I can confirm that dog hair makes lovely fabric, whether woven or knit or
felted. Any dog that blows a fine, soft undercoat (usually in the spring)
makes a good candidate. If it's at least an inch and a half long, most
people will not be able to distinguish it from angora (rabbit) in a finished
object. The main objection is odor. If the dog smells, the fabric will too.
Sometimes the odor can be washed out at the yarn stage, but sometimes it
can't.
I made several skeins of yarn from my rough collie's undercoat, and it has
no odor at all, even when wet. I've spun fiber from a chow chow that stank
from beginning to end and did not wash out.
If you spin, and someone offers you dog fluff, take care. Check it for
strong odor, and make sure it was combed out, not shaved off. Shaved fur
needs to be de-haired and it's a job No One wants!
If you are trying to emulate white fur trim on an outfit, and don't want to
use fur skins, a finely knit white angora yarn, made from prime plucked
angora, can be brushed out into a very impressive mock fur.
Denise B.
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