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and acrylic yarns are frequently used. other animal fibers used include alpaca , angora , mohair , llama , cashmere , and silk . more rarely, yarn may be spun from camel , yak , possum , musk ox , vicuña , cat , dog , wolf , rabbit , or bison hair, and even chinchilla as well as turkey or ostrich feathers
they can shrink, felt , stain, shed, fade, stretch, wrinkle, or be eaten by moths more readily, unless special treatments such as mercerization or superwashing are performed to strengthen, fix color, or otherwise enhance the fiber's own properties. some types of protein yarns (i.e., hair, silk, feathers...
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