http://www.petsugar.com/ Girl's Best Friend. en http://www.petsugar.com/1108626 <!-- no strip poll --><div id="epoll-view-1108626"></div><script type="text/javascript">new Ajax.Request('/epoll/view/1108626',{method:'get',onSuccess:function(transport){var epoll=$('epoll-view-1108626');epoll.update(transport.responseText);}});</script><noscript><p><p><span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/10/104166/11_2008/vipfibers2.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image outline preview" height="312" width="550"></span>Nope, it's not a joke. <a href="http://www.vipfibers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VIP Fibers</a> 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, <a href="http://www.vipfibers.com/free-keepsake-patterns.html#bikini" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patterns for this bikini</a>. </p> <p>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 <i>better</i> for wearing! Unfortunately for me, Boston Terriers aren't listed so I've simply thrown out <a href="http://www.petsugar.com/1108628" rel="nofollow">that baggie of hair I've pulled using the Furminator</a>! 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?</p> </p><!-- no strip poll --><form action="/1108626" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Would You Wear a Bikini Made of Pet Hair?</label> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="0" class="form-radio" /> Umm, yeah!</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Umm, no!</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="2" class="form-radio" /> Other – I'll tell you in my comments below.</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="1108626" /> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --></noscript><!-- no strip poll --> http://www.petsugar.com/1108626#comment hair poll reviews services VIP fibers Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:15:49 -0700 PetSugar http://www.petsugar.com/1108626