Pet fur yarn - Spinning service (Chiengora). Your pet's fur hand spun into yarn. Dogs, cats, rabbits, fur yarn.

Pet Fur Yarn Spinning Service

Transform your beloved pet’s fur into beautifully hand-spun yarn – a heartfelt keepsake you can knit, crochet, or weave with. Each batch is carefully hand-processed and custom-spun with love and care.

We also offer custom knitted or crocheted items made from your pet’s yarn. Message us for a personalised quote!

 

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🧶 What We Offer

• Hand-spun yarn made from your pet’s fur

• Optional blending with sheep’s wool for strength

• Choice of yarn weight (DK or Aran/Worsted for double-coated fur)

• Optional custom-made knitted or crocheted items

• Environmentally friendly, chemical-free washing methods

• Personal updates and progress photos via our Facebook page

 

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How It Works

1. Place your order.

2. We’ll contact you with the shipping address for the fur.

3. Send your fur (your cost) – please avoid tightly packing it, as this can cause matting or felting.

4. We'll email you to confirm safe arrival.

5. We will weigh, sort, and inspect the fur.

6. If needed, we will blend it with wool for durability – perfectly colour-matched.

7. We’ll wash and air-dry the fur.

8. We hand-spin the yarn, and share updates on social media.

9. We then wash and set the yarn 2–3 more times (this takes approx. 3–4 days depending on weather).

10. We send photos of the finished product for your approval.

11. Once approved, we ship the yarn to you (shipping included in the price).

📌 Important: Please include a note with your name, address, and order number when sending the fur. This ensures we match the correct fur to your order and can contact you if needed.

 

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🐾 Fur Types & Requirements

Double-Coated Fur

Most double-coated pets do not require blending with wool and can be spun as-is. Double-coated breeds have coats made up of two different layers. The first, outermost layer is a harsh topcoat that consists of long, coarse hairs. A topcoat may also be called guard hairs or primary hairs. Beneath the topcoat is the short, soft, and dense second layer, usually referred to as the undercoat. Which is woolly in texture and their soft, dense undercoat creates a strong and beautiful yarn.

✅ Suitable for:

• DK or Aran/Worsted weight yarn (please specify on the note included in your package)

• Yarn with or without added wool

🧵 If no preference is stated, we allow the yarn’s natural qualities to determine the best weight (yarn thickness).

 

Examples of double-coated breeds:

• Dogs: Akita, Husky, Malamute, Chow Chow, Pomeranina, Pomski, Shiba Inu, Samoyed. 

• Cats: Maine Coon, Ragdoll, Persian, Scottish Fold

• Others: Angora, Lionhead Rabbit

            

You can find a more extensive breed list at the bottom of this page.

Single-Coated Fur

Single-coated fur must be blended with wool for strength and spinability.

📏 Must be at least 2 inches in length 
⚠️ The shorter the fur, the more spiky or coarse the yarn will feel.
🎯 Best spun as Aran/Worsted weight only – thinner yarns may fall apart.

 

                   

 

 

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💬 Choosing Yarn Weight

• Double-coated fur: Choose DK or Aran/Worsted 

• Single-coated fur: Must be Aran/Worsted weight.

Please include a note inside your package with your name, address, order number and if you would like DK or Aran/Worsted weight yarn  . This helps to avoid any mix ups with orders (this has never happened in all the years we have been doing this, we have a very strict process).

 

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🧺 Unusable Fur & Preparation Tips

We do our best to use as much fur as possible, but:

🚫 Fur that is matted, tightly packed, or too short (under 2") may not be usable.
✅ Please gently sort through fur and remove any mats before sending.
💡 The better the condition, the better the final yarn!

If fur is unsuitable for spinning, we’ll return it to you and refund your order (excluding return shipping).

 

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🧶 Blending with Wool

If you have less fur than needed, we can blend wool to reach your desired yarn weight:

Example:

• You want 100g of yarn but only have 80g of fur.

• Select 100g at checkout.

• Send 80g of fur – we will add 20g of wool (included in the cost).

• Add a note or message us to let us know.

 

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📏 How Much Yarn Will I Receive?

• Double-coated fur only:

  • Pay for 100g and Send 100g of usable fur = get 100g of yarn back

  • 100g of fur yarn approximately produces 160-220 yards this depends on breed, fur density and spinning method. This figure is only to be used an an estimate- due to the hand processed nature of fur spinning.

