Saturday, May 20, 2006


Did you know? D'Lynn Woolly Bunnies now has angora yarn for sale? This is sumptuous 85% angora/15% merino yarn in a fingering weight for all your fine projects.

This is the famous IAGARB mill run yarn of pooled 100% prime German Angora wool.

UPDATE: Sadly, I found this yarn to be inferior. In fact, I found German angora to be inferior to all other breeds of angora fiber. The guard hair itches, making it unsuitable for wear against the skin. I do have a pair of socks made of it, and those are OK. But hats, skibands, etc and it will itch. I am sorry, if you bought any before I knew this. Contact me and I will replace it with much better yarn made from English angora.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Well, my great big 12 lb girl, Gwen did not produce any babies. This is my 4th attempt to get her bred, and it just is not happening. It is day 33, she *could* have them yet. But she has basically torn her nest apart and isn't pulling wool. So I doubt it. I suppose this is one of those many "disguised" blessings (as opposed to those that you recognize easily as blessings). My best wool producer is of an age to start breeding now and I do need the cage space. But I have a waiting list for pure German rabbits too, and I was hoping Gwen would get the job done. :( It is raining heavily, so I cannot clean the boy's cages out, and they really need it. Small inconvenience compared to the hundreds of thousands of dollars being lost at the Indy track this weekend.
UPDATE: I spoke too soon. It is Mon, May 16, and I went out to feed tonight and there was a single baby. Gwen built her the Taj Mahal to live in with great big heaps of wool. All for one baby. I don't know if she is finished or not. I found that baby in the corner out of the Taj Mahal and rather cold, but still active. I got the kit warm in my hands and tucked it into the abundant nest. For the time being, I'm calling it "D'Lynn Solo". Poor Gwen. She really really wants to be a mommy. And now she is, if it is only just a single kit.

Saturday, May 13, 2006



Hello! Welcome to the Angora Rabbit Blogspot!

I'm a lifelong knitter, a long-time machine knitter, an intermediate spinner (only 15 years!) and an enthusiastic keeper of angora rabbits. My spinning habit began innocently enough. My old Cocker Spaniel girl was failing and I wanted something to remember her by. So a new hobby was launched. After she was gone, I foolishly aquired 2 dogs with coats that were not suitable for spinning (what was I thinking?). So there was no choice. I HAD to get some angora rabbits. At this point, I'm at "capacity" in numbers that the city probably would not approve of, if they knew. So the move is on this summer to home with a barn, for all the bunnies. On the left, is Summer. One of my first home-bred German Angoras. I have English angoras too, and German colored crosses in fawn & black.

I do spin and knit this fabulous fiber and sometimes have yarn and/or fiber available for others too. Check my website at http://www.germanangora.net for availability. I'm even developing some *free* knitting patterns for the mill-spun yarn that I sell on that site too! Check it out! On the right, is Sommer &D'Lynn Ricki Ticki, a huge chestnut German cross doe. Ricki now had babies of her own! She has fawn, black and chestnut babies. Too cute! Looks like they are sharing a secret!


The girls on the right are extra sweet and gentle. Unfortunately I lost Sommer this spring. She got loose and went exploring. I never knew what happened, but I found her one morning, not a mark on her, but she had passed on to the Rainbow Bridge. I'll miss her. But I do have 2 babies from her! Ricki always come to the front of the cage to be petted and loves to be nose-to-nose with you. All of her babies appear to be the same. We now have 4 big whopping red babies from her. I have high hopes of registering one of them with IAGARB
Read more about this wonderful organization here