Cat Hat and more dyed wool

Being a spinner, I used to wonder what it would be like to make something using dog or cat fur but for a long time I had no source.  Last year, a friend of mine gave me a bag of her cat's fur--I believe it is a Maine Coon cat.  Anyhow, this Summer I finally got around to carding it with some wool and silk (there is probably about 20% cat fur in it??) and spun it up.  There were some obvious white sections of fur which I saved out so I ended up with a grey heathery color and white.  The carder I used wasn't "fine" so the bats were a little textured and then so was the yarn.  I knit up a hat and here it is:

There was a little extra grey yarn but I used all the white.  It was a worthwhile experiment, but I won't repeat it with cat.  My husband is very allergic and I had to do all the carding and spinning away from home.  I knit it while he was out of town and vacuumed my place on the couch afterward.  I have made a couple of things with my dog's fur, and I will continue to do that!  I got her last Fall.  Her name is Sadie and she's a retriever mix.  Check back a few posts to see a pic of her.  She's darn cute!

Not long before knitting up this hat, I did some more dye exploration and dyed up the rest of my Suffolk wool.  One color way is greens and yellow-greens, the other is greens and blue-greens.  I like the results.

I'm getting into this dyeing thing...I'm sure there will be more!