Dave and his Dad

Meet Dave the Dog (and his Dad).

Somehow, somewhere, me in all my wisdom I decided to spin this beautiful dogs hair into some wool and knit this dear fellow a beanie.

It is a very organic-looking beanie, I must admit, definitely not for everyone, but for this nutter who absolutely adores his doggy, it does just fine. Mind you, I call him a nutter, but I think perhaps I too am a nutter for doing it also. It's not everyone who meets a dog in the park, asks for its fur next time it has a haircut and then decides to spin it!

My mum was a godsend. I had put it in the too hard basket for about 6 months, and then she said "NOPE! We're going to DO IT!" It only took about a day to card and spin, then knit the beanie. It was a smelly job, and there were little bits of Dave hair EVERYWHERE, but it was all soooooo worth it when I saw the joy on Dave's Dad's face when he popped that crazy beanie on his little bald head.

Another good deed done... I like to make people happy in different ways. I could have bought a bag man a burger, but I didn't. I made a beanie out of dog hair for a looney tunes.

Later