German Crossed
Angora Rabbits and Supplies
at Countrywool
this page last updated:  January 5, 2008
your local and internet knitting and spinning shop




Claudia Krisniski
59 Spring Road Hudson NY 12534
(518)828-4554

Angora Rabbits

German Crossbreeds

raised for fiber and personality with health guaranteed
Bunnies available seasonally
Adults available year round

NOTE: no shipping available

 
Now taking bunny orders for Spring 2008.
If you enjoy angora information and want to hear up-to-the-minute news
from Countrywool's Bunny Barns,
visit: BareHare....Countrywool's angora rabbit blog.

WEEKEND SPINNING RETREAT
May 2008
Rip Van Winkle Socks From Fleece To Foot Spinning Retreat

CLASSES
Grooming clinics, angora spinning and general rabbit husbandry classes
are held periodically. See the current schedule: 
Classes at Countrywool

  
COUNTRYWOOL IS ALSO A SOURCE FOR SPINNING WHEELS AND EQUIPMENT

FIBER AND YARN

TO SPIN/FELT: angora combings/clipping
          RAREBITS .....$5  a 1 ounce bag
                  Black  ...    Chocolate  ....  Fawn

TO SPIN/FELT:  Countrywool 100% angora roving fiber
            BUNNY....$17/oz 
                  Dove Grey   ...Heather Brown    ...Straw Gold

TO SPIN/FELT:     Countrywool fiber
        BUNNYWOOL ...$10/oz

(65% Fine Wool / 35% CW Angora...yarn below showed for color)

Top To Bottom
...Milk Chocolate
...Toffee Brickle
...Dark Chocolate

TO KNIT/WEAVE/CROCHET:
100% Angora Handspun YARN
    BIG BUNNY (formerly COMBSPUN) 100% Angora Handspun YARN
            ...40 yards/ounce/$26.00
                    Dove Grey   ...Heather Brown    ...Straw Gold
uses US #10.5 needle...knitting gauge of 3 sts=1"

(spinning fiber and yarns prepared on site by custom order
using a Patrick Green Supercard)
 



Bulletin:
Rabbit Calicivirus Disease has been identified in
Vanderburgh county, Indiana by the Foreign Animal
Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL) on Plum Island, NY. Specimens from these rabbits were positive for RHD antigen on ELISA, electron microscopy, and PCR.
A FAD investigation was initiated on June 3, 2005 on a premises that raises rabbits primarily for sale to reptile owners as a food source for snakes.  The investigation revealed that many of the 200 rabbits on the premises suddenly died during the past 10 days. Less than a dozen rabbits had recently been purchased from Kentucky and introduced into the herd.
An epidemiologic investigation has begun in Kentucky.
The last confirmed cases had been in late December, 2001.
For more information on this deadly disease and info
on how you can do your part to keep it from spreading, 
join:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VHDInfo