Spinning Horse Hair - I have known folks who have spun various dogs' hair into yarn. The only person I know who has created with horse hair is Lexi Boeger. For sometime I have wanted to try to work with the shedded winter coat of a breed of horse that is all about hair - the Gypsy Vanner. Jan Behm at Trinity Equestrian Center owns a gypsy gelding named S'mores. Barn pals helped collect his shedding coat this past spring. The hair is slick like older goat hair and a little short in the draw. To create a spinable fiber I carded the horse hair with mohair, faux cashmere (for softness), merino, generic wool, angelina and firestar (for bling) and sari silk to give a little color to what was evolving as a black, white and shades of gray batt. When spinning, I plied it with a gray acrylic yarn with sequins. The yarn is a bulky thick and thin, with coils and braids. I would name this yarn: Braided Ponytails. I put red ribbon at the tail of each braid. The fiber is more coarse than soft. It would work in a hat or be great for art weaving. It has been a fun project.