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[Flummery]

You laugh but i know someone who spins her own wool and on one occassion made a pair of socks from dog hair!

I don't laugh at all! I made this hat this year for my friend whose elderly dog had recently been clipped (she bathed him first!) and I think she wanted a souvenir. It was by her request. I've never spun dog hair before but it was very well behaved. However, most people squirm at the thought! This is how it looked.

[Polly Fouracre]

I read,somewhere,that the contents of the hoover bag,especially if you have animals,is the best mulch for tomatoes.

[Dobby]

Yea Polly I saw a dvd with that in he showed some that had not been fed the hover fluff and some that had
big differance you put a bit just under the soil every 2 weeks it worked for us

Nice hat flum
does it srink in the wahs we got a great dane cross the post man is terefide of her I had to go pick up the post from the post office today

[Flummery]

It shouldn't shrink in the wash Dobby - or otherwise Ollie the Dog would stick out of his fur after a bath!

[lainey lou]

Gorgeous hat Flum!

[Flummery]

Thanks LL - it's based on a Peruvian original - not dog I suspect!

[Snadger]

You laugh but i know someone who spins her own wool and on one occassion made a pair of socks from dog hair!

My dog is called Kes. She is a German Shepherd that moults a lot! I do a bit of trout fishing and tie some of my own flies, so I tied a Kesdog fly from a clump of hair off her tail!
First cast, I caught a fish with it but the fly fell apart cos I'm crap at fly tying! Still managed to land the fish though!

Should have maybe re-named this thread 'Uses for pet hair'