Miro Knits

Techniques

Felting: Most lengths of fur. I have been successful with my pugs and they have short hair. Fluffy undercoats and coarser furs would work well for felting.

Thrumming: Longer fur is essential to create the strong tufts to be knitted and not shed.

Knitting: Long fur will most likely need to be spun with a stronger fiber such as wool. My husky fur was mixed with merino to create the yarn I used in my poncho..

Short fur can be sprinkled into any of the methods.

The original husky fur poncho! More info on Garments page.

I've been experimenting with creations using dog hair. I've felted, knitted and thrummed using family dogs. I've used long fur (Newfie), medium hair (husky) and short hair (pug) and am determining the best methods for each. Below are a few samples of finished projects.

I offer special orders using your dog's fur. For pet owners, having something hand crafted with your pet's fur is a great way to remember your him forever!

Please contact me through my Store on this website if you would like to have something created with your pet's fur. Pricing, technique, and the item itself will be determined by the type of fur you will provide.

I will continue to add my tips and tricks, results with certain dog furs and new projects on th is page.

To the left is a knit, then felted wool hat with a felted band, and felted dog paw made with Christie's dog's fur. I'm not sure what breeds are in the mix, but his fur really felted wonderfully! I initially knitted the paw into the headband, felted, and then needle felted the fur in.... but it came out so thick I ended up cuttting out the paw and affixing them separately to the band.

This is a winter headband I made for my friend, Wendi.... the headband is knitted and then felted wool, and the skull, which was knitted in with cream colored yarn prior to felting, is accented with needle felted English Bulldog fur! Bulldog fur is very short, it was difficult to felt into the already felted skull pattern, it took quite a while to get it fully felted... and it's still is a tad sheddy!

Similar to the headband, this is a knitted and felted black wool scarf. The difference is, the flowers are separately knitted Australian Shepherd fur. This fur was long enough I was able to felt the flowers and then later attach them to the scarf.

This is a purse I first knit with fisherman's wool. I twisted and knit in strands of Newfie hair and then felted the entire bag. The flower is felted of Newfie hair and the center is felted husky fur. The Newfie fur, which is quite long and sturdy (at least the outer coat) twisted, knitted and felted nicely... There is not much shedding but the hairs do have some loft to them, so I lined this purse with a cotton twill.

This is a knit hat with bulky wool and thrummed with Newfie hair. It's quite toasty! And the Newfie fur is a great length to use for this project. It doesn't shed and is long/strong enough to create nice tufts.

Here are a few of my dog (and cat) fur experiments. The felted terrier head is not complete, this will eventually be a tea cozy, and I will post a finished photo when it's ready! I used terrier, and some of my husky and newfie fur to help with the coloring. I knitted the dog head based off a chart to get the coloring right, felted the knitted piece and needle felted the fur into the piece.

The flower was a brief experiment in cat fur... it works, but was a little silky and took awhile to felt... and didn't feel quite as strong as some of the dogs.

The purse I knitted, felted and then needle felted the different color dog fur polka dots. I will get a better photo of this to show the color variations. Beige, white, grey and black!