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ARIZONA Raw Fleece—Huacaya and Suri Alpaca. White, beige, fawn, brown, grey, Alpaca Fibers of Arizona— black, and everything in between Benson Our Suri alpaca farm has merged with www.alpacafibers.com our huacaya farm in the North San alpacas@powerc.net Francisco Bay area. We have multiple (520) 586-3920 champions and top blood lines. Ask about Alpaca Fleece, roving, hand carded batts buying a “mini herd” of 3-5 males! and yarn Alpaca Fleece, roving and hand carded Arapaho Rose Alpacas— batts in all grades of Natural Alpaca. Redding Hand dyed fleece and batts. Large www.ArapahoRoseAlpacas.com assortment of Luxury Alpaca yarns in [email protected] natural and hand dyed colors. (530) 223-3364 Huacaya Alpaca, Rovings, Yarn, Art Cotton Clouds—Safford Batts, Skirted fleeces, and blended fibers. www.cottonclouds.com Natural colors which include white, [email protected] beige, fawn, brown, black, silver grey, rose Angora Goat, photo by Adrian Pingstone (800) 322-7888 grey. Rovings in natural and dyed colors. Cotton Quality Alpacas, fiber and yarn. Classes Quality Sea Island, Pima, Acala, Green in spinning and weaving, retail yarn and Brown-Pima Easy-to- Spin® sales, gifts and tours. Your satisfaction is custom weaving, lambskins, gifts, farm easily to yield beautiful yarns for all Sliver. Ginned Acala and Pima cotton, guaranteed. tours, Farm Club. skill levels from beginner to expert. Combed and Carded Supima® cotton Micron counts are 14–16 to make a Macedo’s Mini Acre— MoonLight Alpacas—Wallace slivers, Learn to Spin Cotton kits, www.calalpacas.com truly soft yarn. cotton bolls, takli spindles, DVDs, Stevinson www.macedosminiacre.com [email protected] Chimera Ranch—Bennett Handspinning Cotton book updated by (209) 786-5060 www.chimeraranch.com Joan Ruane, cotton seeds, and more! [email protected] (209) 648-2384 Suri alpaca [email protected] Fiber Creek—Prescott Huacaya alpaca, Suri alpaca, llama Skirted Suri fleeces available; blankets (623) 910-9897 www.fibercreekprescott.com Fleeces, rovings, batts, and yarn. Alpaca and neck/leg fiber. Many colors, micron Huacaya alpaca rovings, clouds, batts, [email protected] colors include white, brown, black, gray & lengths to choose from. natural and hand-dyed yarns (928) 717-1774 and patterns. Natural dye sources also Royal Fibers/Columbine Extensive selection of Huacaya alpaca Weaving, Spinning, Knitting, Crochet, used for colorful combinations. Spinning Wheels—Dixon rovings, clouds and batts for spinning and Felting and other Fiberarts www.columbinespinning felting, yarns (Natural colors and hand- Yarns, equipment and supplies. The yarn Menagerie Hill Ranch— dyed). Handspun yarns and handmade Vacaville wheels.com shop that has it all, we are here to help www.royalfibers.com finished products are available. and please! www.menageriehillranch.com [email protected] [email protected] Jefferson Farms Natural (707) 290-7915 (707) 249-3276 Fibers—Denver and Salida CALIFORNIA Huacaya Alpacas and Alpaca Products Guanaco, alpaca, mohair, CVM, Merino, www.jeffersonfarmsnatural The Alpaca Shop at Alpacas Fleeces, rovings, and yarns, in a variety Karakul, Wensleydale fibers.com All Around—Loomis of natural alpaca colors; alpaca socks Royal Fibers offers white collar fibers [email protected] www.alpacasallaround.com and other products; gifts; breeding and at blue collar prices! Guanaco, alpaca, (303) 870-3056 [email protected] fiber/pet quality alpaca sales; farm Merino, Wensleydale and CVM wool. (303) 434-8052 (916) 660-1918 tours. By Appointment Only. Fleeces, rovings, yarns grown in the Paco-vicuña, Suri Paco-vicuñas as well We have yarn, rovings, and raw fleece in U.S.! Also Columbine Spinning Wheels. as a few alpaca, Suri alpaca most natural