Where do we get mohair from?

Question

we have mohair rugs for example- but where do the materials come from>

Answer 1

i have a doll with mohair hehe mo the mo has hair he has mohair

Answer 2

From the referehce: mohair usually refers to a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat.

Answer 3

It is the wool of a goat (remember goat and sheep are related) that originally lived high up in the mountains. Because of the cold they have very fine wool underneath the top layer to keep them warm. Cashmere is similar

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I was going to skip this question, but good heavens you have so many answers that are completely wrong, or only half correct.  I've been raising meat goats since 1999.  I have several Angora goats in my herd, which I keep for my own person fiber use.

There is NO goat called a "mohair goat."  

Mohair is the fiber from Angora goats.  Angora goats have long curly locks.  If you touch the fiber, it is much more like touching a humans hair, than touching the wool of a sheep.

The first coat of fiber the kid (baby goat) Angora goat produces is the most valuable coat of mohair is will produce in it's entire life.  The first coat from a kid Angora goat is extremely soft, and extremely fine.  As the Angora goats mature, their fiber will become thicker, and not so soft.  Think of a human child.  Know how soft and downy a human tots hair is?  And think of an adult human, how their hair is thicker, and not so soft?  Same thing happens with Angora goats.  

Angora goats, and angora rabbits have ZERO to do with each other.  They are not even from the same country.

Cashmere and mohair are NOT the same thing.  Angora goats actually produce almost NO cashmere!

There really isn't a specific breed of cashmere goat.  Cashmere is the ultra fine, downy undercoat that goats (and dogs, and a lot of other animals!) produce under their long outer guard hairs.  Think of cashmere as being the down on a goose (only of course it's hair that only mammals can grow).  It's fluffy, and retains heat very well, for animals that live in cold climates.  It's not waterproof at all.  The long outer guard hairs of the animal provide all the protection against the rain.  The cashmere provides all the soft, fluffy warmth and protection for the animal.

Almost all goats produce cashmere, because it is simply their undercoat.  My Boer buck (a meat breed of goat) actually produces a huge amoung of cashmere.  No goat, except Angora goats, produce mohair.  Mohair only comes from Angora goats.  Cashmere can come from nearly any goat.  My Great Pyrenees dogs produce HUGE amounts of cashmere in the spring when they shead.

Cashmere is brushed out, when the animals naturally shead.

Mohair is shorn from the Angora goats, just as wool is shorn from sheep.

Breeders have been trying for a long time to develop a breed of goat that is the Cashmere goat.  Thus far, in the U.S.A., there is NOT one.  There are goats that produce a LOT of cashmere, but there is no actual breed, just cashmere producing goats.  Confusing, isn't it?

~Garnet

Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years

Answer 6

Mohair. What a strange name. It could be thought to come from a mo, but then again, what is a mo? Hey, I don't either. Mohair actually comes from the Angora Goat which grows beautiful curly hair that is 8 to 12 inches in length. The Angora Goat is native to the Angora region in Turkey, but it is now mainly raised in South Africa and the United States.

Answer 7

It comes from the mo.  

Answer 8

mohair is goats hair

Answer 9

I have nohair and really wish I had somehair....even mohair would be an improvement in my looks.

Answer 10

Angora comes from rabbits and Mohair comes from a mohair goat.

Answer 11

The angora goat originated in the  Afghanistan region.  The angora goat produces Mohair.  

The reason it isn't called angora is because by the time it became popular in the english speaking world the angora rabbit had been bred and was being utilized for its fur.

Angora goat hair is hair.  Angora rabbit hair is fur.  Just so you know.

Both fibers are very silky, light and soft.  

To confuse matters more Cashmere is made from mohair from the angora goat.

And goats are only distantly related to sheep.  They cannot cross breed.

Answer 12

Mohair comes from the Mo, a secretive animal living in the Scottish Highlands. They have different length legs on either side of their body so they can walk easily on the sides of hills and mountains. They have long, soft hair and are so secretive that very few people have ever seen one leading some people to claim they are a fictional animal invented to answer questions about where Mohair comes from.

Actually it comes from the hair of Angora goats.

Answer 13

Angola`s sheeps or rabbits,