Textiles and Dress

Chiengora

Chiengora, also called "dog wool", is yarn or wool spun from dog hair. The word is a portmanteau of chien (the French word for dog) and angora and was coined by an American spinner, Annette Klick. Dog hair is up to 80% warmer than wool and is not elastic.

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• ▸Beau Brummell
• ▸Benjamin Disraeli
• ▸Arapaima

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