I notice you also have Highlands. we had a purebred herd and a registered herd for some years, a lady stopped for some of their hair for spinning so had to get her some, she liked the wool from our corriedale ram too.
I bred the Highlands to Hereford bull and the F3s were pretty good beeves, faster to finish yet hardy as a pure HL & of course polled. I did have a good market for horned skulls and even a couple hides for tanning.

I havent had my hands on any of the satin Angoras so havent a clue what the wool is like? Do you mix wools when making "things". I have had art students from the University do a lot of different things like mixing the sheep wool and collie dog and more. I dont think the university does much in the way of fiber arts any more, the prof that worked that retired some years ago.

We have 10 purebred Highland cows, but have not kept up on registering them, as they are just for us. :^) We used a large Angus bull on them this past 2 years, and I am quite pleased with the offspring - enough to want to keep the 5 heifers produced. They have the deep bodies and heavy coats of the highlands, but the growth rate and also are polled. We got black and dun calves from the cross.

Re Satin Angora wool - its similar to work with as other angora breeds such as French. THey rabbits don't produce as much wool per harvest, although mine are improving dramatically in that regard as I selectively breed. The main thing about SA wool that makes it so different is that the colors are much more deep and rich, and the fiber has a sheen that gives the yarn a shimmering effect. It feels very much like silk - has a more slippery texture. And the red you get from SA is darker and much richer than the fawns that are available in the other breeds.

I spin almost exclusively 100% angora. Sometimes I do a blend with fine, silky wool - such as CVM, Cormo or my Bluefaced Leicester, and will add some alpaca too.

Recently, I tried another technique by taking one ply of pure angora and one of wool and plying the two together. I suspect that if I were to knit up a sample and wash it, the angora ply would "pop" out a bit, since the wool would shrink more in the felting process. I'm hoping it will give a boucle effect to the finished work. Hmmmmm......must try that very soon. :^)

Lisa