Thursday, July 29, 2010

Continuation

Back to my questions:

What they are made of?
I pretty much answered this in that my stuff is made of angora, wool, sometimes alpaca, sometimes silk, occasionally bits of synthetic yarns cut up and added in. The angora and wool are basically local (to me), the alpaca and silk I get from nearby fairs, the other stuff anything goes (Michael's?). A lot of what I make is naturally colored rabbit or wool, but I also sometimes use dyes. Sometimes natural dyes (mostly walnut -> browns, and lichen-> purples), more often at this point commercial dyes (mostly Pro-Chem).

Details about my rabbits?
Oh boy, this is where I can go on and on and wax eloquent and use the cool names I came up with. Or not. Basics: my rabbits are mixed French and Giant. They are not registered and I do not show them. They are "dual purpose" meaning that of the litters I raise some rabbits are sold or kept for fiber, while some I use for meat. Yes, I do all the meat processing myself; no I don't like to do it, but I do; yes, rabbit (especially home raised like mine) is delicious and very healthy. I keep my rabbits outside all year round in wire cages protected from the weather. When possible, I let them out in little runs to eat grass (and dig, something they seem to love to do). They are well cared for and I would say seem basically comfortable and content. They are not house pets and I do not sit and watch TV on the couch with them. I do try to handle the babies a lot so they get very comfortable around people.

Superlatives designed to entice you to buy?
Skip this one for now.

Interesting tid-bits about me to emphasize the fact that you would be getting something made by a real (and very likeable) person rather than a corporation?
In fact, skip this one, too, as it is getting late and I am tired and I think I'll go read some Balzac.
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