colors, including grey (as Meridian Jacobs—Vacaville We have the largest herd of PVs, and of 2016 shearing). www.meridianjacobs.com COLORADO focus on high quality, uniformity and [email protected] cleanliness to produce our finest fibers. Alpacas of Marin/SoCal Suri Ancient Treasures Alpaca (707) 688-3493 Raw fleeces, roving, and yarns in 13–23 Alpacas—Nicasio Ranch and Yarn Shop— Jacob wool, local fibers micron with 3–5# staples. Farms in www.alpacasofmarin.com Arvada Jacob sheep, fiber and yarn; friendly both Salida and Denver, with over 450 www.socalsurialpacas.com www.ancient-treasures-alpacas.com fiber arts classes, spinning and weaving animals we have what you want! [email protected] equipment, retail yarn sales, books, [email protected] (626) 818-3148 (303) 882-9778 La Plata Farms—Hesperus Alpaca Fleeces: white, fawn, browns, www.laplatafarms.com black, grey and brown/white. Roving: [email protected] 100% alpaca and alpaca blends, natural laplatafarms@gobrainstorm and colors. Natural and hand painted .net alpaca and alpaca blend yarn. (970) 749-5485 We are a small yarn shop and Alpaca Navajo Churro: raw fleece, roving. Ranch located 15 minutes outside of Merino/silk blends. Rambouillet: raw Denver. fleece, top. Exotic blends. Bijou Basin Ranch—Elbert In business for over 30 years, dealers for www.BijouBasinRanch.com Louet, Schacht, Ashford, Ashland Bay, [email protected] Clemes and Clemes, Navajo spinning (303) 601-7544 and weaving supplies, Navajo looms, spindles, warp, weft. Cotton, Photo By CSIRO Yak Drop spindle or wheel, yak fiber draws

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Lambspun of Colorado— ILLINOIS KENTUCKY MARYLAND Fort Collins www.lambspun.com TheDancingGoats Folk Ways The Fiber & Gift Shoppe of Alpaca Road LLC—Denton [email protected] Retreat—Sandoval Eagle Bend Alpacas— www.etsy.com/shop/ (970) 484-1998 www.TheDancingGoats.com Burlington alpacaroadllc.com Hand-dyed and natural fibers, spinning [email protected] www.eaglebendalpacas.com [email protected] wheels, looms, fiber arts equipment and (618) 920-3946 [email protected] (410) 241-4367 accessories Russian Spindle, Tibetan Spindle, (859) 750-3560 Hand dyed and hand spun yarns Finest hand-spinning fibers from local Celtic/Roman Spindle, Andean Spindle, Apparel and other finished goods made Our products are handcrafted using fiber sources and around the world, spinning Southwest Spindle, Spindle Bowl, Broom from alpaca fiber, yarns from our alpaca from our own alpacas. If you are looking wheels, unique hand-made spindles, Makers Tying Frame, Nantucket Basket herd, and our registered Cormo sheep, for that special gift to give someone take looms, knitting, crocheting, dyeing and Mold, Rug Hook, Rug Hooking Kits, rugs, blankets, felted soaps, dryer balls, a journey to Alpaca Road -- it’s worth felting supplies, classes, workshops, and Spinning Kits alpaca fur teddy bears, and much more! taking. private lessons. Take the Road Less Traveled by, with We offer raw fleeces for sale - carefully TheDancingGoats. Hand Turned Spindles skirted, both Cormo and cria fleeces for MASSACHUSETTS Your Daily Fiber— and Bowls for Spinners, Rug Hooks, the discerning hand spinner. Fort Collins The Fiber Loft—Harvard Kits, Nantucket Basket Molds & Broom We specialize in low micron alpaca www.thefiberloft.com www.yourdailyfiber.com Making Tools all made at our retreat at and Cormo sheep fiber. Most are [email protected] [email protected] Oak Knoll Farm. Custom crafted Folk championed in fleece shows or halter (978) 456-8669 (970) 484-2414 Ways Retreat Weekends can be scheduled classes. Our sheep are coated to protect Kromski, Clemes and Clemes, Harrisville Bluefaced Leister, Corriedale, Coopworth, any time. On ETSY, Wholesale and Retail. their fiber. We have excellent grade 