FASH 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Angora Goat, Angora Rabbit, Merino
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Fash 290 classes # 5&6 boardnotes: natural protein fibers (wool, specialty wools, silk) chapter 5 table: 5-1. Keratin- amino acid in wools, hair, finger nails, horse hove. Hygroscopic- make comfortable in cool damp climate, weaker when wet (loses 40% of strength when wet) *polyester absorbs oily stains, while wool does not animals other than sheep - yield low, rarer, cost high, aesthetics high, often blended to lower cost. Camel"s hair asian camel, 5lbs, naturally water repellent and lustrous. Cashmere cashmere goat, lbs 15-18 microns (pashmina). Produced in china, tibet and mongolia, combed out by hair, soft under fiber used only. Cashgora not a standard breed yet no fiber standards. Llama (25-31 microns) & alpaca (10-20 microns) 8-12 inches domesticated camelids. Vicuna & guanaco wild camelids (12-13 microns) restricted importation cites convention on international trade in. Shahtoosh chiru or tibetan antelope illegal killed for fiber (10-12 microns) Fibrion -15 amino acids in a polypeptide chain.
