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Rs NIZAM UDDIN ID-033

TANJIA SULTANA ID-037E.M.SABERIN BHUIYAN ID-002

SHABNAJ ALAM ID-038NIZHUM JANNAT ID-040

AFSANA SIDDIQA ID-046 SUJATA BARUA ID-039

MOHAIR A NATURAL FIBER

MOHAIR IS THE NAME FOR THE FIBRES OF THE HAIR OF ANGORA GOATS. THE FIBERS ARE VERY FINE AND TAKE DYES WELL, LEAVING THE FIBER WITH A SILKY LUSTRE VERY SIMILAR TO HEALTHY HUMAN HAIR.

LONG FIBER MOHAIR ROVING , SOMETIMES SEWN IN STRIPS CALLED MOHAIR 'WEFT' FOR MAKING DOLL WIGS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM DOLL MAKING SUPPLIERS. IT CAN ALSO OFTEN BE PURCHASED IN THE FORM OF A 'FIBER BRAID' FROM THEATRICAL SUPPLY HOUSES, WHERE IT IS USED TO MAKE WIGS AND FACIAL HAIR FOR ACTORS. ALSO USED IN PUBLIC VEHICLES AND SO ON.

THE HISTORY OF MOHAIR AND ANGORA GOATS IS AN ANCIENT ONE. IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT FIBER SOURCES KNOWN TO MAN. IN PRIMITIVE VILLAGES IT SUPERSEDED THE KILLING OF ANIMALS STRICTLY FOR THEIR SKIN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLOTHING. BIBLICAL REFERENCES TO GOAT HAIR DATE TO APPROXIMATELY 3,500 YEARS AGO DURING THE TIME OF MOSES.

UNTIL EARLY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TURKEY WAS ALMOST THE SOLE PRODUCER OF MOHAIR. AS THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILES EXPENDED DURING THE PERIOD OF THE INDUSTIAL REVOLUTION IN THE WORLD, MOHAIR PRODUCTION ESTABLISHED ITSELF IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IN CERTAIN PARTS OF U.S., NOTABLY TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA TOWARDS THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE U.S. IS NOW THE CHIEF PRODUCING COUNTRY AND ALSO THE BIGGEST CONSUMER OF MOHAIR.

THE GOATS ARE USUALLY CLIPED TWICE A YEAR,PROVIDING ABOUT 1.8-2.3 KG (4-5LB) OF MOHAIR PER ANIMAL PER CLIP.THE QUALITY OF FIBRE VARIES, DEPENDING ON ITS SOURCE AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEGOAT HAS LIVED.IN THE CASE OF WOOL MOHAIR CONTAINS THE DEAD,DULL FIBRES THAT ARE KNOWN AS KEMPS.

THE SAME PROPERTIES THAT MAKE MOHAIR A DESIRABLE MECATE MATERIAL CAN ALSO MAKE

IT LESS DESIRABLE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.MOHAIR IS SOFT BECAUSE THE FIBER

DIAMETER IS SO SMALL. THIS IS FINE AND DANDY UNTIL THE MECATE GETS WET. JUST

LIKE ANY OTHER MECATE MADE OF A TWISTED ANIMAL FIBER, MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED

BETWEEN THE FIBERS, THE TWIST COMPRESSES, AND THE ROPE GETS HARD.

ONCE THE MECATE IS DRY, IT RELAXES BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE AND IS SLIGHTLY

SOFTER AND FEELS MORE BROKEN IN THAN BEFORE IT GOT WET. THE FIBERS ARE SO

SMALL AND TIGHTLY.

IN THE LAST FEW DECADES A SMALL BUT EVER GROWING GROUP OF ANGORA GOAT BREEDERS BEGAN A SIMILAR PROCESS TO THE ONE STARTED DURING THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. ONLY THIS INDIVIDUALS FOCUSED ON THE NOTION THAT NATURAL COLORED MOHAIR HAD COME INTO ITS OWN. THERE WAS A GROWING POPULAR TREND IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE THAT CENTERED AROUND AN AGRICULTURAL "ORGANIC" LIFESTYLE.DURING THE SUMMER OF 1999 THE Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association WAS FORMED. HERE AT SINGING FALLS WE HAD BEEN BREEDING FOR COLOR IN 1994.

