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I will have knit hats out of handspun dog hair at my shows.

Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival, Sept. 6 & 7

Lemont, Art on the Green, Sept. 13

Springfield, Edward’s Place Fine Art Fair, Sept 20 & 21

Peoria Fine Art Fair, Sept. 27 & 28

 

I will have knit hats out of hand spun dog hair at my shows.

Downers Grove Fine Arts Festival, Sept. 6 & 7, 2025

Lemont, Art on the Green, Sept. 13, 2025

Springfield, Edward’s Place Fine Art Fair, Sept. 20 & 21

Peoria Fine Art Fair, Sept. 27 & 28

I have been doing some large commissions lately, like 3 pounds of dog hair! The above pictures are from Great Pyrenees. The top photo is the washed dog hair fluffed up and drying on a screen. The second photo is of the dog hair spun into a yarn. The last photo is of the 2 ply yarn, which means I took two strands of yarn and spun them together.

Convergence is Handweavers Guild of America’s national conference held in Knoxville TN this year. On July 17th I will be teaching “Spinning Short Fibers” This covers mostly spinning cotton but includes silk noil, camel and dog hair.

Convergence is Handweavers Guild of America’s national conference. It will be held in Knoxville TN this year. On July 17th I will be teaching “Spinning Short Fibers” This covers mostly spinning cotton but includes silk noil, camel and dog hair.

Convergence, The Handweavers Guild of America’s national conference, will be held this year at the Knoxville Convention Center n TN. On Sunday, July 17th, I will be teaching a day long class on “Spinning Short Fibers”.

Most of the class will be spent on learning how to spin cotton, but how to spin silk noil, camel and dog heir will      also be covered.

Convergence, the Handweavers Guild of America’s Conference, is just around the corner. This year it is at the Knoxville Convention Center in TN. On Sunday, July 17th, I will be teaching a day long class on “Spinning Short Fibers” Most of the time will be spent with learning how to spin cotton, but silk noil, camel and dog hair fibers will also be spun.

 

This is Valor a Kuvasz, 2 pounds, 9 ounces of yarn, approximately1,102 yards.

 

Here is JJ a Bernese Mountain Dog, 1 pound 9 ounces, approximately 872 yards.

 

 

 

 

 

Tess is a Grear Pyrenees, one

pound, 15 ounces of yarn, approximately 1,408 yards

 

 

 

Dougan is a Bernese Mountain Dog, one pound 9 ounces and about 824 yards

 

It took me 151 hours to do this commission.

This is a little thicker than I usually spin, but beautiful white yarn!