Hello Holly, well, I have woven with single angora and it works. I wouldn't use it as weft though. Not because of frailty reasons but because of abrasion during the weaving process. It worked fine with a single spun silk warp (tussah) and the single spun angora weft on a rigid heddle loom. You just have to spin the angora worsted with a fairly hard twist, then wash it carefully after spinning and block the yarn. I only wove shawls with it so far and not english or french angora but satinangora hair (cause I have two satinangoras) Maybe it is different with english angora, I don't know. I didn't have any felt problems with the finished product but I was rather cautious and washed it only by hand in luke warm water with as little agitation as possible and then blocked the finished shawl.
The angora typical halo doesn't come on its own (not even in commercially produced yarn, it's the same with mohair), you have to brush the finished, dried shawl a bit with a soft brush (those old shoe brushes for shining are perfect for it, very soft bristles) to get it. It is a lot of work and weaving isn't easy because of the thin warp. And I can't wear these shawls in a normal winter (we seldomly have under 0 degrees C here) because they are too warm. Which is the reason, I now mix my angora with wool or silk or even plant fibres to "cool it down" a bit, otherwise the clothes just lie around *s* hope I could help best regards Ulrike, Germany and new to this group 42, married, no kids, a dog, 2 satinangoras, a rigid heddle loom, a backstrap loom 2 spinning wheels, many spindles and not enough time to use up all the fibre ;o) To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
