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Winter 2015 Special Advertising Section Natural Fiber A Spin.Off Directory! Sponsored by COURTESY OF DEB DORBAND. PHOTO BY KIM CHIARIS. elcome to Spin.Off ’s annual fiber directory, our one-stop guide to fiber resources throughout the Wworld. Supporting the shepherds, farmers, and horticulturists who preserve the rare breeds of sheep, cultivate shades of natural colored cotton, and nurture the silk worms means that we will continue to have choices when it comes time to select a fiber for a project. So enjoy your ability to choose your fiber, and enjoy poring over these listings and fantasizing about your next foray into the land of natural fiber. —Anne Merrow Editor of Spin.Off magazine © F+W Media, Inc. All rights reserved. F+W Media grants permission for any or all pages in this insert to be copied for personal use. Spinningdaily.com Special Advertising Section ARIZONA CALIFORNIA Cotton Clouds—Safford Royal Fibers/Columbine www.cottonclouds.com Spinning Wheels—Dixon [email protected] www.columbinespinning (800) 322-7888 wheels.com; www.royal Cotton fibers.co Quality Sea Island, Pima, Acala, [email protected] Green and Brown-Pima Easy-to- (707) 249-3276 Spin® Sliver. Ginned Acala and Pima Guanaco, alpaca, mohair, CVM, Merino, cotton, Combed and Carded Supima® Karakul, Wensleydale cotton slivers, Learn to Spin Cotton Royal Fibers offers white-collar fibers at kits, cotton bolls, takli spindles, blue-collar prices! ALL fleeces, rovings, DVDs, Handspinning Cotton book and yarns grown in the U.S.! Also updated by Joan Ruane, cotton seeds, Columbine Spinning Wheels made in and more! our shop at the ranch. Brookmoore Creations Lisa Souza Dyeworks— COURTESY OF ROBIN LYNDE LLC—Tucson Placerville www.brookmoorecreations www.lisaknit.com .com [email protected] brookmoorecreations@earth (530) 647-1183 MoonLight Alpacas—Wallace Suri Network—Estes Park link.net Bluefaced Leicester, Merino, Polwarth, www.calalpacas.com www.surinetwork.org (520) 744-1926 Wensleydale, alpaca, angora, cashmere, [email protected] [email protected] Wholesale Easy to Spin® earth friendly silk, yak, baby camel (209) 786-5060 (970) 586-5876 cotton We specialize in luxury fibers and wools Suri alpaca Suri alpaca Acala, Natural Green, Pima, Pima with the finest hand, dyed in fabulous Skirted suri fleeces available; blankets “Suri Network—Rarest of Breeds, Brown and Sea Island Cotton Slivers, colors to stir your imagination. and neck/leg fiber. Many colors, micron Ultimate Natural Fiber.” See fiber and Shopkeeper’s Starter Boxes and takli Macedo’s Mini Acre— & lengths to choose from. yarn for sale at http://surimarket Spindles. Your cotton spinning customers .surinetwork.org/store. ® Turlock deserve the best—Easy-to-Spin Earth- www.macedosminiacre.com COLORADO La Plata Farms—Hesperus friendly cotton slivers. [email protected] Gypsy Wools—Boulder www.laplatafarms.com Grandma’s Spinning (209) 648-2384 www.gypsywools.com [email protected] Wheel—Tucson Huacaya alpaca, Suri alpaca, llama [email protected] laplatafarms@gobrainstorm www.grandmasspinning Fleeces, rovings, batts, and yarn. Alpaca (303) 442-1884 .net wheel.com colors include white, brown, black, gray Various wools, alpaca, llama, mohair, silk (970) 749-5485 [email protected] and patterns. Natural dye sources also Gypsy Wools carries hand-dyed, hand- Navajo Churro: raw fleece, roving. (520) 290-3738 used for colorful combinations. painted, natural color fibers and a Merino/silk blends. Rambouillet: raw Various wools, wool blends, alpaca Meridian Jacobs—Vacaville variety of breeds including some rare and fleece, top. Exotic blends. blends, silk, silk/wool blends, silk/ www.meridianjacobs.com heritage breeds. We purchase high-quality In business for over 30 years, dealers for alpaca blends, cotton, flax, hemp, [email protected] fiber from breeders and artisan mills. Louet, Schacht, Ashford, Ashland Bay, bamboo (707) 688-3493 Jefferson Farms Natural Clemes and Clemes, Navajo spinning Grandma’s Spinning Wheel, where the Jacob wool, local fibers Fibers—Denver and Salida and weaving supplies, Navajo looms, creative come to play. We carry the Quality Jacob sheep, fiber and yarn; www.jeffersonfarmsnatural spindles, warp, weft. unusual in tools, fibers, and equipment friendly fiber arts classes, spinning and fibers.com Desert Weyr LLC—Paonia for spinners, weavers, felters, knitters, and weaving equipment, retail yarn sales, [email protected] www.desertweyr.com crocheters. books, custom weaving, lambskins, gifts, (303) 870-3056 [email protected] farm tours. (303) 434-8052 (970) 527-3573 Paco-vicuña, Suri Paco-vicuñas as well Wool as a few alpaca, Suri alpaca Black Welsh Mountain Sheep raw We have the largest herd of PVs, and