Q&A for How to Make Dog Yarn

Dogs shed great amounts of fur that floats around beneath and behind furniture on hardwood floor. It is readily available to dog owners or dog groomers. Why not spin it into yarn instead of filling up trash bags or allowing it to pick up dirt, dust-balls, bugs and bacteria lurking in our homes? Once you turn it into yarn, you can make rugs, hats, sweaters, scarves, booties for your own use or give as hand-made gifts. You can wash it with regular shampoo and conditioner to soften it and make it smell good.

There are several plant-based options including hemp, bamboo, flax, and ramie. But you don't have to discount animal options, local farmers and yarn/fiber events are great sources of humane wool. You're bound to find many small scale vendors dedicated to the well-being of their animals.

Yes, you can spin yarn from any kind of fiber, even cat hair! Just use the same method you would use for dog hair.

It should be perfect for spinning! You are lucky to have such a wonderful dog.

It's a device that is used to turn fiber, usually sheep's wool (but many other animals and plant fibers can also be used) into yarn for making textiles. There are many variations and designs, but all of them are spun to produce twists in the fiber which turns it into yarn. Periodically, the spinner will stop and wind the yarn onto the spindle, which allows her to continuously spin more fiber.

You could try, but since human hair is more sleek and slippery, it might be harder to spin together.

As long as the hair is washed and safe, you are free to do whatever you want with it!

You can use any dog's fur for this, as long as there's enough. If you don't have enough, then you will need to wait until you've saved enough.