1 Icelandic, Merino, Romney, alpaca, Designs, Local wool, Llama and Alpaca and 2 fiber. yarns and fibers. Handpaint yarns and camel, silk, local fibers fibers by local dyers INDIANA The Woolery—Frankfort Along with a full line of natural fibers, we Family, Friendly, Fiber. Naturally Gwenyth Glynn Longwools— www.woolery.com stock colored and hand-painted rovings, homegrown Fibers from our animals to Sellersburg [email protected] natural and chemical dyes, spinning your project. Locally prepared Hand- www.gwenythglynn.com (800) 441-9665 wheels and accessories. Classes available. dyed yarns & a variety of commercial [email protected] Full line of supplies and equipment for New England Felting yarns. Classes in Knitting, Spinning, (502) 552-5782 spinning, weaving, felting, dyeing and Supply—Easthampton Weaving. Mountain Fiber Retreats. Teeswater, Wensleydale rug hooking www.feltingsupply.com Locks, fleeces, yarns and rovings from Wool varieties, alpaca, camel, yak, The Recycled Lamb—Golden [email protected] our flock of Wensleydale, Teeswater, and mohair, angora, qiviut, bison, bamboo, (413) 527-1188 www.recycledlamb.com Gotland sheep—known for long lustrous silk, flax, hemp and more can all be [email protected] Merino batts, Norwegian C-1, Pelsull, locks. Also registered breeding stock from found at The Woolery. Wensleydale, Karakul, local wools, locks, (303) 234-9337 top quality bloodlines. Spinning and weaving equipment art batts, Merino top, silk Yarn, fiber, books, and dyes for weavers, MAINE Quantity discount program. Trusted knitters, crocheters, spinners, and other IOWA Halcyon Yarn—Bath resource and national destination fiber artists. See our website for our R. Rabbit’s Fiber Studio— www.halcyonyarn.com for indepth felting knowledge and classes and workshops. Cedar Rapids [email protected] unmatched inventory. Renown workshops www.r-rabbitsfiberstudio.com (800) 341-0282 in debuting international techniques, IDAHO [email protected] From Alpaca to Yak, we have it all (A–Y, local & international instructors. (319) 390-3373 Zebra not available yet!) R. H. Lindsay Company— A Child’s Dream—Sandpoint R. Rabbit’s is a friendly fiber shop in Cottons, silks, wools, and many more www.achildsdream.com Canton Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We have a wide exquisite exotic fibers and blends. www.rhlindsaywool.com [email protected] selection of yarns, fiber and tools sourced Natural fibers ready to spin and to felt. (800) 359-2906 [email protected] locally and globally. Natural colors, commercially dyed, hand- (617) 288-1155 (208) 255-1664 dyed and blended. Sample cards available. Corriedale, Merino, Wilde Wool, Organic Raw wool, scoured wool, local carded Fairy Wool, Potluck Roving, Merino/Silk sliver, wool tops, mohair, silk, camel hair, An extensive array of fibers for felting, bamboo nuno, spinning and wool crafts all in one Product range includes locally grown colorful store! Jacquard dyes, cotton and and processed wool to exotic imported silk gauze, Holland 100% wool felt and fiber. Providing affordable access kits. $10 off first order over $50 with to industrially produced early stage the code: NFD16. processed wool. Alpaca Direct, LLC—Hayden www.AlpacaDirect.com?fibdir MICHIGAN [email protected] Ewe-nique Knits—Royal Oak (208) 209-7079 www.ewe-niqueKnits.com Bluefaced Leicester, Corriedale, Merino, [email protected] Polwarth, Huacaya alpaca, bamboo, yak (248) 584-3001 Luxury fibers in natural and over 100 Bluefaced Leicester, Jacob, Longwool, dyed colors. Schacht spinning wheels and Merino, Shetland, Targhee, Huacaya spindles. A variety of fiber tools. Visit us Romney Sheep, photo by Flickr user Pam alpaca, angora, mohair, silk at 1016 W. Hayden Ave. or order online. Featuring Michigan Fibers and so much more!

