A knitter has told how she makes clothes from hair belonging to her pet dogs.<br /><br />Jane Crewe, 57, is devoted to her Samoyed dogs - a Siberian breed known for their thick white fur.<br /><br />The innovative crafter collects the hair from her pets, Artemis and Phaidra, aged seven, and uses a spinning wheel to turn it into yarn.<br /><br />She then turns it into fluffy hats and scarves.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Jane, who works in the gift shop at Edinburgh Zoo, said: "It's a little bit of magic.<br /><br />"I like the spinning but knitting takes a lot longer, I'm usually quite happy to pass it back to the owner.<br /><br />"It is quite like angora, the fluff is called 'the halo'.<br /><br />"Alpaca wool is quite like that.<br /><br />"It is quite hardwearing.<br /><br />"You can do so much with it - using it for knitting, yarn or felt.<br /><br />This video was filmed on the 27th Jan 2022.
