Asalinsu yak wata dabba ce da ke yawo a tudun Tibet.Musamman dacewa don tsayin daka mai tsayi sama da mita 3000, yak yana ɗaya daga cikin jigon rayuwar Himalayan.Tsawon ƙarnuka da yawa jama'ar yankin sun yi zaman gida a wasu lokuta, amma sun kasance halittu masu kunya, suna tsoron baƙo kuma suna iya yin kuskure.
Yak fiber yana da taushi kuma mai santsi tare da ban mamaki.Ya wanzu cikin launuka da yawa, gami da inuwar launin toka, launin ruwan kasa, baki da fari.Matsakaicin tsayin fiber yak shine kusan 30mm tare da ƙarancin fiber na 15-22 microns.Ana tsefe shi ko a zubar da shi daga yak sannan kuma a yanke shi.Sakamakon haka shine zaren ƙasa mai ƙayatarwa kamar na raƙumi.
Yarn da aka yi daga yak down yana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun zaruruwa da aka samu.Dufi fiye da ulu kuma mai laushi kamar cashmere, yak yarn yana yin tufafi masu ban mamaki da kayan haɗi.Fiber ne mai ɗorewa da nauyi mai nauyi wanda ke adana zafi a lokacin hunturu amma yana numfashi don jin daɗi cikin yanayi mai zafi.Yak yarn gaba daya ba shi da wari, baya zubarwa kuma yana kula da dumi, koda lokacin jika ne.Yadin ba shi da alerji kuma ba mai ban sha'awa ba saboda ba ya ƙunshi mai ko sauran dabbobi.Ana iya wanke shi da hannu tare da sabulu mai laushi.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-30-2022