Put Me Down As an Ewwwwww! Person
Is your beloved pet particularly hairy? Does she shed fur all over your clothes and carpet? Well don't let all that soft, luxurious "wool" go to waste! Let Catty Shack Creations transform it into a beautiful accessory!
For the past few years, Catty Shack Creations has been spinning excess dog and cat fur into lovely handbags. Of course, as the company's founder readily admits in the video above, there are some folks (the Ewww People) who find the whole thing disgusting. But the Catty Shack Creations website insists that hair taken from dogs and cats is much cleaner than the wool sheared from sheep.
OK, I buy that, but I don't usually spend a lot of time with sheep. Wouldn't your cat be a little creeped out if you start walking around with a purse made from her hair? And if that thought doesn't bother you, why stop with pets? Why not collect the hair from your sister's hairbrush and have it woven into a scarf?
Perhaps I'm taking this too far. If you're not an Ewww Person, you can order your "Catty Shack Creations" here.
Sunday Bonus Story: Read about Frankie, Britain's hardest working cat burglar.
posted by Kirsten Miller at 10:58 AM
31 Comments:
Yikes...I'm definitely an ewww! person. That just seems kind of sick to me. How can you run around carrying a bag made out of your pet's fur?!
Yay, Freddie! He must be waaay smarter than my cats....
Okey-dokey then.....
I like cotton :)
That is so cool! I wish I knew how too do that. (Bt the way, good luck YewToo, sounds like you'll need it.)
That's strange how "About 15 of them are all the same leopard.". I mean, not everyone in town is going to have the same toy. Maybe he's stealing some from a store.
I'm a COOL!!! person...sorry. :-)
Wow Ananka, you sure have changed. You used to write all the time in the comments (even useing smileys) then you almost stopped completly, and now your starting up again. (Just look at the "Hamsters are Evil" comments in April 2007.) Unless, of course, that wasn't you.
Anonymous: I usually comment if someone asks a question! ;)
Ugh, that's just gross. :P I would never want something made of my pet's fur... not that I have a pet. :'(
Ewwww! People- it's not like they're making purses out of dead cats!
Ahh. (So you know, I'm not saying it's a bad thing.)
I think it's weird to make purses and other things out of your pets hair.
I prefer cotton. :)
OMG That cat they shaved, looks EXACTLY like my cat!!!!!! Except; my one's not shaved. You can see my cat on my blog if you want.
The cats are so lovely, all Persian cats. I would NEVER get my cats fur made into a handbag. EVER! Imagine when my cat dies! I'll be staring at the bag.... Oh my god, my cat's fur. My DEAD cat's fur. Then I'll be SO sad! I won't want to keep the bag anymore. Then I'll be thinking, what a waste... I shaved my poor cat for this, and now I'm throwing it away.
I am an EWWWWWWWWWW! Person too.
BTW: Look at my cats on my blog!!!
It's here: http://randomirregularkiki.blogspot.com/2008/12/cat-photoshoot.html
I love that!!!! I think its totally awesome
from Slovakia
Irregular Kiki: My dog died and I still have a bit of her fur. I'm GLAD I have her fur. Because even though she's gone, I still have a bit of her left.
I know someone with a guinea pig who once said that when he died, she was going to make him into a fur hat! ROFL
Well, when I first read the post I didn't think it was that absurd, but then I saw the video and....
....I became an Ewww person.
Uhhh... WOW.
Just imagine how many crazy cat ladies that business will attract...
Crazy cat ladies is right.
ME= Ewwwwwwwww person.
+Mae
I'm just going to leave the Catty Shack Creations thing alone. O.o
The story about Frankie was too funny! I can just imagine him sneaking through an open window like a human cat burglar. Hey, I know what my next story's going to be! Thanks, Kirsten, you just cured my writer's block!! WHOO-HOO! XD
I'm not an ewwwww person.
But I think that the cool people that were interveiwed were a little creepy. Like I-live-alone-with-only-my-30-cats-for-company type of people.
I.... Don't know what to say... That person is smart, wacky, crazy, and a genius.... O-o"
hmmmmmmm...
I signed up for this email book club thing, and the current book is...
The Empress's Tomb..
Now I wonder where I've heard that book before..
I want a dog-hair sweater!
i get that some people want a little bit of there pet after it dies, but COME ON! if u luv ur pet so much, then why dont u make it an altar or somtin! cats r cute, and i love mi dog, but that is a litle crazy.
The Reverend Billy is quite famous in New York. I've seen him on the street quite a few times!
okay... I wasn't an ewww person at first, but then 'when he gets put to sleep I'll be able to carry around a part of him" that is just creapy!!!
Kind of like Sweeney Todd.
I am an eww person... that is so gross.
Ooh! I totally want one of those!
In a very, very small Swedish village it's tradition to make jewellery out of hair. They make other things like decorations and socks (!) as well. I am the proud owner of a necklace made out of silver and my own hair. But before I bought it I made it sure that it's my hair and my hair only.
I think that is soooo cool
Its saves that cat hair that you would throw away I wish I could do it.
The thing is that its $50-500!!
*blink blink* Thats a lot for cat hair!
But put me down as a AWWH person.
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