So much Samoyed hair!

I finally got around to washing the 2 kg (or maybe more!) of Samoyed hair that I have collected over the last 18 months.  It seems Seamus and Teadach are just machines for turning food into hair.  The hair has to be washed 3 times and then rinsed.  My hands are sore from all the wringing.  Anyway, here's what 2 kg of samoyed hair looks like laid out on 2 giant beach towels.

I'm going to ask my spinner if she would mind spinning this quantity.  Last time I had about 1.2 kg and she said that was daunting!  This time I'll sweeten the deal by offering more money and carding the fleece before I give it to her.  If she doesn't say yes then I'll have to learn to spin myself, arrghh!  I've got too much else to do!

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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.

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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