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Gate House Fiber Arts— U.S.A. farm: naturally colored/hand- alpaca/Cormo 100% natural yarn Howell dyed mohair & wools, roving, custom all with no synthetic additives during www.gatehousefiberarts.com batts, fiber CSAs and handspun/U.S.A. processing, felts and finished product [email protected] millspun yarns. Know your fiber! for inspiration. (810) 923-1136 The Yarn Shop at Alma Nistock Farms— Equipment/Classes/Workshops in Park—Jobstown Prattsburgh Spinning & Weaving www.yourLYSonline.com www.nistockfarms.com Fibers ready to spin, yarns ready to weave, [email protected] [email protected] including specialty fibers. (732) 620-1052 (607) 522-4374 Spinning Batts, Art Batts (smooth and Pure Cotswold; crossbreds of Border MONTANA textured), Roving, Top, Raw Fiber (alpaca Leicester, CVM, Rambouillet, Finn, Prairie Shepherd—Malta and wools), yarn Romney www.prairieshepherd.com A full service bricks & mortar (and White and natural color high-luster, [email protected] online) yarn store on the farm. We curly, raw Cotswold fleece. Dyed and (406) 658-1141 specialize in blended art batts (smooth natural colored roving. Medium and Natural-colored, white, and eco-dyed and textured) and a variety of other fibers long wool crossbred fleeces. Black, Huacaya Alpaca, fiber from Dohne Merino, Targhee, Bond, and yarns. white, gray, moorit. Courtesy of Quarry Critters Alpaca Ranch Corriedale, and Ile de France sheep Your purchase of our award-winning NEW YORK NORTH fleeces, roving, top, end yarns helps Alpacatrax, LLC— CAROLINA hand-dyed colors, and animals for sale. sustain Montana ranch families, vibrant Pound Ridge Fantastic bloodlines available. Fiber available prairies, and the cherished animals (wild www.alpacatrax.com Empty Pockets Alpaca raw, roving, and various-weight yarn. We and tame) who share our world. [email protected] Farm—Climax also have finished alpaca socks and other (914) 764-4778 www.emptypocketsalpacas.com wearable items. Specials on multiple alpaca NEW Fine Huacaya alpaca and Cormo wool [email protected] purchases through 2015. Nationwide HAMPSHIRE Alpacatrax is a family-owned farm in (336) 674-3334 shipping—call us for your alpaca needs! the NY Hudson Valley. We specialize in Huacaya alpaca, Suri alpaca Harrisville Designs, Inc.— natural colored, high quality alpaca fleece, Alpacas make wonderful pets! We offer Harrisville roving, alpaca custom yarns and blended award-winning fleece, yarn in natural and www.harrisville.com [email protected] (603) 827-3333 Manufacturers of Fine Natural Yarns, Events & • INDIANA KENTUCKY Floor Looms and Equipment, Children’s Fiber Fest & Spin-in 7th Annual Kentucky Sheep Fiber Products including Potholder Kits Workshops March 11-12, 2016 and Fiber Festival and Loops Jay County Fairground May 21-22, 2016—workshops We hold 3–5 day workshops from Portland, IN and festival February–November with local, nationally www.visitjaycounty.com/fiberfest Masterson Station Park and internationally recognized instructors CALIFORNIA [email protected] Lexington, KY and offer inexpensive housing for students. Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta (260) 726-3366 www.kentuckysheepandfiber.com Our retail store is one of the most October 1-2, 2016 Crafters demonstrate processing fibers [email protected] beautiful yarn shops in the country and Antique Gas &Steam into yarn, teach hands-on classes in 502-682-4173 includes the complete line of Brooklyn Engine spinning, needlefelting, rigid-heddle A natural, all things fiber, local food event. Tweed. Harrisville sample cards available. Vista, CA weaving, quilting, knitting, sheep In cooperation with Lexington Parks and www.vistafiberartsfiesta.com shearing, kids