French Angora rabbits have the coarsest wool of all the angora breeds, though it is still much finer than the softest sheep fibre (fiber).  This feature provides two advantages to the hand spinner/knitter: the wool carries more pigment than the other breeds, and as the spun wool is worked, a beautiful halo forms as the tips of the guard hairs slip out of the yarn’s twist.  French Angoras also need less grooming than the other breeds because of their coarser wool.  Grooming your rabbit about once a week will keep it matt-free.  The wool comes in a variety of natural colours and is about seven-times warmer than sheep’s wool. 

The rabbit’s wool can be harvested either by plucking it as it sheds, or by clipping it with scissors.  Plucking is preferred by hand-spinners because the bulb of each hair, which is left behind on the rabbit when the wool is clipped, helps to hold the fibres more firmly in the yarn.  Leaving the bulb on the hair helps the spun yarn not to shed.  A mature French Angora will yield between 1 and 2 pounds of wool each year.