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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 21:20:44 GMT
A neighbour gave me some Samoyed's fibres she'd combed off her dog. I thought it might felt well - but then I do not know what object to make actually. I'm afraid it will retain the strong smell the fibres have ... any experience?
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Post by elizabeth on Jul 20, 2018 22:01:08 GMT
I think that the water and soap used during a wet felt process would get rid of most of the smell. It did so with some minimally-processed sheep wool I used recently.
I made a felt flower with my cats' fur just to see how it worked. Kind of ugly, since I have a tortie (white, black, orange) but it worked.
Good luck and let us know what you do with it.
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Post by Stargazer on Jul 20, 2018 22:19:38 GMT
Olive soap bar makes a wonderful smell to felted items, but not sure how it'll work with non-washed wool. It might end up smelling wet dog. Definitely worth a try though. About what amount did you get?
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Post by MTRuth on Jul 20, 2018 22:54:54 GMT
I have had experience with dog fur spun and knitted into hats. They were very smelly and definitely smelled like dog. Not sure how the fur was processed though.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jul 21, 2018 2:10:14 GMT
The spun pet hair I have seen has been smell free. I would think if you are wet felting it, it would be well washed by the time you were done. I am not bothered by clean animal smell though.
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Post by tracey on Jul 21, 2018 6:10:23 GMT
I had a go at felting my Labrador hair a while back. It was very slow to felt. I basically just made a ball that I was planning to make into a kind of snowman bauble but I lost interest!
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Post by magzie on Jul 21, 2018 12:43:05 GMT
I made a small felted vessel out of golden doodle fur with great success. I agree with the ladies, no dog smell after it was felted. Can't wait to see what you make.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 21:58:26 GMT
I've wet felted Samoyed's fur, together with some sheep's wool. I placed the one on one side and the other on the other side. It seemed to felt well in the combination but when I dried it and started to smooth it many dog's hairs came out, andI was using just my moist hands.
I gave the flat piece I made to the neighbour but forgot to take a photo.
I'll ask her to let me take a photo and will also ask her how the felt behaves.
It has no special smell - for me and the neighbour. The dog, however, smelled it very intensely sensing something unusual!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2018 19:30:19 GMT
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 4, 2018 19:54:59 GMT
Thanks for showing us. Looks like it felted well. Did your neighbor say that it is still "shedding" dog hair?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2018 21:21:52 GMT
She couldn't tell because she doesn't use it yet. They were amazed to see their dog's hair become fabric, they had no knowledge of felt whatsoever.
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Post by Pandagirl on Oct 6, 2018 18:02:19 GMT
It turned out well Ladka.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2018 21:21:20 GMT
The neighbour told me they use the felted piece as a chair pad and love it for its warmth. The felt still sheds individual hairs but we both expect this will stop with continuous use.
Now, I don't know whether Samoyed's hairs are prone to be shed when felted or I made something wrong.
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