About three months ago I purchased two adorable French Angora bunnies. A silver-gray doe (Nuit Noire), and a light cream-color buck, Primo Torto. Over the past months I've noticed that they have developed personalities. Nuit (I call her New-ee) is a bit timid, but will alw
ays come right up to the door to say hi to me. Torto is very gregarious. He hops right up to the door before I even unlatch it, and insists that I rub his nose/head before anything else occurs. They are about 3/4 through their first fiber shedding, and I've been combing it versus shearing it. As a handspinner, I find sheared bunny fiber tends to have coarse ends where cut. Combing or 
brushing ensures a better spinning fiber.French Angora bunnies are smaller than the English/Giant breeds, and therefore have less yearly fiber yield. However, I think I'm going to get at least one, as the fiber yield can be anywhere from 1-3 lbs per year--which is 2-3x more than FA yield.
I finally got new yarns and some knitted hats on my etsy site. Even made 2 sales in the past week! I'm very excited, as I hope this leads to Vtknitboy on Etsy becoming a larger part of my life.
Will try to post more often, as I will be listing yarn, knitwear, and batts (to spin) later!
Cheers!
4 comments:
So nice to see you back on the blog. The bunnies are super cute.
Keep on blogging and we'll keep reading. You have a lot of knowledge to share with us. Sometimes Twitters character constraint just isn't enough. Wishing you lots of customers on your Etsy store.
Glad to see a new post! The bunnies are gorgeous. :-)
Congrats on the bunnies and getting your etsy site up. Can't wait to see what you come up with!
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