Crafting with cat hair (I'm series!!!)

[eridani]

Felting and spinning it are two options.

http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/seven-creative-crafty-uses-for-cat-hair

[marzipanni]

1. That's fun, & funny!

I especially liked the oil-spill-absorbing booms made of cat, dog, and human hair stuffed into old pantyhose.

I have a friend who spins wool , and she told me medium length dog or cat hair can be spun with wool into yarn if the pet hair fibers aren't long enough to hold together.

[shenmue]

2. Meow

[TorchTheWitch]

3. I've been saving my dog's lovely undercoat he sheds out every year

I want a sweater made out of it so that when he's gone I have something of him left to feel wrapped up in. I wish I thought to do this with my previous dogs, but I didn't know then that there are people that can make yarn out of animal fur. I can't knit, but my sister has always been really good at that, and I'd pay her to make the sweater.

[eridani]

4. Felting is an option too

But I see why you want to wait until you have enough for a sweater.

[MuseRider]

5. I have been saving my goats undercoats to felt with.

I never thought about using dog or cat hair as well. Would love to spin but think that might be a little tricky as far as incorporating but felting would be perfect!

I just did my very first felting project using store bought felt. It is really fun. Only one of my dogs sheds but the other two are standard poodles and I clip them myself. I bet I could use their hair.

Eridani, I had yet to even think of this. Thank you for this thread.