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anTonOMasia wrote:
* Adam Funk wrote, On 4/27/07 7:52 AM:
On 2007-04-26, Tonto Goldstein wrote:

I used to know someone whose wife did indeed knit stuff from the
combings of their samoyeds. And, no, the items did not smell like
dogs.

Hell's bells, man, people make clothing from goat hair--pashmina, for
example.
I've heard tell that there are some crazy folk who make clothes from
the wool off'n a sheep's back!!1!

They is weird, I tells ya!


-- Kirk only accepts hair that has been brushed off the dog
-- because clipped hair makes the yarn too prickly. When an
-- order arrives, she washes the hair and then prepares it for
-- spinning. It requires at least 4 ounces to spin enough yarn
-- for a hat and 8 ounces for a scarf.


Yeah, but can you make a quilt with it?



Is it heavier than a duck?


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