEARING Twice
a year, generally at beginning of February and
end of August. PRODUCTION
Kids are cropped since the age of 6 months, one
grown-up goat produces between 3 and 4 kilos of
mohair a year. The more the lock is "curled",
the more fibers are thin. The diameter of the
hair can vary from 20 to 50 microns, that of the
kid or " kid mohair " is lower than
30 microns.
TRANSFORMATION
The meticulous sorting of fleeces eliminates thick fibers " jarreuse
" and separate them in 6 categories of fineness. All the fibers
go through all the traditional stages of spinning and dyeing. Specificity,
the mohair dyes magnificently.
ADVICE FROM BERNARD :
To protect oneself from the cold,
nothing worth like a natural and light fiber which is easily to look
after and resists to time.
Angora goat 
ADVICE FROM BERNARD :