What is Mohair, and where does it come from?
Mohair is the long, lustrous and powerful hair which comes from the Angora goat. The original wild Angora goats are thought to have originated in the Himalayan mountains of Tibet and then to have migrated to the Angora region of Turkey (the area close to modern Ankara). The word 'mohair ' is derived from the old Arabic word mukhaya meaning 'cloth of bright goats ' hair'. About 150 years ago a tiny shipment of these fine creatures were sent to S.
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