I don't mean anything complicated. Just don't let it dry in a clump if you can avoid it after they've been wet. Just gently separate the hairs a little so it dries loose and not in clumps that will become a tighter and tighter knot the longer its that way. I treat it more like angora rabbit fiber (not angora goat) and that's a whole different ball of wax. Fine angora will become a mass in a flash when wet and I have to be super careful washing it. I normally don't wash it until its spun because of that. When my rabbits were younger and finer, a humid day would leave their ear hair clumping. They sleep under a water bottle and the hair that got wet dries in clumped knots if they can't reach the spot to groom. If I catch it early, it will pull free, but if not caught, it becomes a tighter and tighter knot. If I wash their angora, I have to be very careful to not agitate the water..more careful than other fibers. When storing angora, it will become a mass if packed tight compressed and needs to be stored loosely. I don't know if that needs to be done with fine pygora but I do it because of how its already been so similar to angora. Anyway, when I washed the pygora fiber, and I did it very carefully without agitating, it was a giant mass afterward. I gently tried to spread it out to dry and it was tightly knotted. I panicked! I waited until it dried then gently pulled at the edges and it loosened slow but sure and broke free, thank goodness! So next time, I'm treating it exactly like fine angora fiber and spinning it first, then washing it to avoid that problem. I made my own waterproof coats too and that also failed. I don't know if it was the fiber compressing or humidity, condensation between the goat and jacket maybe..don't know for sure but the fiber did better when out in the open air loose and in dry conditions.
Hygora - Oh no! Latte is a darn pretty color!
