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Fibres
Super Streaker Merino – Sea Shades
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Ribbons of rich blue, bright turquoise and dark teal.
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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.
Tempera Merino – Flower Seller
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Shades of egg yolk, soft lemon, lime and chartreuse.
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Tempera Merino – Giverny
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Lovely range of green tones, from soft lime and celery to teal blue-green and soft grey. Not as blue as the photo.
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Tempera Merino – Irises
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Bands of soft plum, shell pink, grey-lavender and deep burgundy.
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Tempera Merino – Mona Lisa
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Earthy tones of soft fawn, sand, medium brown, grey and taupe.
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Tempera Merino – Moulin Rouge
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Streaks of rich pumpkin, gold, flame red and yellow.
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Tempera Merino – Starry Night
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Richly banded with deep dusky blue, charcoal, soft grey-blue and celadon.
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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.
Thin Merino Prefelt – Black – 1/2 meter
Price per 1/2 meter sheet: 156cm (61.5 inches) x 50cm (19.5 inches). Approximately 90g (3.17 oz)
An excellent true, solid black. Particularly well suited for Nuno-felted projects, this very thin prefelt is made from lovely soft 19-micron Merino wool. Especially great for scarves and other against-the-skin garments.
We are able to order longer lengths, please ask for a price quote. Pieces are easily joined together by just needle felting along the edges.
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Thin Merino Prefelt – White – 1/2 meter
Price per 1/2 meter sheet: 156cm (61.5 inches) x 50cm (19.5 inches). Approximately 90g (3.17 oz)
Natural ivory white. Particularly well suited for Nuno-felted projects, this very thin prefelt is made from lovely soft 19-micron Merino wool. Especially great for scarves and other against-the-skin garments.
We are able to order longer lengths, please as for a price quote. Pieces are easily joined together by just needle felting along the edges.
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Tussah Silk Top – Aqua
100% Tussah silk.
A medium aquamarine blue, leaning towards the turquoise side. Not quite as bright as the photo but lovely.
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Tussah Silk Top – Asparagus
100% Tussah silk.
The colour of steamed asparagus. A useful midrange green tone.
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Tussah Silk Top – Bay
100% Tussah silk.
A medium-dark, slightly greyed storm blue.
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Tussah Silk Top – Beaver
100% Tussah silk.
A medium-dark brown, slightly greyed. Very much the colour of a Canadian beaver!
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Tussah Silk Top – Blackberry
100% Tussah silk.
Deep and rich purple, leaning slightly towards wine.
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Tussah Silk Top – Caipirinha
100% Tussah silk.
Lovely rich lime green with avocado leanings. Named for Brazil's national cocktail, a sweetened rum and lime concoction.
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