The Fibre Garden : Wine
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Wine
Corriedale Raspberry
Darker than any raspberry we know, this is more of a deep wine purple-red. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Corriedale Strawberry Shortcake
An odd but pleasing tone, sort of a medium wine purple-red. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.
Flax Top – Soft Fruit
100% Flax (linen) fibre.
Rich plum-wine, almost a bright burgundy. A solid tone, despite our bad photo. Staple length is about 4 inches.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Pulled Sari Silk – Burgundy
100% Silk fibre
Wonderful deep burgundy-wine, the colour of pickled beets. Fibre staple length is 1 to 1.5 inches.
Use for blending/carding, spinning, felting, paper-making and other crafting projects.
PRODUCT of INDIA
Regular Merino Prefelt – Bordeaux – 1/2 meter
Price per 1/2 meter sheet: 120cm (47 inches) x 50cm (19.5 inches). Approximately 70g (2.46 oz)
A rich burgundy wine-red, brighter than our Red Wine.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery
Regular Merino Prefelt – Red Wine – 1/2 meter
Price per 1/2 meter sheet: 120cm (47 inches) x 50cm (19.5 inches). Approximately 70g (2.46 oz)
A deep burgundy red. Slightly on the purple side.
Sari Silk Fibre – Warm Tones
Shredded sari silk fibre, in a myriad of warm colours colours that may include some or all of magenta, yellow, red, orange, copper, plum, gold, wine, pink, orange and possibly a few threads of green, blue or other tones. This is shredded from leftover scraps and mill ends of fabric used to make saris. Our new supply is very clean and for the most part free of unshredded bits and debris. Fibres are in a tangle, essentially, but we try to get a good mix in each bag.
What to do with it? We've sometimes cut it into shorter lengths and carded it into spinning/felting batts; the key is to cut the silk to about the same length as the staple of the fibre it's being blended with. On the drum carder we find it behaves best when layed on the intake tray with the wool fibre on top, which helps to keep the silk off of the licker-in drum.
Felters love to use these fibres for embellishment in wet, Nuno and needle felting projects. Apparently it's a very cool add-in for paper makers, particularly those doing silk paper. Should also be grand for silk fusion and a myriad of other crafts, and even fly fishermen love this stuff!
PRODUCT of INDIA
Tussah Silk Top – Onion
100% Tussah silk.
Dusky wine-purple, much like the colour of red onion skins.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Tussah Silk Top – Purple
100% Tussah silk.
A dusky and sombre wine purple, not far from eggplant.
PRODUCT of ITALY