Uses: For weaving in modern looms or traditional looms ( like Kargha), Knitting/Crocheting as a fingerling weight yarn or any other fiber arts
Spinning Technique: Spun on traditional hand charka and drop spindle
Fiber : 100 % Nepali Yak ( raw) down Yarn
Yardage: 165 meters / 50 grams per paper bobbin
Suggested Needles: US 3-5 (3.25mm-3.75mm)
Care Instruction: hand wash in cold water, lay flat to dry
Yak fiber is the term commonly used to refer yak fiber wool produced from the coat hair of yaks (Bos grunniens), a long-haired bovine mainly found in the Himalayan region, Tibetan plateau, and some areas of Mongolia and Central Asia.
This is the finest fiber (16–18 microns) and is generally shed naturally by the animal during late spring/early summer period. Down fiber, and fewer sweat glands, are two examples of how yaks have adapted to survive extreme cold temperatures (sometimes as low as −50 °C, or −58 °F) and altitudes well above 3000 m. Like many mammals adapted to cold climates, they have a dual coat made up of coarse outer guard hairs and an inner layer of extremely soft, warm down that helps them survive extreme cold.
The down is then sorted, de-haired, and eventually, spun into yarn, kind of like cashmere and Quiviut. It’s not exactly easy stuff to obtain (yak are not as nearly as prevalent as, say, the fiber sheep that dominate the human population of places like New Zealand), but it makes for miraculous yarn.
Yaks are fully domesticated and many Himalayan cultures depend on them for fiber, milk, cheese, and butter.
Uses: For weaving in modern looms or traditional looms ( like Kargha), Knitting/Crocheting as a fingerling weight yarn or any other fiber arts
Spinning Technique: Spun on traditional hand charka and drop spindle
Fiber : 100 % Nepali Yak ( raw) down Yarn
Yardage: 165 meters / 50 grams per paper bobbin
Suggested Needles: US 3-5 (3.25mm-3.75mm)
Care Instruction: hand wash in cold water, lay flat to dry
Yak fiber is the term commonly used to refer yak fiber wool produced from the coat hair of yaks (Bos grunniens), a long-haired bovine mainly found in the Himalayan region, Tibetan plateau, and some areas of Mongolia and Central Asia.
This is the finest fiber (16–18 microns) and is generally shed naturally by the animal during late spring/early summer period. Down fiber, and fewer sweat glands, are two examples of how yaks have adapted to survive extreme cold temperatures (sometimes as low as −50 °C, or −58 °F) and altitudes well above 3000 m. Like many mammals adapted to cold climates, they have a dual coat made up of coarse outer guard hairs and an inner layer of extremely soft, warm down that helps them survive extreme cold.
The down is then sorted, de-haired, and eventually, spun into yarn, kind of like cashmere and Quiviut. It’s not exactly easy stuff to obtain (yak are not as nearly as prevalent as, say, the fiber sheep that dominate the human population of places like New Zealand), but it makes for miraculous yarn.
Yaks are fully domesticated and many Himalayan cultures depend on them for fiber, milk, cheese, and butter.
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