Why do golden yaks produce so much more fiber? Recently we have been getting a good deal of questions about what determines value in yaks. I would have to say the number one thing to avoid is exaggerated claims. Yaks are multi purpose bovines that can be used for fiber production, dairy, packing, and meat. [...]

Just in time for the Estes Park Wool Market. Learn a bit more about how soft and warm yak wool is and schedule some time this weekend to come see us at the Estes Park Wool Market. Yak Wool on Hub Pages

Western China’s most abundant resource, the humble yak, are now helping Tibetan nomads.
Farmed in the region for centuries, the yak has been a traditional source of sustenance.
But now, Yaks are also providing luxury fibres and gourmet cheese to some of the world’s leading fashion houses and hotels.
They’re apart of social enterprises – businesses which aim to achieve social, environmental and financial goals.
Check out the link and the video.

BERTHOUD — When someone mentions yaks, thoughts surface of hardy, cold-weather animals helping Sherpas carry gear up Mount Everest — not grazers on land west of Berthoud.
But if you think you spot the long-haired pack animals on the Colorado country, don’t blame your glasses.

Eileen and Carl Koop can’t knit a stitch, but these ex-New Yorkers – he’s a former software engineer, and she’s a chemist — know from yarn. Their Bijou Spun skeins are spun from pure yak down, or yak down mixed with wool, bamboo, nylon or alpaca. Each spring, they painstakingly comb their 15 yaks on Bijou Basin ranch in Elbert County, and send the collected fiber off to be washed, processed and spun. We talked yak recently with Carl.