Angora And Merino Combo

Merino is one of the softest and finest sheep wool, almost as soft as Angora wool. These two fibers are very compatible to be used together. Some like to blend these two fibers but it is also very desirable to use different colored Merino to combine with white Angora.

These two skeins of yarn are made with one ply of 100% Angora and one ply of two different colored Merino. The effect is different from the yarns in the first photo.

The is one ply of black Merino and one ply of gray Angora spun about the same way.

This skein is made using the similar method as the yarns in the first photo: take some of tort Angora, spin for while, then take some of the green Merino, spin for a while and repeat. Use a fine beige thread and gold metallic thread to ply with the tort and green, it makes a skein of very interesting designer yarn.

This is a close up of the tort Angora and green Merino plied with beige and gold metallic threads.