Knitting with Dog Hair: Better a Sweater from a Dog You Know and Love Than from a Sheep You'll Never Meet - Paperback
by Kendall Crolius (Author)
No, it's not a joke! Knitting with Dog Hair became a cult sensation when first published in the 1990s. Back by popular demand, this expanded edition by author and spinner Kendall Crolius reveals how dog knitting became a movement and helped launch cottage industries of artisans spinning pet hair. It includes an expanded guide of dog breeds, including the trendy "designer dogs" that have become all the rage. This twenty-first-century edition, a perfect gift book for all occasions, provides tip-filled, easy-to-use advice on:
How to evaluate a breed based on its potential for knitting
Whether it's mittens from your Malamute, a cap from your Collie, or an afghan from your Afghan, this "extensive catalogue raisonne of the various breeds" (Tom Ferrell, New York Times Book Review) is the definitive guide to putting on the dog.
Kendall Crolius has been spinning yarn from her pet's hair and knitting clothes with it for most of her life. A senior vice president at J. Walter Thompson, she lives in Southport, Connecticut.
Anne Montgomery is a writer whose work appears regularly in "Town & Country "and other magazines. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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