Wow.

[mithriltabby]

I used to be worried that Yeti would get ticketed for excessive fluffiness. Then I saw these Angora rabbits and I now believe that, on an absolute scale of fluffiness, he’s practicing moderation.

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[wicketbird.livejournal.com]

I've never seen anything so fluffy! and they have no faces...or feets.....
-MaryB

[zevblue.livejournal.com]

Yea for excessive fluffiness! You must know someone in the costuming world who spins yarn!

[mithriltabby]

I’ve got a big ziplock bag in the bedroom for all the fluff I brush off Yeti. Come springtime, I’m gonna be combing a fistful or two off him every day, and perhaps I’ll have enough for a scarf for Mara come winter...

[aemccurry.livejournal.com]

Guh. I hate excessiveness in animals like that, and especially knowing those rabbits probably spend their lives in tiny wire cages.

For the Yeti fur, you'd probably have to find someone to spin it and blend it with wool to keep it from pulling apart. I know with dog fur that's necessary, but with how log Yeti's fur is I'm not sure. FOr a scarf, you'll probably need about 400 grams, depending on how thick the spin, which translates to somewhere between 900 and 1100 yards. (Basing this on a scarf pattern I have that calls for 4 100-g balls, and some baby alpaca yarn for a different scarf that is about 125 yards for a 50-g ball.)

On a side note, when I went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival two years ago, one of the booths had a woman with an angora rabbit on her lap. She was gently combing the fur off the rabbit and directly to the spinning wheel, although I don't know if it was being blended with wool or not. The rabbit didn't seem to care, although it was probably miserable in the heat and refusing to move.