 

• Single-coated fur or blended:

  • Order 100g = receive 100g of yarn (includes any wool added)

  • 100g of fur yarn approximately produces 140-200 yards this depends on breed, fur density and spinning method. This figure is only to be used an an estimate- due to the hand processed nature of fur spinning.

 

• Fur must be usable – if some is too short/matted, yield may be lower.

 

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⏳ Processing Times & Waiting List

******April 25 Update:
*****🚨 Current wait time: 12-16 weeks

****1st July 25 update -NEW Availability on waiting list - A slot for 100-150g has just become available for the 15th August , next slot available after that Is the 17th October 

🧵 Orders over 100g are added to a waiting list, once purchase is made we will inform you of your booking slot. Please get the fur to us at least 1 week before the slot. If you miss your booking slot, we will start the next order and fit you into the next available slot. If you want to send your fur earlier you can, but full payment must be made first
⏱️ 100g of double-coated fur: the spinning alone takes approx. 2-3 weeks. Washing, blending times can take an extra week or more depending on weather conditions
🧶 Single-coated fur: more time-consuming so for 100g expect 3+ weeks.

If you need your yarn urgently, please contact us before ordering – we’ll do our best to accommodate. Sending the fur promptly will help us start early if there’s a cancellation.

 

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🌿 Eco-Friendly Promise

All fur is cleaned using gentle, chemical-free methods.
The yarn is spun entirely by hand, using traditional, sustainable techniques.

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❓ FAQs

Q: Is my pet’s fur suitable?

• Double-coated: always! It make a beautiful soft yarn similar to cashmere or angora.

• Single-coated: must be 2” long, may feel spiky and coarse.

• Not sure? Message us or Google your breed’s coat type.

Q: I have an unusual amount of fur – can you work with it?
Yes! Message us for a custom quote.

Q: I only have a small amount of fur. Can I still get yarn?
Yes – we’ll blend it with wool to reach your desired yarn weight (included in price).

Q: Can you make something from the yarn?
Yes! We offer custom knitting or crochet services. Send us a message for a quote.

 

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📬 Contact Us

Have a question? Need help with coat type or fur prep?
We’re happy to help – just send us a message!

 

 

List of Double Coated Breeds. 

(If your breed does not appear on this list it is probably single coated, We do have photo examples of both double-coated and single-coated pet fur so please take a look.)

Dogs:

• Akita
• Alaskan Husky
• Alaskan Malamute
• American Eskimo
• Chinook 
• Chow Chow
• Finnish Spitz
• Finnish Lapphund
• German Spitz
• Icelandic Sheep Dog
• Keeshond
• Korean Jindo
• Norwegian Elkhound
• Norwegian Lundehund
• Pomeranian – toy breed
• Shiba Inu
• Siberian Husky
• Samoyed
• Swedish Lapphund

• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Shepherd
• Rough Collie
• Smooth Collie
• Bearded Collie
• Belgian Sheepdog
• Beauceron
• Belgian Malinois
• Belgian Tervuren
• Briard
• Bouvier des Flanders
• Canaan Dog
• Pembroke Corgi
• Cardigan Welsh Corgi
• German Shepherd Dog
• Norwegian Buhund
• Old English sheepdog
• Polish Lowland Sheep Dog
• Puli
• Shetland Sheepdog
• Swedish 
• Bernese Mountain Dog
• Black Russian Terrier
• The Entlebucher Mountain Dog – a rare breed
• Pyrenean Mountain Dog
• Komondor
• Kuvasz
• Leonberger
• Newfoundland
• Saint Bernard
• Tibetan Mastiff
• Australian Terrier
• Cairn Terrier
• Lakeland Terrier
• Havanese
• Pomeranian
• Shih Tzu
• Tibetan Spaniel
• Yorkshire Terrier

• Golden Retriever- Not all are so please check.
• Labrador Retriever- Not all are so please check
• Border Collie- Not all are so please check.

 

Cats:

Typically, there are four main categories of cat coats:

• Shorthaired: These cats have a single coat that lacks a thick underlayer.
• Longhaired: Long-haired cats can have either single or multiple layers of fur.
• Curly-haired: Breeds like Devon Rex and Cornish Rex have a unique coat structure with less undercoat or different textures.
• Hairless: Cats like the Sphynx have no fur, but they can still possess a fine layer of down.

Double coated breeds are: 

• Maine Coon
• Siberian
• Norwegian forest cat
• Persian
• Himalayan
• British Shorthair
• Ragdoll
• Russian Blue
• Scottish Fold
• Manx
• American Shorthair