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OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 16 2:05 pm Post subject: USe for Dog Hair (other than choking the vacumn cleaner)?

Our Springer looks more like a Herdwick sheep than a dog (I kid ewe not). So much so the sheep don't run away from him any more in a field.
So instead of paying ï¿½35 for another haircut I've ordered electric clippers (its a Whal something) and will do it myself.

Can I use the hair for anything? - or should it go on the compost heap. He's a sort of faded 'liver' colour at the moment so a wig is probably out of the question.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 16 2:12 pm Post subject:
Here you go...

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 16 3:15 pm Post subject:
guard hairs are a bit spikey and slippery but underfur and soft coats are quite good for yarn and felting. i keep meaning to do something with the binliner full of assorted mutt fluff.

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2573
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 16 3:50 pm Post subject:

Samoyeds are superior in this regard. I once had friends with two of them, who saved me the fleece when they blew their coats one spring. Sent the rather large box to my sister who lives abroad. It caused some concern at customs - I labeled it dog fleece, for spinning - and they were not sure about the contents. This was many, many years ago.

I think that the First People who lived in the Pacific Northwest used to have a breed of smallish white dogs kept for their useable fur.

And there was a woman I knew who used to invite passing collies into her house for a brush up, spun and knit herself a sweater. Which on damp days smelled like a damp dog . . . .

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Feb 29, 16 5:54 am Post subject:
Keep it til early Spring then distribute around garden for birds to use to line their nests...

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Mon Feb 29, 16 6:39 am Post subject:

Jam Lady wrote:

I love the idea of a smelly dog jumper.

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Mon Feb 29, 16 6:39 am Post subject:

gythagirl wrote:

Keep it til early Spring then distribute around garden for birds to use to line their nests...

Thats a nice thought too.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 16 11:08 am Post subject:
I will be having a bit of a clip when the weather warms up normally thrown away-this years crop will be going to the birds, I thought of a cushion once, but realised it would have become felt if I sat on it.

jettejette

Joined: 01 Jun 2013
Posts: 225

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 16 8:33 pm Post subject:
My Australian friend made a pair of mittens from her dogs hair!

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