Servant to Four Kitties (to borrow someone else's job
description ;o)
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From: Susan Data-Samtak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pet hair
Seems like the cuticle of the feline fiber
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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pet hair
My baby maine coon's hair could definately be spun...he matts
continuously!
When you put your fingers in his fur, it feels like you're burrying your
fingers in sheeps wool!
Kelly
Bravery is something you can
We have two right now, great grandson and son of our old boy Angus, who past
away a couple of years ago. The son, 'pangur' is the great grandson's,
'sammie', great uncle. If that makes any sense...we also have a domestic
heinze 57 who's the bigest of them all! Indie!
Obligatory on topic
Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
Does it not occur that some people do not worry about such things as pet
furr unless you are out and about among people to whom such a vestige of
barnyard appearance is a problem? Even in this modern age one will know
or remember that when going here or there may make a
I have a small sign up in my hallway that reads No outfit is
complete without cat hair. I keep planning to make one that
says No costume is complete without cat hair to go in the
sewing room (which is off limits to the cats but their
hair gets in anyway). If you have cats
At 07:21 PM 1/18/2006, you wrote:
Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
Does it not occur that some people do not worry about such things as pet
furr unless you are out and about among people to whom such a vestige of
barnyard appearance is a problem? Even in this modern age one will know
or remember that
Have you tried one of those things that looks like a window scraper?
It supposedly is able to pull the hair out, not just sweep it off. It
has a plastic handle with a rubber -like blade. Check your local pet
supply store or a pet catalog.
I also found a glove that seems to be made of a
What Dawn said! Also, I'm sewing for other people--Live with it really
isn't the best solution there. =} I can live with it (although I _would_
have to pick black fulled wool for my dressiest coat, sigh) but maybe they
can't, you know? The packing tape thing is handy for small areas, but not
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To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pet hair
Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
Does it not occur that some people do not worry about such things as pet
furr unless you are out and about among people to whom such a vestige of
barnyard appearance
But the problem I have with our costumes is that the wool gown seems
to attract an unusually heavy amount of lint, dust, cat hair, people
hair and heaven knows what else to it. I've already gone through one
lint roller and I'm working on a second just trying to keep the
thing from looking like
Friends gave me a sign similar to yours except it is for DOG hair.
(They have 2 cats, so they understand.)
Susan
Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for. - Ride the Dark
Trail by Louis L'Amour
On Jan 19, 2006, at
I just saw this bit of info on TV today... The person used a rubber cleaning
glove. Once it has picked up a batch of hair she then would use a damp cloth
to wipe of the glove and begin again.
Roscelin
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From: E House [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The best lint roller I've found is made of a similar kind of slightly
sticky rubber, and all you have to do to clean it is to rinse it in cold
water, when all the hair comes off -- let it dry and it's ready to use
again.
I read that as it referring to the 'hair', not the roller. Conjuring
Ooops... Well, it all depends on the breed of cat's hair. I used to spin
collie hair and wool together. Why not Angora cat hair?
Roscelin
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From: Kate Pinner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The best lint roller I've found is made of a similar
I saved dog hair and spun it to knit. Why not cat hair
Susan
Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for. - Ride the Dark
Trail by Louis L'Amour
On Jan 19, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Kate Pinner wrote:
The best lint
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Ooops... Well, it all depends on the breed of cat's hair. I used
to spin collie hair and wool together. Why not Angora cat hair?
It's my understanding that the structure of cat hair makes it difficult
if not impossible to spin. Seems like the cuticle of the
Seems like the cuticle of the feline fiber (sorry, couldn't resist
the alliteration) is barbed
But aren't the barbs the reason that wool can be spun? It gives
texture so the spinning stays in.
Susan
Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all
Quoting Susan Data-Samtak [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Seems like the cuticle of the feline fiber (sorry, couldn't resist
the alliteration) is barbed
But aren't the barbs the reason that wool can be spun? It gives
texture so the spinning stays in.
or it could be that the cuticle *isn't* barbed. :-S
I don't! I have a white cat and a black cat and between the two of them,
they can hair up ANYTHING. I've got a lint brush (works better for me than
the rollers) which works well on everything but fulled wool. I keep meaning
to try vacuuming my fulled wool, but the vacuum is such a nuisance to
-cost] pet hair
I don't! I have a white cat and a black cat and between the two of them,
they can hair up ANYTHING. I've got a lint brush (works better for me than
the rollers) which works well on everything but fulled wool. I keep meaning
to try vacuuming my fulled wool, but the vacuum
I don't think they cared. Animals were always in the house. Ever heard of a
3Dog Night? That meant the dogs slept on the bed to help heat the bed. So
they wouldn't have worried about the air, would be my guess.
With servants to do such mundaine ork, maybe they did the tiddying up of
velvets and
in a multiplicity of patches
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Becky
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:11 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pet hair
I don't think they cared. Animals
might wear?
Kathleen
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From: E House [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pet hair
I don't! I have a white cat and a black cat and between the two of them,
they can hair up
I developed a tolerance for all the cat hair jokes I get from SCA friends.
;o)
Basically, I do my best to keep the period clothing as far away from easy
feline access as possible, and if I'm going to be sitting on something in
the house when garbed, I make sure I've vacuumed, etc. I have 4 cats,
I usually use a strip or two from a cheap roll of packing tape, but when I
have nothing close to hand, I will very lightly dampen my hands in the
nearest sink and gently rub the fur away. This seems to work with most
fabrics. The trick is to get your hands just moist enough it grips the hair,
but
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