PRODUCING MOHAIR OF ALL COLORS FROM THE HIGH DESERT OF CENTRAL OREGON.

MOHAIR FIBER IS TO RAISE GOATS THAT PRODUCE UNIFORM, SOFT AND LUSTROUS MOHAIR FLEECES

CASCADING FROM SOUND AND CORRECT BODY STRUCTURES.

FOR JUST OVER 19 YEARS IT HAD BEEN BREEDING WITH THIS SAME GOAL AND CONTINUE TO BE PROUD OF THE

EXCEPTIONAL ANIMALS, FIBER AND PRODUCTS WE PRODUCE AND SELL.

MOHAIR IS ONLY PRODUCED BY ANGORA GOATS. MOHAIR IS CONSIDERED A LUXURY FIBER AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH ANGORA FIBER WHICH COMES FROM ANGORA RABBITS. MOHAIR IS AS WARM AS WOOL ALTHOUGH IT IS MUCH LIGHTER IN WEIGHT MAKING IT IDEAL FOR TRAVELING. MOHAIR IS ALSO DESIRABLE DUE TO ITS WARMTH, DURABILITY AND BEAUTY .

MOHAIR FIBER CONTAINS THREE

GRADES 1)

NYLON ,MANUFACTURING OF NYLON FIBER

2) NYLON FIBER PROPERTIES

3) LEFIN

FIBER, MANUFACTURING OF OLEFIN FIBER

1FILL THE WASHER DRUM WITH COOL WATER AND CHOOSE THE "SOAK" OPTION. IF YOUR WASHER

DOESN'T OFFER A SOAK CYCLE, LEAVE THE LID OPEN SO THE DRUM DOESN'T MOVE.

2ADD A HALF CUP OF WOOL SOAK TO THE WASHING MACHINE AND STIR WITH THE WOODEN SPOON TO

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PLACE THE MOHAIR ITEM INTO THE WASHER AND PRESS IT INTO THE WATER UNTIL IT IS TOTALLY IMMERSED. IT

MAY TAKE A MOMENT FOR THE MOHAIR TO ABSORB THE WATER.

4SET THE TIMER FOR 30 MINUTES AND ALLOW THE

MOHAIR ITEM TO SOAK UNTIL THE TIMER GOES OFF.

5TURN THE WASHER DIAL TO "SPIN" AND CLOSE THE LID.

WAIT FOR THE WASHER DRUM TO SPIN AND DRAIN, THEN REMOVE THE MOHAIR ITEM RIGHT AWAY.

6SPREAD A CLEAN, DRY BEACH TOWEL ON THE FLOOR OR

OTHER FLAT SURFACE. USE TWO TOWELS IF YOUR MOHAIR ITEM IS A LARGE ONE.

7SPREAD THE MOHAIR ITEM OUT ON THE TOWEL AND SMOOTH OUT ANY WRINKLES. DO NOT STRETCH THE

ITEM OUT OF SHAPE, JUST SPREAD IT GENTLY TO ALLOW IT TO DRY EVENLY.

8LEAVE THE MOHAIR ITEM IN PLACE UNTIL IT IS

COMPLETELY DRY. DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND THICKNESS OF YOUR ITEM, DRYING COULD TAKE A FEW HOURS OR A FEW DAYS. STORE THE DRY MOHAIR PIECE

FOLDED OR FLAT UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO USE IT.

THE FIBERS VERY IN LENGTH , DEPENDING UPON THE AGE PFTHE GOAT . AT SIX MONTHS , AN ANGORA KID WILL PROVIDE FIBERS 10-15CM(4-6IN)LONG ; AT TWELVE MONTHS , THEY WILL BE 23-30CM(9-12IN)LONG.

