Knitting With Dog Hair: Better A Sweater From A Dog You Know and Love Than From A Sheep You'll Never Meet | 
 enlarge | Author: Kendall Crolius
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 211569
Media: Paperback
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 0.3
ISBN: 0312152906
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.92
EAN: 9780312152901
ASIN: 0312152906
Publication Date: January 15, 1997
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Product Description
Learn to recycle Rover into beautiful garments and accessories as the authors teach you this wacky new spin on an old craft. Knitting with Dog Hair is the definitive guide to putting on the dog!
In this tip-filled, easy-to-use book, the authors tell:
-How to make Afghan or a beret from your Beagle: you pet can yield yarn
-How to collect, clean, and store your pooch's fur
-How to modify your patterns to accommodate pet-spun yarn
-How to find experienced pet hair spinners, a guide to resources and suppliers
From mittens from a Malamute to caps from a Collie, this illustrated guide is the creative answer to that vexing shedding problem. This fetching book is certain to be this year's best in show!
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 Wonderful November 19, 2008
Tracy (US)
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
I felt bad at first shaving my dog completely bald, but after I got the sweater made using this book, he now looks stylish in his own fur!
fantastic! October 28, 2008
Elaine Overton (Rossland BC Canada)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book is as new as advertised! Full of great info. just what I was looking for. I have already started collecting my dog wool, can't wait to get using it!
Thanks for a wonderful book and service, great way to recycle!
 Is it REALLY a good idea? October 10, 2008
R. L. Glover (New Mexico)
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
As fun and quirky as this is, perhaps a dog hair sweater isn't that great an idea. Imagine what you'll smell like if you get caught in the rain. You're lible to be tossed off public transportation because of the smell of wet dog.
Maybe you could just knit a dog bed or a dog sweater instead? Seems like a more logical use of the hair.
Save the Planet, Knit the Dog July 11, 2008
NedMuffin (Cambridge, UK)
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
In these times of impending environmental catastrophe, it behoves all of us to recycle to reduce our carbon footprint. Happily, this onerous task has just been made easier by this publication.
With Kendall Crolius as my guide, I was able to produce a handsome pair of lederhosen and a saucy g-string from the excess hair produced by my pooch. I now intend to press on to the advanced section where there are designs for a fireman's uniform and a peek-a-boo bra.
My friend, Phil, has always been ahead of the recycling game - his ABBA tank-top made from the scummy bits in the shower plughole is legendary - but now he faces some real competition.
 Knitting Your Own Dog! April 7, 2008
Sara Fultz (Virginia)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
As an on again off again fiber artist I found this book to be very informative as a review as well as adding to the knowledge I already had. If you enjoy knitting and love dogs spinning their hair into yarn is a fun thing to do. Don't have a dog? Contact a local groomer and request long, clean hair. It's free for the asking and the color, texture, and staple length is varied which makes for very unique yarns.
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