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The German Angora Information Pages
Your source for practical information about German angora rabbits and angora rabbit keeping.
What works, what doesn't, what isn't worth the effort, and what is merely theory

An even easier-care German Angora? I hope so! Here at D'Lynn German Angora Rabbits, I have been developing a specialized German Angora rabbit for the last couple of years. The rabbit I am attempting to "fix" in my breeding program would have all the best qualities of both French angoras, for their easy care, plus the softer texture and greater densityof German angoras.. I am selecting for clean faces and no dirty bottoms. I feel that is a superior rabbit in every way. I have very heavy producers including Melody (pictured above) who are completely easy to care for, with no special grooming sessions between harvesting of the fiber. . Melody always has a clean face and never has a dirty bottom. She nearly never matts and her wool is beutifully soft without excessive length to the guard hair, as can often happen with German Angora Rabbits.. I am also selecting (when possible - I still want clean faces!) for a slightly softer texture than most pure Germans exhibit. From my own experience, I have discovered that they still do not matt and most mini-mills can easily process &/or spin the fiber. This gives greater halo and an overall softer texture to the finished yarns. Here at D'Lynn we feel these changes are worth it for the ease of care.

D'Lynn Wooly Bunnies - Only the Finest in Pedigreed German angoras,
Well developed Fawn/Red/Tort German crossbred Rabbits _
Note: I've crossed with English, not Satin or French to get my colored rabbits.
I feel Satin diminishes density significantly, and French crosses have too much guard hair.
For a beautiful texture plus density I feel English/German crosses are best

Articles

Visit our Breeder's Index Links Page (working)

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About VHD

FAQ's About Angora Fiber & Yarn

NEW! Raising Orphaned Baby Bunnies
My experience hand raising a litter of orphans

German Angora Care
(just started, unfinished, unedited)

* Note: Most of the Articles are links to other sites

*Articles Page is under construction

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!!!YARNS!!!

They are here~! The new millspun yarns specificly designed for standard gauge knitting machines! Inquire

FAQ's About Angora Fiber & Yarn

Yarn is often available at D'Lynn Rabbitry. I have a new order in!! It is 50%angora/50%finewool in natural white, 3,000 yds per lb, suitable for machine knititng on a standard gauge machine. Also a very small amount of natural fawn 35% angora, 35% alpaca, 30 % shetland lamb in the same gauge. These yarns have a wonderful fuzzy halo, giving that luxurious fluffy angora feeling! Read about the yarns here

German Angora club yarn, $9/oz (sale is over) Compare at $10/ounce. Inquire Super Fuzzy Baby Bootie made from 50% angora/ 50% merino Available as a kit to knit a pair of these super soft fuzzies for a baby dear to you! Newborn size to 6 mo. Made with yarn at left. Only $12.95 per kit, plus shipping. Inquire Kit includes yarn and complete instructions. You must provide your own size 2.5mm double point needles. (Click picture for larger view) ($13.95 on eBay) AcceptedAccepted

Free Pattern, to help keep your ears warm. This can be used on the above yarn, or any fingering to sport weight yarn.
The sample was done on hand spun Finn lambs wool which was a dye experiment, but I have used the above yarn to make these too, same pattern.

My Blog: Knitting angora, and other stuff.

I lost my password to the blog above, here is the new one!

Inquire at sales@zstitch.com These are part of a larger package of fiber objects, including Llama, Alpaca, Spinning wheel, etc.	Angora and Fiber Related Embroidery Designs from D'Lynn and Zip-Stitch click to enlarge any picture in a new window	All designs copyrighted, do not copy or imitate in any way.

LINKS

Margaret's Angora Rabbit Guide

What do I do with all that fiber? SpinPlus a List for those who spin, weave, felt, knit or crochet angora, alpaca, llama, or any other exotic fiber

Wild Fibers Angora Pages

A word of advice to others about spinning angora: ignore the advice about plucking being superior to shearing. In my experience it is NOT superior at all, just a matter of taste. German Angoras do not molt, as other breeds do, and cannot be plucked. It would be cruel. Not only that, I strongly prefer yarn from sheared animals rather than plucked. When I first started to spin, I was told plucked French was the very best. So that is what I bought and spun. Then I saw yarn at a fiber show that was so superior to mine, it blew me away. I asked and that person ONLY used sheared English or German, never plucked and never French. I went home and gave away all the French plucked I had, and started to spin only sheared German or English and I have never looked back. I reccommend that you get an ounce or 2 of each and try them for yourself. See if you don't strongly prefer the sheared over the plucked.

FAQ's About Angora Fiber & Yarn

German Pages

If you read German, or just want to look at pictures, here are some sites in Germany about angoras

There are Babies at D'Lynn !

I may not have them listed on the litters page yet, but I have a litter of colored English/German babies

Liesl with 2 babies, August 2004

Some of my favorite DLynn Bunnies

Not a rabbit, but my 2 "other" fiber producers

Leia is 10 months now,
Leia, 4 mo. old Standard Poodle and Jazzie, 6 year old Cocker Spaniel

Yahoo Fiber groups of interest:

Click to join Englishangoraonly Info on care, breeding and fiber of English angoras

Click to join spinplus How to spin luxury and exotic fibers-Also rabbit care & genetics

 

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German angoras may be shown as Giant angoras in ARBA & NARBC events. But they may not be
registered with ARBA and cannot accumulate "legs" toward championships.

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NOTE: Reds in German colored crosses are a work in progress. The density, while still far
greater than with any other breed, does not compare with a pure German angora - yet..

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