And this is what it is

Serenknitty and Jose guessed right!




The fiber comes from Shiva, the Newfoundlander that lives downstairs (we live in a two - family house). Actually I was mostly just tolerating this very lazy dog, until I realized it had an asset. As Hanne (the dog's owner) had been saving the dog hair (which there is plenty of) for the birds to use in their nests, I took that and spun it into yarn. Actually there was a lot to that because first it had to be washed, which was an extremely unpleasant business. The carding was ok, but spinning it is much harder than sheeps' wool. It is so fluffy, that it will fly around the room.
Also I think I got quite a lot of the upper (hard, thick and prickly) hairs in the yarn, which is hard to avoid.

But all in all a pretty okay result.

The mittens are a birthday gift to Hanne.