@ Homer: I love angora particularly because you can take a pile of fluff and directly make it into yarn. It's usually very free of vegetable matter, and it doesn't have lanolin, so you don't have to go through the lengthy process of washing, picking, and carding like you do with wool. I just wash it after spinning. As far as time, I probably should figure it into my spinning and therefore pricing, but I don't really keep track of it. The thinner the yarn is, the longer it takes to spin, since you're creating more yardage. If i had to guess, each of these probably took about 2 hours to spin, give or take.
As far as how to make a pot holder into a sweater, I couldn't tell you, but if you put a sweater in the dryer you'll end up with a pot holder!!!
@ Nymphadora: I don't measure out my fiber before I spin, i just go for it. I don't show often, so I brush out their coats every week, regardless if they're molting or not. I often get an ounce or two in between molts and a few ounces when they do molt. When it's spun depends on how much other wool I have to spin and my available free time. If I wait to spin for a couple of molts, I usually get monster skeins that are 6-700 yards spun at fingering weight. I'm starting to break the larger skeins into smaller skeins by yardage though just because that seems to be what people like to buy. I prefer the larger skeins myself, but as I own the bunnies I don't have to factor cost into my projects.
The skeins are as follows:
REW - 54 yards of Sport-DK weight, 1.1 oz
Red (both skeins turned out the same)- 83 yards lace, 0.9 oz
Chestnut - 144 yards lace, 1.2 oz
Opal- 84 yards, 0.8 oz
Black- 137 yards, 1.1 oz