Almost Iconic

[akirlu]

Perhaps the apotheosis of First World problems, I know, but, do you have any idea how damn' difficult it is to get dog hair out of black cashmere? Geeze-O.

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[kaffy_r]

If it's at all like getting ginger cat hair out of green cashmere, I can fully appreciate the difficulty, first world problem or no. Good luck. I gave up and decided to tell people it was supposed to be there.

[akirlu]

Yeah, I'm guessing strawberry-blonde Phabrador hair on black cashmere is about comparable. However, I just found out in reading the reviews for Watching the English that being unfazed by pet hair and damage everywhere is a marker of the upper classes in England, so perhaps I'll go with that.

[replyhazy]

I loved my two cashmere sweaters.... so did the cats. A LOT.

[akirlu]

Kaylee isn't particularly prone to getting amidst my sweaters, it's just that her fur is *ambient* and really good at worming itself into the warp and weft of anything remotely fuzzy. I shudder to think what the sweaters would look like if she were actively seeking them out.

On the plus side, they're all cheap second hand ones originally bought for yarn salvage from St. Vincent de Paul, so there's no need to be too precious about the sweaters. I ended up pulling them out of my stash bag when we had the long power failure last winter and I was wearing every warm thing I could dig up because it was down to the 40s in the house. That was when I discovered how remarkably light and warm cashmere is, in addition to feeling nice. So now they're on loan from the salvage bag until they shrink or felt too much since I don't treat them properly, and when they die they'll go back to being project materials. 'Cause it's hard to justify getting too exercised about the preciousness of a $4 sweater.

[filkerdave]

Pet hair seems to have particularly strong staying power. I keep finding cat hairs in shirts that I wore at my girlfriend's place last winter and that have been washed since then.

I, myself, have no cat