korner, vendors, food, Recreation and The Bluegrass Classic Long Ridge Farm— classes and fiber artist lecture. Stockdog Trials. Westmoreland [email protected] www.longridgefarm.com (760) 533-5857 The Fiber Event [email protected] A gathering of fiber artists: weavers, April 15-16, 2016 MASSACHUSETTS (603) 313-8393 spinners, felters, knitters. Yarn and fiber, Putnam County Massachusetts Sheep and CVM/Romeldale including raw wool, roving, exotic fibers, Fairgrounds Woolcraft Fair CVM/Romeldale sheep, the rarest breed handspun yarn, hand dyed and hand Greencastle, IN May 28-29, 2016 painted yarns. Admission free, $5 parking. in North America today with next-to- www.thefiberevent.com Cummington Fairgrounds skin softness. Raw fleece, yarns, spinning [email protected] Cummington, MA fibers, and specialty textiles in a variety of COLORADO (765) 379-2578 www.masheepwool.org natural and organically dyed hues. Salida Fiber Festival Shop 100+ booths for raw and processed A gem of a fair! September 10-11, 2016 fibers. Event features Indiana Producers and fiber artists. Spinning, weaving, Flax and Linen SYMPOSIUM NEW JERSEY Riverside Park Following the Thread from Salida, CO knitting supplies, and workshops are Dancing Waters Farm— available both days. Past to Present Hampton www.salidafiberfestival.org August 20-21, 2016 [email protected] www.mohair-fiber.com Historic Deerfield Get your fiber fix here! Huge array of Deerfield, MA [email protected] vendors (70+), demonstrations, classes, www.newenglandflaxandlinen.org (908) 989-0393 activities for adults and children, spin-in, Bluefaced Leicester, Icelandic, Jacob, New England Flax and Linen Study food vendors, and beer garden. Join us for Group, P.O. Box 611, Williamsburg MA Shetland, various other wools, llama, mohair a Colorado getaway! Buy direct from a small, animal friendly 01096.

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New World Textiles, LLC— OHIO We also have a large variety of fibers to blends. Natural and hand-dyed yarns and Black Mountain spin and yarn to weave. Very knowledgeable spinning fibers. Handspun as well as local www.NewWorldTextiles.com Overlook Hill Farm LLC— people to help you make your choices. mill spun yarns. Raw fleeces when available. [email protected] Medina www.overlookhillfarm.com Knitty Gritty Yarn Store— Marushka Farms—Danville (828) 669-1870 Lebanon www.marushkafarms.com Organic cotton, cotton blends, Premordanted [email protected] (330) 606-3588 www.knittygrittyoregon.com [email protected] Dye-Lishus® cotton [email protected] (570) 490-4759 Cotton, charkha, khadi! Make friends with Premier breeding stock, gourmet lamb for the table, wool and wool related products (541) 936-4677 CVM, CVM/Romeldale, Icelandic, your charkha, weave with your handspun Yarns (commercial) and from our alpaca Icelandic/CVM/Romeldale cross singles. Spinning Cotton on the Charkha The largest flock of Leicester Longwool sheep in the USA. farm. Raw sheep and alpaca fiber, spinning Raw fleeces, roving, and combed top available DVD. Sliver, yarn, fabric, charkhas and fibers in ecru and dyed, feltable and at all times. Full range of natural colors. accessories, instruction. superwash, blending materials like bamboo, Painted Spring Farm Alpacas— The Yadkin Valley Fiber OREGON nylon, silk. Hand-dyed yarns, roving, and Big Timber Alpacas—Sherwood Spring Grove Room—Yadkinville batts. Also have a vast collection of bamboo www.paintedspring.com www.yadkinarts.org/ www.bigtimberalpacas.com knitting needles and crochet hooks as well [email protected] [email protected] yadkin-valley-fiber-room/ as books and spinning wheels. (717) 891-8060 [email protected] (503) 799-6941 We have a large selection of raw fiber and Suri and Huacaya Alpacas Alpaca Roving & Yarn (919) 