Fibers! What We Do

Fibers! The best in Luxury Fiber Clothing and Yarn.

We raise our own Angora Goats here on Slateford Farm. From feeding, to animal husbandry, from vet bills to picking burdocks off a kid, we do it here. We've worked hard to breed color back into our herd. Commercial breeding does the opposite, to produce fleece easier to dye. Shearing is done in the spring and fall; dates to be announced.
	We shear the goats to harvest the fleece. This process is beneficial to the goats, and doesn't hurt them a bit, though they argue about it some. Mostly they just hate to stand still. Shearing is done in the spring and fall, allowing the animals to grow in a luxurious winter fleece without the painful matting that would result if they weren't sheared occasionally.
Next the fleece is cleaned, processed and spun into yarn. We do not dye our mohair fiber, since the dyeing process destroys the fabulous sheen and softness. This means that the color you get is the color the goat produces naturally.
	The resulting yarn is almost luminous, and produces a one of a kind, heirloom quality garment.
All of our fabrics are handwoven, whether we use our own mohair fiber or other fibers. This is a time-consuming process, and takes much skill and practice to achieve a good result.
	Next comes construction, tailoring, and finishing of the garment. Unlike mass-produced articles that you see everywhere, and can buy in any department store, each item of our clothing is unique, due to the natural mohair coloration, and the hand-spinning and/or hand-weaving process. The result is a piece that will be worn often, cherished, and possibly even passed down in the family.