fleeces, roving, combed top, yarn and focus on high quality, uniformity quilt batts all available at our farm and cleanliness to produce our finest store or via mail order. fibers. Raw fleeces, roving, and yarns in 13–23 micron with 3–5" IDAHO staples. Farms in both Salida and Alpaca Direct, LLC—Hayden Denver, with over 450 animals we www.AlpacaDirect.com have what you want! [email protected] Bijou Basin Ranch—Elbert (208) 209-7079 www.BijouBasinRanch.com Bluefaced Leicester, Corriedale, Merino, [email protected] Polwarth, Huacaya alpaca, bamboo, yak (303) 601-7544 Luxury fibers in natural and over Yak 100 dyed colors. Schacht spinning Drop spindle or wheel, yak fiber draws wheels and spindles. A variety of fiber easily to yield beautiful yarns for all tools. Visit us at 1016 W. Hayden skill levels from beginner to expert. Ave. or order online. COURTESY OF ERIN FOGO. PHOTO BY CHRISTA TIPPMANN. Micron counts are 14–16 to make a truly soft yarn. © F+W Media, Inc. All rights reserved. F+W Media grants permission for any or all pages in this insert to be copied for personal use. Spinningdaily.com Special Advertising Section A Child’s Dream Come Springtide Farm—Bremen Bluefaced Leister, Corriedale, Coopworth, Saga Hill is the home of author and True—Sandpoint www.springtidefarm.com Icelandic, Merino, New Zealand, Romney, designer W. J. Johnson and Minnesota www.achildsdream.com [email protected] alpaca, camel, silk Series Dyes—hand-whipped, low- [email protected] (207) 529-5747 Along with a full line of natural fibers, we impact dyes. We feature dyed and undyed (800) 359-2906 Cashmere stock colored and hand-painted rovings, silk & silk-blend fibers and yarns. (208) 255-1664 Specializing in producing some of natural and chemical dyes, spinning Corriedale, Merino, Wilde Wool, Organic the finest cashmere from our North wheels and accessories. Classes available. MONTANA Fairy Wool, Silk Hankies, Merino/Silk American cashmere goats. Yarn and roving Serenity Sheep Farm Stay— An extensive selection of dyed and available on line in natural and dyed MICHIGAN Belgrade undyed fibers for spinning, felting, nuno shades, patterns, and handknit products. Jehovah Jireh Woolmill— www.serenitysheepfarmstay and wool creations. 100% wool felt, Spunky Eclectic—Lisbon Paw Paw .com dyes, cotton gauze, silk yardage and www.spunkyeclectic.com www.woolmill.com serenitysheepfarmstay@gmail scarves also available. Free or flat rate [email protected] [email protected] .com shipping in the U.S.! (207) 353-9665 (269) 366-7952 (406) 580-7176 Bluefaced Leicester, Corriedale, Longwool, (269) 366-5345 Romney, Shetland, llama INDIANA Merino, various other wools, bamboo, Alpaca, BFL, Tunis, Corriedale Stay a night or a week in our antique Gwenyth Glynn Longwools— cashmere, cotton, silk All fibers from the Midwest U.S.! 50% Shepherder’s wagons. Spin amongst the Sellersburg We have over 100 types, breeds, and alpaca/50% wool, hand-dyed rovings sheep in the field & knit against the www.gwenythglynn.com blends of natural fibers on hand at in approximately 100 colors, felting kits Big Sky! [email protected] all times. and supplies, hand-dyed locks, hand-dyed (502) 552-5782 prefelts, original knitting patterns. NEW Teeswater, Wensleydale MASSACHUSETTS Ewe-nique Knits—Royal Oak HAMPSHIRE Locks, fleeces and yarns from our flock New England Felting www.ewe-niqueKnits.com of Wensleydale sheep and Teeswater Supply—Easthampton [email protected] Harrisville Designs, Inc.— sheep—known for long lustrous locks. www.feltingsupply.com (248) 584-3001 Harrisville Also breeding stock available. [email protected] Bluefaced Leicester, Jacob, Longwool, www.harrisville.com (413) 527-1188 Merino, Shetland, Targhee, Huacaya [email protected] KENTUCKY Merino batts, Norwegian C-1, Pelsull, alpaca, angora, mohair, silk (603) 827-3333 Featuring Michigan Fibers and so Alpacas of the Covenant Wensleydale, Karakul, local wools, locks, Manufacturers of Fine Natural much more! Inc./All Things Alpaca LLC— art batts, Merino top, silk Yarns, Floor Looms and Equipment, Cold Spring (northern KY/ Quantity discount program. Trusted Children’s Fiber Products including greater Cincinnati) resource and national destination for in- MINNESOTA Potholder Kits and Loops. They hold www.allthingsalpacaonline depth felting knowledge and unmatched Saga Hill Designs— 3–5 day workshops from February– .com inventory. Renown workshops in debuting Crystal Bay November with local, nationally and [email protected] international techniques, local & www.sagahill.com internationally recognized instructors (859) 781-7741 international instructors. [email protected] and offer inexpensive housing for Huacaya alpaca Facebook/Ravelry/Instagram/ students. Their Retail Store is one of The Fiber