Knitting with Dog Hair: Better a Sweater from a Dog You Know and Love Than from a Sheep You’ll Never Meet

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Shed happens! Don’t clog up your vacuum cleaner―turn that fuzz into fabulous fashions with this complete guide. Recycle Rover into treasured mementos of your beloved pet.

No, it’s not a joke! Knitting with Dog Hair became a cult sensation when first published in the 1990s. Back by popular demand, this expanded edition by author and spinner Kendall Crolius reveals how dog knitting became a movement and helped launch cottage industries of artisans spinning pet hair. It includes an expanded guide of dog breeds, including the trendy “designer dogs” that have become all the rage. This twenty-first-century edition, a perfect gift book for all occasions, provides tip-filled, easy-to-use advice on:
How to evaluate a breed based on its potential for knitting How to harvest, clean, and spin your pooch’s fuzz―and why you don’t necessarily need a long-haired breed to create yarn from your dogHow to modify your favorite patterns to accommodate pet-spun yarnHow to find experienced pet-hair spinners

Whether it’s mittens from your Malamute, a cap from your Collie, or an afghan from your Afghan, this “extensive catalogue raisonne of the various breeds” (Tom Ferrell, New York Times Book Review) is the definitive guide to putting on the dog.

50 black-and-white illustrations
From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Liveright
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 3, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1324091142
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1324091141
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #525,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #174 in Folkcrafts #945 in Knitting (Books) #1,089 in Quilts & Quilting (Books)