WOOL OF THE DOGPhotos by Erwan Fichou
Doumé Jalat-Dehen makes wool out of dog hair and then her customers make sweaters from the dog wool. Photographer Erwan Fichou went to visit her in Brittany, where Doumé gave him the names and addresses of some of her clients. Erwan then set off across France and Belgium to meet them and take their pictures. It takes about seven years to gather enough dog hair for a sweater. First of all, you can’t just pull the fur out out! That’s inhumane, plus it’s cheating. You just have to brush your dog regularly and save what comes off. Then you mail your precious collection of Rover fur to Doumé and she will return it to you in a 50-gram ball of dog wool.
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People with their dogs, wearing the sweaters they made from that dog’s fur. Ugh.
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More people with their dogs, again wearing the sweaters they made from that dog’s fur. Double ugh.
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Anonymous, on Sep 30, 2009 wrote:
Bonjour, je connaissais pas la laine avec les poils de chien.
Et bien, on criera plus quand on verra les poils de nos animaux partout, on aura juste à les ramasser. hihi | | chickenhead, on Jul 6, 2009 wrote:
7 years of collecting dog hair to make a single fucking sweater???? goddamn! my cat sheds so much i bet she can do it in 3 | | taro, on Nov 8, 2008 wrote:
This is so bitchen. | | Anonymous, on Oct 26, 2008 wrote:
lots of you are mean!! no one is having sex with their dogs. come on now. You are talking about something you don’t know about. have you ever worn wool? why would you think this is so different? dog hair is soft! and easy to spin into yarn, they do it with rabbit hair on a large scale as well. dogs are cleaner than sheep, have you been to a sheep shearing facility?? Let me tell you, dogs are cleaner! open your minds people, this is an untapped resource. | | Anonymous, on Aug 25, 2008 wrote:
Lemme see, sheep live and sleep outside, are never washed or brushed, roll around in all kinds of dirt and manure; whilst dogs (especially the ones whose owners would take the time to have their fur made into yarn) are bathed, brushed, pampered and live indoors.
Once it’s washed the yarn smells as much like wet dog as a wool sweater smells like wet sheep. | | Anonymous, on Aug 22, 2008 wrote:
Alright people, you are all missing the point! What better gift to have than to be wrapped up in something hand knit from a beloved pets fur after they have passed on.Especially for those of us that think of our pets as our 4 legged children, nothing kinky about it! | | Anonymous, on Aug 22, 2008 wrote:
all I can think about is the wet dog thing, that alone makes this gross. | | Anonymous, on Aug 22, 2008 wrote:
Sounds gross, but would we know if we weren’t told that it was dog? Sheep’s wool is still animal hair. | | Anonymous, on Aug 21, 2008 wrote:
if it rains do they smell like wet dog? | | Anonymous, on Aug 21, 2008 wrote:
if it rains do they smell like wet dog? | | Anonymous, on Aug 21, 2008 wrote:
"I’ve knit with dog wool before. If you’re a knitter you know dog wool isn’t rare wherever there’s a spinster."
you’re the one knitting, whose betting you’re a spinster. also, it’s the koreans that get shat on for eating dogs, douche
| | Anonymous, on Aug 20, 2008 wrote:
I have a feeling that a lot of these women have sex with their dogs | | Bane, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
ugh indeed | | Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
got a yorkie, probably take me about 20 years to make a willy warmer.. | | Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
Is it pokey? Like, when you get a haircut and there are little hairs left on your neck, like little needles. I imagine its like that...uncomfortable. But it looks soft, it must be soft. | | Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
I’ve knit with dog wool before. If you’re a knitter you know dog wool isn’t rare wherever there’s a spinster. | | Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
and to think... everyone’s on this kick about the Chinese eating dog. wearing that shit is way weirder than eating it.
i wish europeans would get over themselves already. | | Tiago, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
A new way to get dog hair inside your lungs... | | Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
i wonder what else these ladies do with their dogs... | | Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
you know when they say people look like their pets... | | Anonymous, on Aug 19, 2008 wrote:
my mum started doing this, there is a jar of cat hair on the dresser, she says she’s making cat angora. | | |
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