Oh my, I have more than enough wool for the winter. It took me a week to skirt (discard the poopy parts) it. Now I'm doing the washing and the washing and the washing. My husband is actually helping me card it so its ready for spinning. I'm going to my nephew's wedding this week so the washing will have to wait for a few days. Can I do it while I sleep? I wish. If someone ever tells you that you can have 300 lbs of sheep wool free to clean and wash, etc., question your sanity!
Check out an article I wrote on spinning dog hair at:
http://www.fortheloveofyarn.com/Issues/Summer06/articles/summer06_features.shtml
I just sent a dog hair heart out last week to my email friend who is a groomer in Massachusetts. Her friends mother's dog had to be put down. She and her friend took the mother out and presented her with the dog hair heart all in a boxed frame and this is what my friend said happened: (Get your tissues out!)
as i placed the box i made for the hart in her lap she said 'O my God is this my Jasmaines fur?"i said yes and she started to cry and huged me for a long time.then she showed me the photo she has that she petts every day of the dog and told me how that was all she had to rember the dog till now. she said she thought that she would never feel the real fur ever agine!!she said u have no idea how good it is to feel her fur agine and to know that now i can pet her any time i want like as if she is still hear sitting on my lap like she always was!!!
Sure does make you feel good being able to make someone happy with a keep sake of their animal!
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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