UK woman knits garments out of undercoat from Samoyed dogs

A knitter has told how she makes clothes from hair belonging to her pet dogs.

Jane Crewe, 57, is devoted to her Samoyed dogs - a Siberian breed known for their thick white fur.

The innovative crafter collects the hair from her pets, Artemis and Phaidra, aged seven, and uses a spinning wheel to turn it into yarn.

She then turns it into fluffy hats and scarves.

Mum-of-four Jane, who lives in Corstohpine, Edinburgh, washes the wool, dries it which takes two to three days, and then spins it into yarn, making around 50g an hour.

She got fur sent from 100 Samoyed owners during lockdown to see if she could learn how to spin it, and sends the yarn back to people.

She is currently knitting a jumper - using single ply yarn as using double ply would be too warm to wear - and plans to make a blanket.

Jane, who works in the gift shop at Edinburgh Zoo, said: "It's a little bit of magic.

"I like the spinning but knitting takes a lot longer, I'm usually quite happy to pass it back to the owner.

"It is quite like angora, the fluff is called 'the halo'.

"Alpaca wool is quite like that.

"It is quite hardwearing.

"You can do so much with it - using it for knitting, yarn or felt.

This video was filmed on the 27th Jan 2022.