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Posted by lucretia borgia on October 24, 2009, 7:08 am
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>> lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
>>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:03:01 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
>>>>I was talking to a regular bookstore customer late last night. She has
>>>>recently taken up spinning, which she says has been very good for her
>>>>hands. She has about 12 cats (she lives in a rural area) and has spun
>>>>some cat fur. I was telling her about Sparky, and she thought he might
>>>>spin up nicely into a tweed yarn. Sparky thinks I have been looking at
>>>>him funny this morning--I am picturing a nice sturdy knit bag.
>>>>Dawne
>>> I think I would take a nice sturdy knit bag over a sweater. You could
>>> even felt it.
>> Does pet hair (as in cats & dogs & the odd horse, etc.) felt the same
>> way wool does? I can't even remember what it is that makes wool
>> shrink/felt -- is it the lanolin? I have been saving all of Cassie (Baby
>> Cat) fur for ages and plan to send it off and have it made into yarn. Not
>> sure what I will do with it but I'm sure I can think of something to use
>> it on! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
>> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
>> their whiskers!
>> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
>When I had some of Chillkoot's fur spun into yarn for a pair of gloves some
>wool had to be added to make everything stick together. I think that it had
>something to do with the dog's fur being too slippery. I think the ratio was
>75% malute, 25% baa baaa!
>*One* washing and the old boy didn't know that part of the gloves had come
>from him. I can't recall the gloves shrinking!
>Come to think of it I have never seen a dog or sheep shrink after they have
>been out in the rain. Maybe it is the laundry detergent that causes the
>shrinking.
>Fred
>http://www.stitchaway.com
>If nothing changes, nothing changes.
>Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.
You just put the object to be felted in the hot wash cycle and voila !
I think it has to be all natural fibre, no added synthetic.
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Posted by Tia Mary on October 24, 2009, 9:39 am
lucretia borgia wrote:
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> You just put the object to be felted in the hot wash cycle and voila !
> I think it has to be all natural fibre, no added synthetic.
HMMM -- now that you mention it, untreated cotton will shrink when
washed in hot water just like wool but not near as much, I think. I
wonder why that is? Whose our chemist her? I know someone who posts
fairly regularly is a chemist mayven, maybe she could tell me. I'll
have to start a new thread to make sure she see my question. Thanks for
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reminding me about the natural fibers shrinking. CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Tia Mary on October 24, 2009, 9:33 am
Fred wrote:
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> When I had some of Chillkoot's fur spun into yarn for a pair of gloves some
> wool had to be added to make everything stick together. I think that it had
> something to do with the dog's fur being too slippery. I think the ratio was
> 75% malute, 25% baa baaa!
>
> *One* washing and the old boy didn't know that part of the gloves had come
> from him. I can't recall the gloves shrinking!
>
> Come to think of it I have never seen a dog or sheep shrink after they have
> been out in the rain. Maybe it is the laundry detergent that causes the
> shrinking.
>
> Fred
> http://www.stitchaway.com
> If nothing changes, nothing changes.
> Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.
OMG -- sounds like the puncture wound has started to fester in
Fred's brain -- call the paramedicos!!! The wool shrinks Dear Fred,
not the whole lamb or sheep or dog. I'm still curious to know why. I
remember watching a show about The Outback on TLC or Discovery or some
such and sheep farming & shearing & all aspects of wool were part of the
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discussion. I just don't remember what I heard -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Jenn Ridley on October 24, 2009, 10:34 pm
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>When I had some of Chillkoot's fur spun into yarn for a pair of gloves some
>wool had to be added to make everything stick together. I think that it had
>something to do with the dog's fur being too slippery. I think the ratio was
>75% malute, 25% baa baaa!
>*One* washing and the old boy didn't know that part of the gloves had come
>from him. I can't recall the gloves shrinking!
>Come to think of it I have never seen a dog or sheep shrink after they have
>been out in the rain. Maybe it is the laundry detergent that causes the
>shrinking.
