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Georgiaga


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Just wondered if mohair will upset allergies to goats? I wondered of you could tell me, a newbie, what to get instead that still looks good . I know human hair is an option, but I thought I read somewhere it was expensive??? Is this right?

Also, rooting fom the cut end...do you all find this to be better than from the middle? I've seen tutorials on both. Opinions, please.

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When you want to "catch" a hair, do you go right above it and as you take the needle down into the vinyl, it will catch on the barb, or do you take the point of the needle and push it onto the hair taking it down into the vinyl to begin with? I haven't rooted yet, obviously...hee-hee. Thanks, Gbiggrin

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Since my oldest has allergies I will tell you what the dr said... 99% of the time, it's not the actual hair but the "dander" on the animal that causes the allergies. Obviously animals do not bathe like humans and their skin gives off dander, not dandruff, but it's like skin flakes and saliva. Its usually not the hair in most cases.
So you may wish to get a sample of the mohair and see what it does as far as your allergies. All except "raw" mohair has been cleaned, processed, and conditioned to make it smell good and look good. With shearing, even the root of the hair is gone, less there to be a problem.

Just a suggestion. You can use human hair but if you buy it from someone, yes, it will definately be expensive. Otherwise you may ask for clippings from your local hair salon. But, human hair is not all it's cracked up to be either. The hair shafts on human hair is thicker than mohair so it might not be your best bet. Also it is more brittle.

As far as rooting, if you catch the hair in the middle, you will have 2 distinct hairs coming out of the hair hole. The hair has a direction, meaning if you stroke it down from the root it feels smooth, if you stroke it up from the bottom it might feel rough as you are going against the grain. When you root from the middle, you have still one hair, bent in half, and the grain going in two directions. I prefer, and also teach my students, to root from the cut end, about 1-2" down from the end.

The first analogy is correct... take the needle down into the vinyl allowing the barb to catch the hair on the way into the scalp. Nicely put. :)









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Great! Thanks!
I have the course#3 coming with the DVD and that as you know has a rooting section and the kit comes with enough to root the baby in the kit,but we here in GA have had 4" of ice and my supplies have been delayed on the UPS truck since Monday!!!! I was waiting with my tongue hanging out for all of that and of course, it still hasn't arrived! I hope tomorrow will be the lucky delivery day!

I don't feel, now that you explained it's the animal dnder not the actual hair, that there will be an allergy issue , then. That's great to know.

Will let you all know how it goes when I finally do root!

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I'm sorry the ice is making you wait for your order. We in MN get that and lots of snow all the time and it makes things difficult because it's so much. But I guess I don't think of GA having stuff like us. And ice, no matter were it is, is not fun at all! :o

If you find that you still have an issue with the hair, you can always wear gloves and one of those hospital masks when you root. But I think you will probably be fine. Crossing my fingers for you hun XXX

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