Here's the scarf and a skein of the puppie's lovely fleece.
Valerie did a lovely job of the spinning and made these gorgeous labels with a photo of the dogs.
The scarf in close up.
My boys chillin' out on the back patio.
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Keeping busy
Sorry for the lack of posts in the last couple of weeks. I have been busy hand knitting a scarf for a special friend who is off to live in Boston in the USA. They have bitterly cold winters there and so I thought a scarf made from the hair of my beautiful samoyeds, Seamus and Teadach, would be the perfect gift. I collect the fleece when I am brushing them. When I had 1 kg or so I had it hand spun. The woman who spun the fleece did a beautiful job of spinning it very finely. The scarf was knitted with 3.75mm needles. I gave Les the scarf today and he was indeed pleased.
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This is amazing!!! 1kg of fur? I can't even imagine how much that is. What weight is the yarn? What stitch did you use? So many questions!
1kg of fur is about 6 supermarket shopping bags stuffed full. This is about 18 months worth of brushing, however I would say that about 80 per cent of that is collected during the spring/summer moult. The yarn is a little bit thicker than a 4 ply. I used 3.75 mm needles and used a four plain, four pearl pattern which I offset by 2 stitches every 4 rows so that the end result resembles a staggered basket weave pattern.
The end result was quite beautiful.
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