Processing american buffalo hair to produce a yarn
OwnerRuth Huffmaninventor
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Abstract
A method for making a pure buffalo yarn is disclosed and includes the steps of, scouring a buffalo fleece with detergent and water at a temperature of at least 80 degrees centigrade to clean the fleece, dehairing the buffalo fleece to remove unwanted course hair from the fleece to produce dehaired fine soft fibers, blending the dehaired fine soft fibers with an oil and water emulsion in a mixing picker to produce a mixed fiber, carding the mixed fiber to produce a roving of straight and parallel fibers, spinning the roving to produce a yarn and twisting the yarn to increase the bulk and softness of the yarn.
Claims20
A method of producing yarn solely from buffalo hair
- comprising the steps of:
- scouring a buffalo fleece with detergent and water sufficiently hot to clean the fleece;
- separating a coarse hair from a down hair of the buffalo fleece;
- blending the down with an oil and water emulsion in a mixing picker to produce a mixed fiber;
- carding the mixed fiber to produce a roving of straight and parallel fibers;
- spinning the roving to produce a yarn;
- and
- twisting the yarn to increase the bulk and softness of the yarn.
A method of producing yarn solely from buffalo hair
- comprising the steps of:
- scouring a buffalo fleece with detergent and water at a temperature of at least 80 degrees centigrade to clean the fleece;
- separating a coarse hair from a down hair of the buffalo fleece;
- dehairing the buffalo fleece to remove unwanted course hair from the fleece to produce a dehaired down;
- blending the dehaired down with an oil and water emulsion in a mixing picker to produce a mixed fiber;
- carding the mixed fiber to produce a roving of straight and parallel fibers;
- spinning the roving to produce a yarn;
- and
- twisting the yarn to increase the bulk and softness of the yarn.
A method of producing yarn solely from buffalo hair
- comprising the steps of:
- collecting fleece from a buffalo hide using sheep shears prior to the step of scouring the fleece;
- scouring a buffalo fleece with detergent and water at a temperature of at least 80 degrees centigrade to clean the fleece;
- separating a coarse hair from a down hair of the buffalo fleece;
- dehairing the buffalo fleece to remove unwanted course hair from the fleece to produce dehaired down;
- blending the dehaired down with an oil and water emulsion in a mixing picker to produce a mixed fiber;
- carding the mixed fiber to produce a roving of straight and parallel fibers;
- spinning the roving to produce a yarn;
- and
- twisting the yarn to increase the bulk and softness of the yarn.
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