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Bamboo Top – Espresso
100% Viscose/Rayon of Bamboo.
Deep and rich coffee brown.
PRODUCT of CHINA
Corriedale – Dark (Top)
Classification: MEDIUM WOOL
Very clean combed top, rich chocolate-brown with a slight amount of grey. We always highly recommend Corriedale for beginning spinners, because it's easy-to-handle and neither too short or too long. Well-suited for midrange, outerwear and non-garment uses.
Micron count for Corriedale can vary, but this supply is among the softest you will find, at 30, with a staple length of 3.5 to 4 inches. Felting properties are very good.
We carry many colours as well, see Fibres> Dyed Roving & Top> Wool> Ashford Corriedale.
PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND
Corriedale Chocolate
Deep and solid chocolate brown, more dark than milk chocolate. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Corriedale Nutmeg
A rich brown-red, just terrific when blended with Toffee. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Corriedale Toffee
Medium golden brown, like really good caramel. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Cutch, Ground Extract
Ground resin extract from Acacia catechu, sometimes called Catechu.
Use on protein or cellulose fibres. A source of lovely rich browns and rusts. Substantive but pre-mordanting recommended. Use at 20-50% WOF for medium shades.
TO USE: soak 24 hours in water to dissolve, stirring occasionally. Place extract and fibre in dyepot and add more water if necessary. Bring to a high simmer for 1 hour. Let fibre cool in dye liquor for at least one more hour or overnight.
Light and washfastness: excellent
Fine Merino – Chestnut
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
A rich brown, warmer in tone than our Dark Brown, leaning slightly to the red-brown side.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Fine Merino – Copper
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Great colour! Sort of a medium orangy-brown.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Fine Merino – Earth
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Medium-soft tan on the grey-brown side, a pleasing warm tone. Not quite as pinkish as the photo shows.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Flax Top – Chocolate
100% Flax (linen) fibre.
Rich dark-chocolate brown.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Flax Top – Rust
100% Flax (linen) fibre.
Rich and glowing rusty orange-brown.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Hemp Top – Rust
100% Hemp fibre.
Absolutely stunning colour, one of the best in the Hemp line. Rich rusty brown-orange.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Henna powder
A powder made from the dried leaves of a shrub, Lawsonia inermis, used for centuries as a hair and skin dye in many cultures.
Used mainly on protein fibres but also effective on premordanted cellulose fibres. Substantive on wool (no mordant required) but mordants may improve lightfast qualities and copper, iron or tin will alter the resulting colours. By itself Henna produces shades of tan through brown to orange-brown or gold can also be achieved.Use at 50% WOF for medium to strong shades.
TO USE: probably best soaked in water overnight. Simmer 1 hour in soaking liquid. Cool, strain then simmer premordanted fibre for 30-60 minutes.
Light and washfastness: we're not sure yet, but probably pretty good.
Manx Loaghtan
Classification: PRIMITIVE BREED
Lovely clean top with very little to no veg. This breed is native to the Isle of Man but is also raised in the UK. It was brought back from the brink of extinction and is considered a rare breed. The name is said to translate basically to "mouse brown" and that's exactly the colour of this top, sprinkled throughout with soft grey. Said to be excellent for sweaters and socks, and this feels plenty soft for either.
Micron count for this top is 28 with a staple length of about 3 inches. According to a couple of our customers, this has average wet-felting properties. One reports that it did not work well for Nuno felting.
PRODUCT of UNITED KINGDOM
Merino – Medium 19mic (Sliver)
Classification: FINEWOOL
Carded sliver/roving with a small amount of veg. Medium-brown in tone with a generous sprinkling of ash-grey, creating a lovely heathered yarn. At 19 microns, this is nice and soft for against-the-skin wear. Merino is ever-popular with spinners and certainly being used like crazy by felters.
Merino has a staple length from 2.5 to 4 inches. Felting properties are excellent.
PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND
Merino/Silk – Spice
80% Merino wool (22-micron) / 20% Mulberry silk from Ashford of New Zealand.
Combed top/sliver. Streaks of earth tones, including dark and light chocolate, caramel, silvery white, and a hint of rust and tan.
PRODUCT of NEW ZEALAND
Ramie Top – Chocolate
100% Ramie.
A rich and deep bittersweet-chocolate brown.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Ramie Top – Earth
100% Ramie.
Medium-soft tan brown, a really good doll-hair colour.
PRODUCT of ITALY from Dyeing House Gallery