260-9725 prepared batts and roving at great prices. Only the best fibers go into our natural & Carrying North Carolina fibers, and tools Suri and Huacaya alpaca fleeces in white & Check out our website. colors from fawn to black. Very fine 100% dyed color rovings. Specializing in glitzy self- of the trade striped rovings. Our website links to our Etsy Providing a space for fiber enthusiasts to Suri alpaca yarn, sport weight in assorted PENNSYLVANIA colors and white. Breeding stock and fiber store where you’ll find our current inventory. come together to learn and create. Ongoing Fluffy U Fiber Farm—Dover beginning spinning classes with Jane animals for sale. Quarry Critters Alpaca www.fluffyufiberfarm.com Ranch—Littlestown Bynum. Master Spinning Program Level I Eugene Textile Center— [email protected] - Olds College - April 25 - 29 instructor Eugene www.QuarryCrittersAlpacas.com (717) 887-2364 [email protected] Leslie Gasser. To find out more about our www.eugenetextilecenter.com Bluefaced Leicester, Leicester Longwool, Teeswater, workshops and the Olds College Master [email protected] (717) 359-9989 Wensleydale, Huacaya alpaca, angora, mohair Alpacas, alpaca raw fleece, alpaca roving, Spinner Program please visit our website. (541) 688-1565 Natural colored and hand-dyed wool, Most spinning wheel and loom brands alpaca yarn, handmade alpaca items, and alpaca, angora, mohair and various fiber alpaca products Quarry Critters Alpaca Ranch is home to a herd of AOA registered alpacas. Available MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE WISCONSIN for sale are alpacas, fleece, roving, yarn, and Magnolia State Fiber Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Sheeping Beauty Fibre Arts alpaca products festival Festival Workshops June 3-4, 2016 April 15-17, 2016 Year-round TENNESSEE Vicksburg Convention Great Smoky Mountains Sheeping Beauty Fibre Arts Smoky Mountain Spinnery— Center Heritage Center Hartford, WI Gatlinburg Vicksburg, MS Townsend, TN www.sheepingbeautyfibrearts.com www.smokymountainspinnery.com www.msff.net www.smokymountainfiberarts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] festival.org (262) 623-0244 (865) 436-9080 (601) 415-7679 [email protected] This is a fiber art school offering classes Angora, bamboo, buffalo, camelid family, Come join us for our fourth party! We (865) 448-0859 in all spinning/weaving, knitting, cashmere, cotton, mohair, possum blends, have fun down here! Lots of vendors FREE ADMISSION for family activities, crochet, felting levels. Our supplies are qiviut, various wools, yak and classes for your pleasure! Enjoy the demonstrations, vendor marketplace, and from Ashford, Cascade, etc., and local Visit our recently expanded 3000 history that is Vicksburg. live animal displays. FEE REQUIRED for breeders. square foot showroom and studio space. classes. Visit website for details, vendor and Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Equipment and supplies for spinning, NEW YORK class lists, how to register for classes. Festival weaving, knitting, crocheting, rug hooking, CNY Fiber Artists & September 8-11, 2016 dyeing and felting. Classes, demonstrations, Producers: Annual Fiber VERMONT Jefferson County Fair Park antiques and gifts Festival 28th Annual Vermont Jefferson, WI June 11-12, 2016 Sheep & Wool Festival www.wisconsinsheepandwool TEXAS Butternut Hill October 1-2, 2016 festival.com Fancy Fibers—Farmersville unbridge airgrounds (608) 868-2505 Bouckville, NY T F www.fancyfibers.com Fiber arts and felting classes, fleece www.cnyfiber.org Tunbridge, VT [email protected] [email protected] www.vtsheepandwoolfest.org show/sale, over 130 vendor spaces to shop for your fiber & felting needs. 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