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Natural Fiber Winter 2018 Sponsored by Natural Fiber Halcyon Yarn www.halcyonyarn.com A Directory! P HOTO J OE C OCA elcome to Spin Off’s annual natural fiber directory, our one-stop guide to discovering fiber Wresources throughout the world. Whether you shop locally, just around the corner, or connect with shepherds, farmers, and horticulturists on the other side of the globe, you’re establishing a relationship with a producer whose life’s work is to help you achieve your spinning goals. Dive in and enjoy poring over these listings and planning your next adventure into the land of natural fiber. —Anne Merrow Editor of Spin Off magazine Special Advertising Section Halcyon Yarn www.halcyonyarn.com ARIZONA CVM wool. Fleeces, rovings, yarns grown in the Jefferson Farms Paco-Vicuñas— Cotton Clouds—Safford U.S.! Manufacturer and distributor of the Columbine Denver and Salida Spinning Wheel, made in America. www.cottonclouds.com www.jeffersonfarmsnaturalfibers.com [email protected] [email protected] COLORADO (800) 322-7888 (303) 870-3056 Cotton Bijou Basin Ranch—Elbert (303) 434-8052 Quality Sea Island, Pima, Acala, Green and Pima/ www.BijouBasinRanch.com Paco-vicuña, Suri Paco-vicuñas as well as a few Brown Easy-to-Spin® Sliver. Ginned Acala and [email protected] alpaca, Suri alpaca Pima cotton, Combed and Carded Supima® cotton (303) 601-7544 We have the largest herd of PVs, and focus on high slivers, Learn to Spin Cotton kits, cotton bolls, takli Yak quality, uniformity and cleanliness to produce our spindles, DVDs, Handspinning Cotton book updated Drop spindle or wheel, Yak fiber draws easily to yield finest fibers. Raw fleeces, roving, and yarns in by Joan Ruane, cotton seeds, and more! beautiful yarns for all skill levels from beginner to expert. 13–23 micron with 3–5 inch staples. Farms in Micron counts are 14–16 to make a truly soft yarn. both Salida and Denver, with over 450 animals Fiber Creek—Prescott we have what you want! www.fibercreekprescott.com [email protected] (928) 717-1774 Weaving, Spinning, Knitting, Crochet, Felting and other Fiberarts Yarns, equipment and supplies. The yarn shop that has it all, we are here to help and please! CALIFORNIA Arapaho Rose Alpacas—Redding www.ArapahoRoseAlpacas.com [email protected] (530) 223-3364 Huacaya Alpaca, Rovings, Yarn, Art Batts, Skirted fleeces, and blended fibers. Natural colors which include white, beige, fawn, brown, black, silver grey, rose grey. Rovings in natural and dyed colors. Quality Alpacas, fiber and yarn. Classes in spinning and weaving, retail yarn sales, gifts and tours. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Menagerie Hill Ranch—Vacaville www.menageriehillranch.com [email protected] (707) 290-7915 Huacaya Alpacas and Alpaca Products Fleeces, rovings, and yarns, in a variety of natural alpaca colors; alpaca socks and other products; gifts; breeding and fiber/pet quality alpaca sales; farm tours. By Appointment Only. Meridian Jacobs—Vacaville www.meridianjacobs.com [email protected] (707) 688-3493 Jacob wool, local fibers Featuring Jacob wool, other locally produced fiber, yarn, and lambskins. Shop at the farm or online for yarn, spinning and weaving equipment, and gifts. We offer friendly weaving and spinning classes, farm tours and the popular Farm Club. Royal Fibers/Columbine Spinning Wheels—Dixon www.columbinespinningwheels.com www.royalfibers.com [email protected] (707) 249-3276 Guanaco, alpaca, mohair, CVM, Merino, Karakul, Wensleydale Royal Fibers offers white-collar fibers at blue-collar PHOTO SKULL CREEK TARGHEES prices! Guanaco, alpaca, Merino, Wensleydale and © 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. Interweave.com Special Advertising Section Halcyon Yarn www.halcyonyarn.com The Woolery—Frankfort www.woolery.com [email protected] (800) 441-9665 Full line of supplies and equipment for spinning, weaving, felting, and rug hooking. Available fiber prep tools include combs, hackles, pickers, and wash & rinse dyes. Wool varieties, alpaca, camel, yak, mohair, angora, qiviut. MARYLAND Ambling Brook Farm—Frederick www.amblingbrookfarm.com [email protected] (240) 444-2047 100% Gotland fleeces, Gotland x Border Leicester and Gotland x Shetland sheep. Registered ewes and rams, and starter flocks. We have the only 100% Gotland sheep in North America, and consistent, award-winning fleeces. We won champion and reserve Gotland fleeces at the 2017 MD Sheep and Wool Festival, and at COURTESY AMBLING BROOK FARM The Great Frederick Fair, we won Supreme Grand Champion Ram and Reserve Grand Champion Ewe, all wool breeds. Come see and feel the difference Lambspun of Colorado— ILLINOIS with 100% Gotland sheep. Fort