Ok, I just went through all 9 pages of posts on here and my question is pretty specific
I have four French Angoras. I'm not new to raising rabbits (I do meat rabbits and show rabbits), so it seemed natural to also explore the wool aspect of rabbits!
I'm very interested in raising Angoras to market the fiber. Since I don't actively knit/spin, a lot of terminology is vague to me so I'm still learning. It seems like a lot of people that do raise Angoras also use the fiber however, so I was curious if anyone else like me raising rabbits and maybe goes to only the extent of spinning and/or simply sells the raw fiber as is?
If so, how does one go about marketing angora fiber?
I have a few people I know of that are involved with fiber here but it's with alpacas.
If I were to sell angora fiber locally, what do you feel is the best way to sell it? In bags? As spoons of wool? Dyed or natural colored?
Also, does anyone know if it's really possible to profit well off of it is it something where people more or less sell angora as a hobby? I wasn't sure how strong the demand is for angora since we do import so much of it from China.
Thanks for any input!
I have four French Angoras. I'm not new to raising rabbits (I do meat rabbits and show rabbits), so it seemed natural to also explore the wool aspect of rabbits!
I'm very interested in raising Angoras to market the fiber. Since I don't actively knit/spin, a lot of terminology is vague to me so I'm still learning. It seems like a lot of people that do raise Angoras also use the fiber however, so I was curious if anyone else like me raising rabbits and maybe goes to only the extent of spinning and/or simply sells the raw fiber as is?
If so, how does one go about marketing angora fiber?
I have a few people I know of that are involved with fiber here but it's with alpacas.
If I were to sell angora fiber locally, what do you feel is the best way to sell it? In bags? As spoons of wool? Dyed or natural colored?
Also, does anyone know if it's really possible to profit well off of it is it something where people more or less sell angora as a hobby? I wasn't sure how strong the demand is for angora since we do import so much of it from China.
Thanks for any input!