MOHAIR HAS SOME 5-6 SCALES PER 100 MICRONS LENGTH OF FIBER , WHEREAS FINE WOOL WILL HAVE ABOUT 11.THE OVERLAP IS VERY SLIGHT , SO THAT THE FIBER HAS A SMOOTH HANDLE.

Tensile strengthTenacity: 11.8-12.8CN/TEX(12-13)G/TEX). Elongation: 30%

Elastic properties50% breaking load: 0.850%breaking extension: 0.6Work of rupture: 2.65CN/TEX(2.7G/TEX)Initial modulus: 353CN/TEX(360G/TEX)

Specific Gravity: 1.32

EFFECT OF ACID:-FAIRLY STABLE , ACID HYDROLYSE THE PEPTIDE BOND SO WEAKENED IN ACID CONCENTRATED.

EFFECT OF ALKALI:-SENSITIVE TO ALKALINE SUBSTANCE.

EFFECT OF ORGANIC SOLVENT:-HAS A GOOD RESISTANCE TO DRY CLEANING AND OTHER COMMON SOLVENT.

EFFECT OF INSECTS:-MOHAIR IS ATTACHED BY MOTH-GRUBS AND BY OTHER INSECTS.

EFFECT OF SUNLIGHT:-TEND TO YELLOW WHITE OR DULL COLOUR OR SURFACE POLYMER DEGRADED BY UV RADIATION.

THE FUNCTIONAL DURABILITY OF MOHAIR WAS ONE OF ITS BIG SELLING POINTS. IT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS BRILLIANT CHARACTERISTICS UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS. EVERY TRAIN AND CARRIAGE SEAT IN THE WORLD WAS MADE OF MOHAIR CLOTH. SEAT COVERS WERE COMMONLY COVERED WITH MOHAIR UPHOLSTERY. BECAUSE MOHAIR TOOK AND HELD DYE SO EASILY BRILLIANT COLORS WERE APPLIED TO ENHANCED IT .

AS MOHAIR IS A PROTEIN BASED FIBER LIKE WOOL, IT CAN BE SHAPED WITH HEAT AND MOISTURE AND MOST HAIR PRODUCTS TO CONTROL 'FRIZZ' AND SET. A MOHAIR DOLLS WIG CAN BE CURLED BY DAMPENING THE FIBER AND WRAPPING IT AROUND A 'CURLER' MADE FROM A FINE PLASTIC STRAW, COATED WIRE, OR TOOTHPICKS. ONCE DRY THE CURLS CAN BE CAREFULLY UNROLLED AND GENTLY SET INTO A STYLE.

About Cloth - Natural And Synthetics

NATURAL FABRICS ARE CREATED FROM FIBERS OF ANIMAL. INFORMATION ON EACH FIBER AND THEIR WEAVES ARE GIVEN BELOW-

WOOL: FIBERS FROM ANIMAL COATS: SHEEP, GOATS, RABBITS, ALPACAS, LLAMA...AND SO ON.COTTON: FIBERS FROM THE COTTON PLANT'S SEED POD SILK: FIBERS FROM THE COCOON OF THE SILKWORM LINEN: LINEN IS FROM FLAX, A BAST FIBER TAKEN FROM THE STALK OF THE PLANT HEMP, RAMIE, AND JUTE - ALL OF THESE ARE SIMILAR TO LINEN BUT THE PLANTS ARE PROCESSED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY.CASHMERE: SPECIALTY HAIR FIBER.

THE 2011 SUMMER SEASON DELIVERED HAIR OFEXCEPTIONAL QUALITY, MAINLY DUE TO GOOD GRAZINGCONDITIONS OVER MOST OF THE PRODUCTION AREA.THE YOUNG GOATS AND FINE ADULT SECTORSSPECIFICALLY CONSISTED OF BETTER LENGTH THAN IN2011 AND THE GOOD QUALITY YOUNG GOATS RESULTED IN VERY GOOD PRICESFOR THIS SECTOR FOR THE SUMMER SEASON. YOUNG GOATS INCREASED BY 8,5%FROM THE 2011 SUMMER SEASON AND A STAGGERING 44% FROM THE 2010SUMMER SEASON.