Even as a knitter and a pet lover, I’ve managed to turn the other cheek to what I’d considered to be the oddity of making yarn from your pet’s fur. But now that the Wall Street Journal has written a ...
When Jeannie Sanke sits down at the wooden spinning wheel located in the center of her living room, she talks about the hand cramps caused by countless hours of spinning yarn. She lays her palms out ...
You ran the most fascinating question from a woman who believed she didn't get a job because she told her potential employer she had knitted the vest she wore at the job interview from her own dog's ...
Spinning, knitting, crocheting and weaving with dog fur is a long international tradition, says Wendy Ellis, owner of Lancaster Yarn Shop in Kitchen Kettle Village, Intercourse. In cold climates ...
Got a dog that sheds? Pat Martinek would be happy to take that fur off your hands--or your sofa--and spin it into soft sweater wool known as chiengora. WSJ's Stephanie Simon reports from Golden, Colo.