The Fibre Garden : Fibres
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Fibres
Sugar Candy Merino – Sicilian Orange
Absolute knockout streaky blend of rich burnt scarlet-orange, tangerine, gold and the slightest touch of brown for contrast.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Sugar Candy Merino – Sunset
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Bright orange, tangerine, gold and soft cream are accented by streaks of raspberry-magenta. Similar to "Papaya" but a bit bolder.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Sugar Candy Merino – Winter
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Streaky tones of charcoal, white and soft grey shades, with a subtle hint of lavender-mauve.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Aquamarine
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of soft, medium and dark blue kissed with lagoon-teal
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Candy Cane
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Contrasting ribbons of soft pink, lime green and bright raspberry. Reminds is very much of a candy cane.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Europa
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of punchy golden-yellow, deep navy, rich green and cherry red. Possibly the colourway with the most contrasting shades.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Fiesta
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of rich tangerine-orange, magenta and cherry-red where they blend together.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Foliage
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of soft celery-green, leaf green and dark olive.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Grapes
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of bright magenta-plum, grape purple and deep midnight purple.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Harvest
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of cheddar-orange, cinnamon-brown, gold and green olive.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Irish Morning
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of rich lavender purple, soft chartreuse, aqua, teal and deep blue.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Red Hibiscus
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of popping flame red, burnt orange, tangerine and dark cranberry.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Red Roses
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of punchy flame orange, red and deep burgundy.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Super Streaker Merino – Sea Shades
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of rich blue, bright turquoise and dark teal.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Superwash Merino 50/Bamboo 50 (Top)
50% Superwash Merino / 50% Rayon from Bamboo
Lovely and clean combed top. Staple length around 5 to 6 inches, the colour creamy-white. A favourite of dyers for making fancy hand-painted braids for spinners. This is a very soft and luxurious-feeling blend, carded in a streaky manner that helps to preserve the sheen of the bamboo. Use it to spin everything from against-the-skin garments and beyond. Very pleasant in the hands!
Because only the wool will strike with acid dyes, the effect is exotic and streaky both in the top as well as the finished yarn. The Superwash component makes for absolutely no felting during dyeing, and later during laundering. A tip for dyers: when presoaking and rinsing, keep this top in a mesh lingerie bag to help hold it together.
NOT SUITABLE FOR WET FELTING.
Superwash Merino 50/Tencel 50 (Top)
Lovely and clean combed top. Staple length around 4 to 5 inches, the colour is a streaky blend of ivory and white. A favourite of dyers for making fancy hand-painted braids for spinners. This is a very soft and luxurious-feeling blend, carded in a streaky manner that helps to preserve the sheen of the Tencel. Suitable for a wide range of yarns.
Because only the wool will strike with acid dyes, the effect is exotic and streaky both in the top as well as the finished yarn. The Superwash component makes for absolutely no felting during dyeing, and later during laundering. A tip for dyers: when presoaking and rinsing, keep this top in a mesh lingerie bag to help hold it together.
NOT SUITABLE FOR WET FELTING.
Targhee (Rustic Roving)
Classification: FINEWOOL
Thick and chunky Rustic Roving, with a moderate amount of vegetation debris. The colour is a bright ivory-white. Targhee is a very bouncy fibre that can be spun woolen or worsted. The staple is longer than Merino and therefore it's easier to spin. This breed is well-suited to next-to-skin garments, outerwear or anything else.
Micron count is in the range of 21 to 25, with a staple length around 3 to 5 inches. Wet-felting properties are excellent. Good as a core wool for needle-felting
PRODUCT of CANADA
Tencel (Top)
100% Lyocell.
Very clean combed top, in "natural" white. Staple length is about 4 inches. Technically this manmade fibre is called lyocell. It's in the rayon family and made from wood pulp. Tencel® has been embraced by spinners and knitters alike, because it is fantastically soft with a terrific sheen and wonderful drape. Excellent for lighter summerwear as it absorbs moisture well.
Tencel® can be spun alone or blended with other fibres. An intriguing choice for those that can't wear wool. <
Since this is a plant or cellulose fibre dyers must use fibre reactive dyes. Natural dyers can resort to techniques used on cotton, such as alum-tannin premordanting, or Aluminum acetate. We don't know how Tencel® responds in an indigo vat.
That being said, when blended with protein fibres, acid dyes will leave the Tencel® alone during dyeing, which makes for some wonderful streaky or heathered effects, depending on how well the fibres are blended.