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Showing posts with label keepsake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label keepsake. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Save that blowing coat...the dog hair brushings


Its that time of year when our loving canines (and other pets) blow their coat... Why not turn it into a keepsake?  

Start by saving the brushings....
Chow Chow brushings
Pyrenees brushings

 Meet a few of the loving animals that  I've spun the fur of
Jersey Woolie

Chow Chow

English Angora

Leonberger
Pyrenees
  See the yarns produced....
Jersey Woolie
English Angora

Leonberger
 And a few of the treasured keepsakes that have been made....


Chow Chow afghan

Chow Chow scarf




Chow Chow throw


Malamute mittens
  If you have any questions, please contact me or visit my shop for the custom spinning listing.

For Frequently Asked Questions about Chiengora (dog hair yarn) see this blog entry.  

Sunday, January 30, 2011

What a beautiful yarn!

Yep, from these two beautiful Great Pyrenees, Lola and Louie... and a pleasure to spin.
Comes this wonderful fluff.
...this skein of 2ply Pyrenees Yarn. 
...a center pull ball.  And then, it is transformed again into ... ?
 I wonder what Lola and Louie's mom will make from her Pyr yarn.

I knit this little teddy bear as a keepsake from a different Great Pyrenees.
So that is what you can do with some of that dog hair.   It takes about 1 ounce of dog fur to make this 5" tall teddy bear.