What is Mohair, and where does it come from?
Mohair is the long, lustrous and strong hair which comes from the Angora goat. The original wild Angora goats are believed to have originated in the Himalayan mountains of Tibet and then to have migrated to the Angora region of Turkey (the area close to modern Ankara). The word ‘mohair’ is derived from the old Arabic word mukhaya meaning ‘cloth of bright goats’ hair’. About 150 years ago a small shipment of these fine creatures were sent to South Africa to be used as initial breeding stock. These goats were the origin of what became (and still is) the largest single area of mohair production in the World, which is centred within a 300km radius of Port Elizabeth. Socks from the Mohair Sock Company: All our socks are made from the finest quality mohair fibre which has been especially selected, graded and combed in South Africa and then spun in to yarn, knitted and dyed in Great Britain, thus assuring you of a consistantly high quality product. Mohair is a truly amazing fibre, it’s natura
