I haven't yet, but a friend of mine who is a spinner did. Made some very successful yarn from it too. She said it didn't need blending because it already had a nice twist in it and made a fairly strong yarn.
Arlys On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:15:48 -0400 "Helen Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Arlys wrote: > > My Border Collie sheds enough to knit a whole new dog. There, > obligatory > > costume content--sort of! ;) > > Have you tried carding, spinning and knitting from it? When I was > college, > a > friend of mine made a sweater from Alfie, her Old English Sheepdog > and > unofficial scene shop mascot. It was soft and a nice grey, although > it did > smell > more than a little like Alfie the first few times it got wet. > > I remember a book from the early 70's called _Knitting from Your > Dog_, but > I can't find it right now. However, there's this one: _Knitting > With Dog > Hair: > Better A Sweater From A Dog You Know and Love Than From A Sheep > You'll Never Meet_ by Kendall Crolius, ISBN: 0312152906. > > -Helen /Aidan > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
