Self-indulgent pet thread

[moose]

Hey, if I didn't trim his fur, he'd be tripping over his sideboards!

I think I've mentioned it before, but I've kept (thoroughly washed of course) nearly all of the fur resulting from his bi-monthly or so shearings over the past 5 1/2 years. It's actually enough to stuff a decent sized cushion. It's too short to spin for wool, but might work mixed with something like Alpaca for felting. I'm looking for a course on how to do this. But if anyone has any idea what I can do with a whole lot of guinea pig wool, let me know.

PS: Yes, I know it's weird.

You'd need to ascertain whether it would felt. If you rub a small ball of it between wetted forefinger and thumb, does it start to stick together?

 

[twentythreedom]

Also posted to "dogs thread" for maximum exposure - she deserves it though

 

[chriswill]

She's so pretty

 

[CRI]

You'd need to ascertain whether it would felt. If you rub a small ball of it between wetted forefinger and thumb, does it start to stick together?

I've asked a few people who do felting and spinning about this and when they realise I am serious, I really do have about a

Aww, he looks like a badly shaven scrotum.

You should see what his scrotum looks like! boom boom!

 

[CRI]

You'd need to ascertain whether it would felt. If you rub a small ball of it between wetted forefinger and thumb, does it start to stick together?

I've asked a few folks who know about wool stuff whether it could be spun or felted. Being mainly a Texel, most of his fur is thin and wavy with some quite wiry - over his nose, ears and feet (which is the only place skinny pigs have fur, btw.) I think the consensus is it would have to be mixed with something else with longer fibres, like alpaca. Since cavies and alpaca come roughly from the same part of the world, that seems appropriate.

I did have a go a couple years ago with some alpaca wool, but I didn't have the right combs for carding and stuff. It sort of came out okay, but I figured I'd better wait and work out what I'm doing, or better, give it to someone who knows what they are doing to make something out of it.

Slightly related, I have that book about crafting from cat fur. I made two small grey cats with the leavings of Breeze. They were okay, but she managed to find both and shredded them. Guess she thought it was some kind of violation or something.

 

[CRI]

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Also posted to "dogs thread" for maximum exposure - she deserves it though

want

She's so pretty

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want

I knew this would happen. My will power held from 1998 to 2013, then came Breeze, then last year Charlie and now I find myself wanting another dog, like seriously.

 

[Saffy]

Cassie has a poorly leg and so she's not allowed to go for a walk for a week.
We've bought her a stag bar though and she's pretty happy with that.

 

[moose]

Slightly related, I have that book about crafting from cat fur. I made two small grey cats with the leavings of Breeze. They were okay, but she managed to find both and shredded them. Guess she thought it was some kind of violation or something.

I knitted a little bit of Stan one morning, and he circled round it very suspiciously.

 

[Mogden]

Springtime sprawling on the landing.

If there was any doubt about Stone having a touch of Maine Coon about him I think his royal fluffiness at the back there just eradicted it.

 

[treefrog]

this is my bed....

... And you're not coming in!

 

[CRI]

this is my bed....

... And you're not coming in!

*waves at Pockle"

 

[CRI]

Just about to give Griff and Mal a bath. Took a few photos earlier . . .

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[CRI]

 

[CRI]

Charlie came 5th in the fancy dress class of a charity dog show today with his tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy.

And he met another papillon!

 

[Mogden]

Charlie came 5th in the fancy dress class of a charity dog show today with his tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy.

And he met another papillon!

Even for a cat person that's beyond cute to me!!

 

[starfish]

Bob & me having a lazy saturday morning.

 

[CRI]

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Loving the kitten mitten!

 

[Manter]

My favourite furball making himself comfortable this afternoon

 

[CRI]

My favourite furball making himself comfortable this afternoon

Shy boy!

 

[Manter]

Shy boy!

I think it was more of a fuck off and stop bothering me

 

[starfish]

Loving the kitten mitten!

I wish he was a kitten again. He'll be 16 soon.

 

[Saffy]

We've had a beautiful walk through the woods early this morning.

 

[Manter]

I have been woken up by the cat trying desperately to dig a hole under the bath. Through ceramic tiles

 

[CRI]

I have been woken up by the cat trying desperately to dig a hole under the bath. Through ceramic tiles

Ah bless

 

[CRI]

Just back from 3 nights away with all six creatures of the household. Weather was pretty crap, but the place we stayed was really nice and amazingly relaxing. I think the lack of phone signal and wi fi helped! Pigs got to have a graze on the Saturday morning when the weather wasn't too bad. Charlie managed to eat half the beach. Breeze just chilled most of the time.

 

[Mogden]

Snuggle brothers

Don't have a baby but I do use baby blankets as cat protectors before anyone is wondering where the kid is!

 

[starfish]

Our new addition. We've adopted him from ms starfishs sister. There's a thread about it somewhere. Meet Tango. Like Bob but bigger.

 

[moose]

Lovely, starfish ! Another Stan-a-like

Talking of whom...


Not a shred of dignity

 

[Mogden]

Oh my poor head. I shouldn't have had that last bag of catnip. What DID I do? No I don't want to know. Oh no! I remember falling off the fence cos I shook my furry bits at the dog across the way a bit too hard. Never again!