A Challenge

A few weeks ago, to promote my dog and cat knits, I had a draw for a pet Spirit Basket. The woman who won emailed me to let me know she thought the baskets were "awesome". Needless to say I was thrilled.
Her dog Arran, is a yellow lab. Labs are not noted for their plush, woolly coats. I didn't think it would be possible to spin the hair of a lab, but Marian assured me that she did get fluff when Arran was brushed.
I picked up a big bag of Arran's fluff earlier this week. The fibres were about 1/4 of an inch long. After struggling for an hour or so I got the hang of working with it and to my amazement Arran's hair spun into quite a beautiful and fuzzy yarn. I'll knit her basket this weekend and write more about this special dog.

Arran's yarn drying in the Garden