Thursday, October 28, 2010

Mystery Fiber

Can you identify this mystery fiber?

HINT: It's not from any breed of sheep.

Give up? The answer is here.

Mystery Fiber © 28 October 2010 by Leigh at Leigh's Fiber Journal

Labels: natural fibers, spinning

10 Comments:

Dog???

By Angie S., At October 28, 2010 9:07 AM
Charlie??

By DEEP END OF THE LOOM, At October 28, 2010 9:10 AM
camel down or Pygora...

By Laura, At October 28, 2010 9:20 AM
Yeah, I was thinking it looked like dog, with the guard hairs, or maybe cat. But some sort of dual-coated dog makes the most sense.

By Crazy Colorado Knitter, At October 28, 2010 11:08 AM
Chaaaarlie!

By Geodyne, At October 28, 2010 11:31 AM
I'm thinking CAT...

By Sara, At October 28, 2010 2:52 PM
Chow undercoat? I have lots of skeins of that, if it is!

By Bev, At October 28, 2010 7:25 PM
hm, guanaco has no guard hair? too light in colour for qiviut? camel??? llama - too light for charlie?:)) but then you don't have dogs either....

By Woolly Bits, At October 29, 2010 10:41 AM
hmm, I'd say dog, too. I don't think Lama has that sort of guard hair *g*
Exciting!

By Ulrike, At October 30, 2010 10:01 AM
Mohair

By Sheepmom, At October 31, 2010 8:28 AM

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