Unfortunately, Newfoundland hair when spun has a bloom after a bit of use, which makes lace knitting futile. I made a scarf for Middle Child, in a simple pattern of diagonal stripes of knit and purl. After a couple years of use, the threads bloomed, and it became something like a piece of fur, and you couldn't see the pattern at all, unless you knew it was there. I could be the nature of the dog hair, which I think probable, or my spinning, which is more than possible. Newfoundland staple is less than 3" long, and in any event wouldn't be suitable for laceweight yarn. But since the price of the fiber is great, costing nothing, I can figure out uses for it.
Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where it is dreary. -----Original Message----- >From: "C. Johnson" <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 25, 2012 8:05 AM >To: Arachne List <[email protected]> >Subject: [lace] dog hair for lace knitting > >And then do a lace-knitting scarf. That would be beautiful. >I have just begun doing lace knitting. It takes a lot of concentration. >The life line idea is a very good one. > >I did find the malamute hair in the nests from time to time. Not so yet with >the Sheltie, but I comb her in my lap inside. > >Susie in Morris, IL > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >To: C. Johnson >Subject: RE: [lace] A bird of a different feather! pvt > > >See, now, if you have a Newfoundland, like I do, you can spin it, and you get >a lot of it. When I brush her on the deck, I am not that careful about >collecting the hair, as I think the birds might like it. Don't think it >absorbs water, and it's soft. But it does smell of Predator, so who knows. I >do use the dog hair around apple tree saplings, to repel deer and mice. Seems >to work. lrb > >-----Original Message----- > > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
