>It's my understanding that the structure of cat hair makes it difficult
>if not impossible to spin. Seems like the cuticle of the feline fiber
>(sorry, couldn't resist the alliteration) is barbed. What I was told
>was that you could spin it -- and then just watch it unspin itself. I
>know lots of folks who spin Dog Hair, though.
>Jerusha, not a spinner or weaver
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Per a spinner I talked to at Pennsic - comb a very small amount of sheeps
wool in with the cat fur and it should spin just fine. Have not had the
time to test this but she is a wool merchant and does a lot of spinning.
Anne
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