It's the agititation, mostly; hot water some. Detergent doesn't
help, either. Warm water relaxes the wool fiber, removing some of the
stretch that spinning and knitting/weaving put into the fiber;
detergent raises the little barbs on wool fibers; and agitation makes
the fibers lock together in the new smaller configuration.
jenn
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Jenn Ridley : ridley.jenn@gmail.com
WIP: Poppies (Art-Stitch), two knitted tops, Oriental Butterfly
Most recently Finished: Floral Sampler, Insect Sampler
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Posted by ellice on October 23, 2009, 9:08 am
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> Linda wrote
>>
>> Very good Fred. Now how do I get the dog hair off all the little Velcro
>> tabs?? Apparently I am supposed to brush Sparky the Wonderdog daily
>> "during
>> its shedding season". Apparently ever since March when I brought him home
>> has been his shedding season. At least I hope it has, cause if it gets
>> worse he's having a Swiffer tied to his tail.
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> Spew!
>
> I have a border collie mix - her shedding season is also January -
> December. Sometimes, we get a break of about three days when she gets
> cut down for the summer. . . and to top it off, Belle is black and
> white, so no matter what you wear you are sure to be accessorized with
> fur!
We are like this with the Puckster factor - liver and white, with some
really dark liver. Always something will show.
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> My last dog Emma was a shepherd/collie cross. My vet cheerfully told me her
> collie part shed all year, while her shepherd part joined in seasonally.
> Sparky has much longer hair, and has merle and black patches on his back,
> some brown freckles here and there, and white legs, belly, ruff and blaze.
> There is nothing that he can't deposit visible fur on. (but he is so
> totally worth the swiffering)
> Dawne
>
>
Sparky sounds lovely. I think I was spoiled growing up with poodles, but as
an adult have had shedding dogs - RhoVee, the lab/border collie cross, had a
lovely long border-collie coat, with sort of lab ears, and a huge (but not
fat) 100# big, tall lab body. With a huge bc style tail, but twice the
size! He could shed anywhere, but was such a lovely dog. His companion, a
black and white cocker, mostly shed his mainly black. With Puckster there
are long white hairs all over, and piles of fluff on the floor all the time.
We eseentially gave in, covered one end of the nice sectional in the great
room, and he perches there - but don't think about using that throw for
yourself- it's polar fleece and Springer Spaniel fleece! And I just keep an
extra coverlet on the bed to throw over the real bed linens - so that we're
not totally sleeping in Pucksterland. Ah, well - DH just keeps a lint brush
with him all the time so that when he's going to meetings he can try to
clean up. I'm just hopeless. All my black pants for work - no matter what
- they come out of the dryer, and just putting them on it seems like some of
Puckster will float over to rest on them.
Ellice
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>>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:03:01 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
>>>>I was talking to a regular bookstore customer late last night. She has
>>>>recently taken up spinning, which she says has been very good for her
>>>>hands. She has about 12 cats (she lives in a rural area) and has spun
>>>>some cat fur. I was telling her about Sparky, and she thought he might
>>>>spin up nicely into a tweed yarn. Sparky thinks I have been looking at
>>>>him funny this morning--I am picturing a nice sturdy knit bag.
>>>>Dawne
>>> I think I would take a nice sturdy knit bag over a sweater. You could
>>> even felt it.
>> Does pet hair (as in cats & dogs & the odd horse, etc.) felt the same
>> way wool does? I can't even remember what it is that makes wool
>> shrink/felt -- is it the lanolin? I have been saving all of Cassie (Baby
>> Cat) fur for ages and plan to send it off and have it made into yarn. Not
>> sure what I will do with it but I'm sure I can think of something to use
>> it on! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
>> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
>> their whiskers!
>> Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
>When I had some of Chillkoot's fur spun into yarn for a pair of gloves some
>wool had to be added to make everything stick together. I think that it had
>something to do with the dog's fur being too slippery. I think the ratio was
>75% malute, 25% baa baaa!
>*One* washing and the old boy didn't know that part of the gloves had come
>from him. I can't recall the gloves shrinking!
>Come to think of it I have never seen a dog or sheep shrink after they have
>been out in the rain. Maybe it is the laundry detergent that causes the
>shrinking.
>Fred
>http://www.stitchaway.com
>If nothing changes, nothing changes.
>Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.