Collins New View FiberWorks, LLC www.lambspun.com TheDancingGoats Folk Ways (formerly Fuzzy Farmers Market) [email protected] Retreat—Sandoval —Leonardtown (970) 484-1998 www.TheDancingGoats.com www.FuzzyFarmersMarket.com [email protected] Hand-dyed and natural fibers, spinning wheels, looms, [email protected] fiber arts equipment and accessories (618) 920-3946 (301) 475-FUZZ (3899) Finest hand-spinning fibers from local sources and Russian Spindle, Tibetan Spindle, Celtic/Roman Border Leicester, Corriedale, Romney, BL/Romney/ around the world, spinning wheels, unique hand-made Spindle, Andean Spindle, Southwest Spindle, Clun Forrest, Huacaya alpaca, angora, cotton spindles, looms, knitting, crocheting, dyeing and felting Spindle Bowl, Broom Makers Tying Frame, New View FiberWorks offers a variety of supplies, classes, workshops, and private lessons. Nantucket Basket Mold, Rug Hook, Rug Hooking naturally colored and hand dyed fibers produced Kits, Spinning Kits at local farms. We teach spinning, weaving, IDAHO Take the Road Less Traveled by, with knitting, and felting, too. TheDancingGoats. Hand Turned Spindles and Alpaca Direct, LLC—Hayden Bowls for Spinners, Rug Hooks, Kits, Nantucket www.AlpacaDirect.com Basket Molds & Broom Making Tools all made at MAINE [email protected] our retreat at Oak Knoll Farm. Custom crafted Halcyon Yarn—Bath (208) 209-7079 Folk Ways Retreat Weekends can be scheduled www.halcyonyarn.com Bluefaced Leicester, Corriedale, Merino, Polwarth, any time. On ETSY, Wholesale and Retail. [email protected] Huacaya alpaca, bamboo, yak (800) 341-0282 Luxury fibers in natural and over 100 dyed colors. KENTUCKY From Alpaca to Yak, we have it all (A–Y, Zebra not Schacht spinning wheels and spindles. A variety of fiber The Fiber & Gift Shoppe of Eagle available yet!) tools. Visit us at 1016 W. Hayden Ave. or order online. Bend Alpacas—Burlington Cottons, silks, wools, and many more exquisite exotic NFSAVE5 Save $5 Off Orders Of $30 Or More. www.eaglebendalpacas.com fibers and blends. Natural fibers ready to spin and to [email protected] felt. Natural colors, commercially dyed, hand-dyed NATURAL DYES (859) 750-3560 and blended. Sample cards available. Apparel and other finished goods made from MASSACHUSETTS WASHINGTON alpaca fiber, yarns from our alpaca herd, and our registered Cormo sheep, rugs, blankets, The Fiber Loft—Harvard EARTHUES, A NATURAL DYE felted soaps, dryer balls, alpaca fur teddy bears, www.thefiberloft.com COMPANY and much more! We offer raw fleeces for sale – [email protected] Seattle, WA carefully skirted, both Cormo and cria fleeces for (978) 456-8669 the discerning hand spinner. We specialize in low Bluefaced Leister, Corriedale, Coopworth, www.earthues.com micron alpaca and Cormo sheep fiber. Most are [email protected] Icelandic, Merino, Romney, alpaca, camel, silk, championed in fleece shows or halter classes. Our local fibers (206) 781-3184 sheep are coated to protect their fiber. We have Along with a full line of natural fibers, we stock Your source for natural dye extracts, raw excellent grade 1 and 2 fiber. colored and hand-painted rovings, natural and materials and how-to’s since 1994. chemical dyes, spinning wheels and accessories. Classes available. © 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. Interweave.com Special Advertising Section Halcyon Yarn www.halcyonyarn.com R. H. Lindsay Company—Canton OREGON PENNSYLVANIA www.rhlindsaywool.com Eugene Textile Center—Eugene Fluffy U Fiber Farm—Dover [email protected] www.eugenetextilecenter.com (617) 288-1155 www.fluffyufiberfarm.com [email protected] [email protected] Raw wool, scoured wool, local carded sliver, wool (541) 688-1565 tops, mohair, silk, camel hair, bamboo (717) 887-2364 Most spinning wheel and loom brands Bluefaced Leicester, Leicester Longwool, Teeswater, Product range includes locally grown and processed We also have a large variety of fibers to spin and yarn wool to exotic imported fiber. Providing affordable Wensleydale, Huacaya alpaca, Gotland and Romney to weave. Very knowledgeable people to help you make Natural colored and hand-dyed wool, alpaca, angora, access to industrially produced early stage processed your choices. wool. We’ve got the wool for you! mohair and various fiber blends. Natural and hand- Knitty Gritty Yarn Store—Lebanon dyed yarns and spinning fibers. Handspun as well as MONTANA www.knittygrittyoregon.com local mill spun yarns. Raw fleeces when available. [email protected] Langhus Columbia Sheep Marushka Farms—Danville (541) 936-4677 —Big Timber www.marushkafarms.com www.langhussheep.com Yarns (commercial) and from our alpaca farm. Raw [email protected]
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