A Cell Phone Case Made From Your Pet's Hair - Hot!

GeekSugar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:05:28 PDT

Yesterday PetSugar talked about VIP Fibers, a company that will take your pet's fur and hand spin it into Fur-Ever Yarn. . . It's totally legit I swear.

After entertaining the idea and sharing a few laughs with co-workers, I couldn't believe my eyes when I noticed that they actually make random things like cell-phone and iPod cases! Hot right?! Yes, after taming the mane of your dog, you can send Bruno's hair to VIP Fibers where it can be knitted into a lovely cell-phone pouch.

Once you click on the site, you'll discover the pocket iPod pouch at number 12 for $10 and keep scrolling down to number 29 for the $30 cell-phone case. And when someone compliments you on your (cough, cough) extraordinary gadget case, you can say, "It's entirely made from Bruno's fur!" Fierce!

Would You Wear a Bikini Made of Pet Hair?

PetSugar — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:15:49 PDT

Nope, it's not a joke. VIP Fibers is the first and original company to specialize in hand-spinning your pet's fur into "Fur-Ever Yarn." All you've got to do is brush your pet and send in the fur, and then you'll receive yarn to knit, crochet, or weave anything you want from a scarf to a stocking . . . to, yes, patterns for this bikini.

They've got a list of breeds whose hair they accept as the diameter of individual hairs to determine how well the yarn will work – the finer the fiber, the softer the yarn and the better for wearing! Unfortunately for me, Boston Terriers aren't listed so I've simply thrown out that baggie of hair I've pulled using the Furminator! Oh well, a college friend once told me I was too high strung to knit anyway – I was a tad obsessed with getting each row perfectly even so I'm abstaining from the possibilities of traveling to Florida without my dog, but with a bikini handwoven of his hair. I'll opt for dog hair on my coat over smelling like a wet dog at the beach, but maybe I'm just not fashion forward enough – what about you?