knitting dog yarn made from my husky's fur
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- I'm basically just spinning my husky's fur into yarn. Totally normal behaviour.
Husky cameo at 3:48!!
This is the jankiest video ever. Sorry that it was late, it took me forever to make!!! I'll still try to post another video this Friday to make up for it!!
Fun fact! the proper term for dog yarn is 'chiengora'
I followed the tutorial by • How to Spin Dog Fur In... who is arguably much better at explaining the process!
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
0:48 Cleaning the fur
1:28 Preparing/fluffing the fur
2:19 Spinning time!
3:45 Onsen for dog yarn
4:11 Storing the yarn!
4:27 Results
4:47 Credits
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I’m a recent spinner, started in August last year. Great start! For a first time, and spinning hand prepped ‘cloud’, it’s really good, especially since the staple length (the length of the individual fibres) of husky fur is quite short and therefore not easily spun.
I started with a spindle… now I own several and an e-spinner. Be careful: spinning is addictive! And fun!
Wow! Thanks I had no idea! The tutorial I followed used samoyed fur but that explains a lot!!
@@kaeleaj - Every fur, every fibre behaves differently. There are many elements that play into it. One of them is fibre length (aka staple length). For animal fibre, there’s also crimp (you could call it waviness or frizzyness). Also how ‘rough’ the fibre is. Animal fibre is covered with miniature scales. When spinning, those miniature scales hook into one another. Then, for fur/wool, there’s also the matter of undercoat vs guard hairs or top coat. The coarser, thicker top coat doesn’t spin easily: it’s stiffer and the individual fibres don’t ‘hook’ into other fibres as easily as the softer, more pliable undercoat.
I haven’t spun dog fur… yet. But knowing how vastly different the wool from one breed of sheep spins up vs the wool of another breed, and knowing how different it is from alpaca, I got curious at one point. Maybe I’m weird but I started wondering “how would THAT spin up?” when looking at just about any fibre or fur I saw. I started to pay attention. I’m not 100% sure but I think most chiengora is indeed Samoyed undercoat. The few Samoyeds I’ve come across have undercoat that’s quite fine and surprisingly long. The huskies I know have slightly shorter undercoat and it’s a little less soft.
I think there’s even sources on the internet where people list how ‘spinnable’ different dog furs are. It doesn’t account for individual differences though. I can imagine some huskies have more spinnable fur than others.
At any rate, I hope you had fun, and hope you’re willing to give spinning a real try… and that you get to make lots of beautiful things with the yarn you make!
@@eddavanleemputten9232 I sure did have fun! That's the most important part! Thanks for all the tips! You're very kind.