After washing it yesterday it had absorbed water again so was soft and supple again. So I stretched it in all directions and I must say it was a lot easier when wet. I imagine if I keep doing that then the finished product will be more soft and supple.
The down side being that in the process of stretching I managed to tear a few clumps of the fur out. A lot of the fur is falling out now so I'm feeling a bit disheartened. It may be me being too rough with it or some other reason I don't know. I'll have to look into why that might be happening.
Meanwhile there are some baby standard rex rabbits growing up in the spare room. They are 3 weeks old now and absolutely adorable. There are 10 of them of various colours and I'm trying to not forget they will end up a blanket! That is, if I can get the tanning process sorted out. They are hopping about all over the place and running rings around the mother who is still looking good. At the moment they are in a 47" dog cage with the door open so they can run around the room. However they don't need the door open because they can very easily squeeze through the bars. I shall have to refine the cage for future litters or the babies might get mixed up if I have more than one litter at a time. Some mesh, cable tied around the bottom of the cage would perhaps do the job.
Photos coming soon.
Please do comment!
The down side being that in the process of stretching I managed to tear a few clumps of the fur out. A lot of the fur is falling out now so I'm feeling a bit disheartened. It may be me being too rough with it or some other reason I don't know. I'll have to look into why that might be happening.
Meanwhile there are some baby standard rex rabbits growing up in the spare room. They are 3 weeks old now and absolutely adorable. There are 10 of them of various colours and I'm trying to not forget they will end up a blanket! That is, if I can get the tanning process sorted out. They are hopping about all over the place and running rings around the mother who is still looking good. At the moment they are in a 47" dog cage with the door open so they can run around the room. However they don't need the door open because they can very easily squeeze through the bars. I shall have to refine the cage for future litters or the babies might get mixed up if I have more than one litter at a time. Some mesh, cable tied around the bottom of the cage would perhaps do the job.
Photos coming soon.
Please do comment!
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