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Alpaca
|
Fiber from goats raised
in the
Andes Mountains |
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Angora
|
Fiber from angora rabbits, which is
extremely
fine, lightweight and warm. Often blended with wool and nylon. |
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Camel
Hair
|
Comes from camels, is wool like in texture,
and
the underhair is very soft and lustrous. |
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Cashmere
|
Luxury goat fiber from animals raised in
the
mountains of India, Iraq and China. |
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Cotton
|
Soft fiber obtained from the seed pod of
the
cotton plant. |
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Lambswool
|
Fiber from the fleece of young sheep. Soft
and
elastic when spun. |
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Linen
|
A bast fiber produced from the flax of
linen.
Linen yarns are lustrous and the oldest textile fiber known in the
vegetable group. |
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Merino
|
The highest, finest and best grade of wool. |
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Mohair
|
Luxury fiber from angora goat hair. |
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Silk
|
Fiber from the silk worm and silk moths. A
fine
quality luxury fiber that takes color well. |
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Shetland
|
A course, wiry wool from sheep raised in
the
Shetland Isles. |
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Vicuna
|
The mother of all luxury fibers, comes
from an
animal living above the clouds in certain plateaus of South American.
So fine the fiber is half the diameter of the finest wool. top |
