That reminds me of the antique 'hair receptacles' which used to be part of dresser sets with mirror, hair brush, & comb. My grandmother told me that people put their hair from their hairbrush in these to keep it from flying away and being found by birds. It was believed that if a bird made a nest using your hair, you would have headaches...! ((-:
Re: cat hair....I have a Maine Coon cat and collect his hair for spinning too. Yes, it is a lot like angora. It can also be used for needle-felting.
I use a 'Furminator' from time to time and get enough fur out of him to make another cat! (-: Dog hair makes nice yarn too. I've spun Golden Retriever fur and a few others. The funniest thing I ever saw someone do with this was to spin the dog's fur and then spool-knit (aka French knit) the yarn into a 'matching' leash...<vbg> Vicki in Maryland....where we have had the same unseasonably warm weather as many others have mentioned....They have had to move the 'peak' date for the DC cherry blossoms up (earlier) twice and the cherry blossom canopy on my street looked like it was snowing today as the blossoms started to fall with some light rain and wind we had this morning... -----Original Message----- From: Witchy Woman <wytchy...@sbcglobal.net> My friend, Dolores, has very long, white hair almost to her waist. She saves the hair from her brush and puts it out on her back picnic table for the birds. They love her! Another friend, who spins, asked me to save the brushings from a long-haired Maine Coon mix cat I used to have. She spun it with wool to make an almost angora-like yarn. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
