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'A knitter has told how she makes clothes from hair belonging to her pet dogs.<br>Jane Crewe, 57,  from Corstohpine, , has seven-year-old pet Samoyeds- a Siberian breed which are known for their thick white hair.<br>The 57-year-old collects the hair from pooches Artemis and Phaidra and uses a spinning wheel to turn it into yarn.  <br>Her process involves washing the wool, leaving it to dry which takes two to three days and then spinning it into yarn, making around 50g an hour.<br>The mother-of-four then turns the yarn into fluffy hats and scarves.  <br> Jane Crewe, 57, (left and right) from Corstohpine, Edinburgh, has seven-year-old pet Samoyeds- a Siberian breed which are known for their thick white hair which she collects, using a [https://Www.content-spinning.fr/ logiciel content spinning gratuit] wheel to turn it into yarn<br>During lockdown, she was sent hair from 100 Samoyed owners to see if she could learn to spin it and she then sent the yarn back to people.<br>Ms Crewe, who works in the gift shop at Edinburgh Zoo, said: 'It's a little bit of magic.<br>'I like the spinning but knitting takes a lot longer, I'm usually quite happy to pass it back to the owner.<br>'It is quite like angora, the fluff is called 'the halo. 'Alpaca wool is quite like that.<br>'It is quite hardwearing. You can do so much with it - using it for knitting, yarn or felt.'<br> Her process involves washing the wool, leaving it to dry which takes two to three days and then spinning it into yarn, making around 50g an hour.<br><br>Pictured: The 57-year-old knits next to a basket of wool<br> During lockdown, she was sent hair from 100 Samoyed owners to see if she could learn to spin it and she then sent the yarn back to people.<br><br>Pictured: Ms Crewe next to her wool and spinning wheel<br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>The 57-year-old is currently knitting a jumper. She is using single ply yarn as double ply would be too warm to wear and also has plans to make a blanket. <br>Samoyeds are sometimes referred to as 'land clouds' because of their luminous white hair tinged with silver. <br>The undercoat on the pooches is called 'the halo'. <br> The 57-year-old is currently knitting a jumper.<br><br>She is using single ply yarn as double ply would be too warm to wear. Ms Crewe also has plans to make a [https://www.modernmom.com/?s=blanket blanket]. Pictured: Her balls of wool from Samoyed dogs <br>Ms Crewe said: 'You wouldn't be able to spin Labrador or spaniel hair as there's no undercoat.<br>'I learnt to spin a year before lockdown but wasn't really practicing enough.  I knew if I wanted to get better I would need to do it every day.<br>'I've made all sorts of things - hats, scarves, teddies.'  <br> The 57-year-old has made a number of items using the wool including hats, scarves and teddies (pictured)<br>The trend for 'chiengora'- Samoyed knitwear- originated in America in the 1970s.<br>Ms Crewe said the term 'chiengora' was coined as an American woman would spin and sell things made from Samoyed fur in her local market.  <br>She put the French word for dog 'chien' and 'gora' together and called her knitwear 'chiengora.' <br>The 57-year-old said: 'It's so much nicer than sheep wool.<br><br>You could crochet with it, or do house insulation with it, or make a duvet from it.'  <br> Ms Crewe said the term 'chiengora' was coined as a woman in the country would spin and sell things made from Samoyed fur in her local market.<br><br>Pictured: The Samoyed wool<br><br>adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement'