From Yak to Yarn

A first hand glimpse of how our yarn is made.

First, fiber is collected from the yaks by gathering the raw fiber as the animals shed their undercoat naturally in the spring months.

The fibers are then cleaned, and sorted according to the quality of the fibers. Only the finest quality of fiber is chosen to make into our yarn.

The Rocking Yak delivers all the fiber to women residing with their families in several small villages.

To do spin, the women use a drop spindle and bowl. They take care to work the fiber into a luxurious yarn that can be brought to the western market place.

All of the spinning is done in the homes of these women in order to preserve the family unit, which is tradition in the Tibetan culture.

The Rocking Yak then returns to these villages to collect the completed yarn.

Then the yarn is weighed, balled and labeled to make ready for the market place.