From Pathe! - 1940 Various shots of girls of the Canine Defence League combing fluffy Samoyed dogs in a garden. Commentator explains that the 'dog wool' goes to make socks for the Forces; the coats of these dogs coats yield enough wool for 100 pairs of "long sea boot stockings".The hair that comes off is washed and laid spread out in the sun to dry, then carded by hand and spun into wool on old-fashioned spinning wheels. A woman sits in the garden knitting some long socks - they look rather fluffy and itchy, but I expect they were very warm. A girl shows us a finished pair and then poses with a fluffy pup.
Posted by Alexandra Karastoyanova on Montag, 7. September 2015
Mary Burkett was an amazing person. She began the International Feltmakers Association, and was one of the early advocates for contemporary feltmaking. Her book "The Art of the Feltmaker" was very important to me when I was a new felter, trying to learn this wonderful, ancient craft. A memorial service is being held on February 6th, in Carlisle Cathedral, England at 5:30 PM. Inge Evers had this idea: It would be wonderful if feltmakers around the world could pause a moment to think wonderful thoughts of Mary at this time. (At whatever 5:30 PM is in their own time zone. On the Pacific Coast of North America, this will be 9:30 AM on the same day. It's easy to Google the time to find out.) In this way we can all send Mary on to her next adventure, we will be a circle around the earth.
