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Mohair throws
and blankets
Our mohair throws and
blankets are made of
South African mohair and
are woven in the same area.
Mohair is the hair of the Angora goat
that lived in the Asian Himalayas of Tibet
and Kashmir even before the Christian Era,
and was later brought to Turkey. For centuries,
Angora goats could not survive outside of Turkey
and their wool was so rare that it was reserved only for royalty.
In 1850 a dozen goats were brought to South Africa by ship,
but the Turks had castrated the rams before they left Turkey.
However, one of the ewes was pregnant and gave birth to a male kid. Careful breeding of this offspring led to the evolution of a new,
hardened species that could withstand the South African climate.
The South African Angora goat that we know today is noted for its
fine yet resilient hair. The sheared wool is called mohair,
a term that is actually derived from the Arabian word
"muhayar" which literally means
"the fabric of goat hair".