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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
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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.
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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] [email protected] sheep and alpaca fiber, spinning fibers in ecru and dyed, (570) 490-4759 feltable and superwash, blending materials like bamboo, (406) 932-4718 CVM, CVM/Romeldale, Icelandic, Icelandic/CVM/ nylon, silk. Hand-dyed yarns, roving, and batts. Also Romeldale cross Columbia fleeces have a vast collection of bamboo knitting needles and Uniform, bright white, with distinct crimp which Raw fleeces, roving, and combed top available at all crochet hooks as well as books and spinning wheels. times. Full range of natural colors. balance "luster and strength with softness and loft". We have a large selection of raw fiber and prepared *We offer well skirted fleeces selected from 150 batts and roving at great prices. Check out our website. range-raised sheep. **See Kate Larson's article on our Columbias in Spin Off, Summer 2017. NEW JERSEY Dancing Waters Farm—Hampton www.mohair-fiber.com [email protected] (908) 989-0393 Bluefaced Leicester, Icelandic, Coopworth, Shetland, various other wools, llama and mohair Buy direct from a small, animal-friendly U.S.A. farm: naturally colored/hand-dyed mohair and wools, roving, custom batts, fiber CSA’s and handspun/U.S.A. millspun yarns. Know your fiber! NEW YORK Alpacatrax, LLC—Pound Ridge www.alpacatrax.com [email protected] (914) 764-4778 Fine Huacaya alpaca and Cormo wool Alpacatrax is a family-owned farm in the NY Hudson Valley. We specialize in natural colored, high quality alpaca fleece, roving, alpaca custom yarns and blended alpaca/Cormo 100% natural yarn all with no synthetic additives during processing, felts and finished product for inspiration. NORTH CAROLINA The Yadkin Valley Fiber Room— Yadkinville www.yadkinvalleyfiberroom.com [email protected] (919) 260-9725 Fostering creativity in the fiber arts by providing a space for fiber enthusiasts to come together to learn and create. Ongoing classes and host of the Master Spinning Program Level I at Olds College this spring. To find out more about our workshops and the Olds College Master PHOTO JOE COCA Spinner Program, please visit our website, email or call.
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Quarry Critters Alpaca Ranch— WISCONSIN Littlestown UNITED STATES www.QuarryCrittersAlpacas.com Susan’s Fiber Shop—Columbus National Romeldale—CVM Conservancy Inc. [email protected] www.susansfiber.com “Shepherding for the fiber artist. Shepherding for the future.” (717) 359-9989 [email protected] www.nationalcvmconservancy.org Located just 10 miles from Gettysburg. Available for (920) 623-4237 [email protected] sale are friendly AOA registered alpacas, soft silky Merino, Polwarth, Teeswater, camel, cashmere, cotton, (570) 490-4759 fleece, luxurious roving in a variety of colors – natural flax, hemp, mohair, silk, yak, Teeswater raw locks, Romeldale—CVM Sheep and dyed – 100% alpaca yarn, creative art yarn along roving and sheep on the hoof Critically endangered, Romeldale—CVM sheep offer fine with handmade and co-op alpaca products. Susan’s Fiber has many Blends; Superwash Merino/ fleece in a range of natural colors and patterns. Visit our silk-camel/silk Bamboo/merino and more. Stop by the website to learn more and find a local breeder and fiber farmer. TENNESSEE shop, see and feed the Teeswater sheep. ONLINE Smoky Mountain Spinnery—Gatlinburg WYOMING www.smokymountainspinnery.com Suri Network—Estes Park, CO [email protected] The Fiber House—Sheridan www.surinetwork.org (865) 436-9080 www.thefiberhouse.com [email protected] [email protected] Angora, bamboo, buffalo, camelid family, cashmere, (970) 586-5876 cotton, mohair, possum blends, qiviut, various wools, yak (307) 673-0383 Suri Alpaca Visit our recently expanded 3000 square foot Various wools, alpaca, llama A National Breed Association, the Suri Network showroom and studio space. Equipment and supplies Offering local Wyoming produced wool, alpaca, and represents the rarest of breeds. Ultimate Natural Fiber for spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, rug llama roving and yarns. Shop our online store for a full and Yarn for Sale at http://surimarket.surinetwork hooking, dyeing and felting. Classes, demonstrations, line of fiber arts supplies, including Schacht, Kromski, .org/store antiques and gifts. and Ashford. Wild Hair Studio—Crossville www.etsy.com/shop/wildhairfiber [email protected] IDAHO 931-788-6814 TRAILING OF THE SHEEP FESTIVAL Selection of batts, rovings, yarns, weaving warps, October 10-14, 2018 and more. Rovings and yarns from our Purebred Hailey, Ketchum, & Sun Valley, ID Romeldale/CVM sheep and Registered Gotland sheep. EVENTS www.trailingofthesheep.org Ravelry group (WildHairStudio) & WORKSHOPS (208) 720-0585 TEXAS Don’t miss our fabulous Wool Fest classes while meeting your fellow fiber lovers. Bring your family 2 JP Ranch – Mountain Home for the Best Sheep Festival in the country! www.2JPRanch.com CALIFORNIA [email protected] VISTA ARTS FIBER FIESTA INDIANA (775) 750-2433 October 6 -7, 2018 JAY COUNTY FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL Naturally colored and white mohair, washed or ANTIQUE GAS & STEAM ENGINE unwashed, mohair roving, hand dyed wool/mohair MUSEUM March 9-10, 2018 yarns. Hand made wool/mohair rugs. Handy project Vista, CA JAY COMMUNITY CENTER baskets or bags. www.vistafiberartsfiesta.com Portland, IN (New Location) www.visitjaycounty.com/fiberfest Tierra Prometida Alpacas [email protected] [email protected] Ranch—Fischer 858-335-2004 (260) 726-3366 www.alpacaUSA.com A gathering of fiber artists: weavers, spinners, felters, [email protected] knitters. Yarn and fiber, including raw wool, roving, Crafters demonstrate processing fibers into yarn, teach hands-on classes in spinning, needle felting, (512) 753-9962 exotic fibers, handspun yarn, hand dyed and hand rigid-heddle weaving, knitting, sheep shearing, (512) 557-2263 painted yarns. Admission free, $5 parking. kids korner, vendors, & food. Classes and guest We have 20 years of experience raising and breeding lecturer: Kate Larson. alpacas for elite quality fleece. We have elite, fine, COLORADO dense fleeces, roving, yarn and finished alpaca products. SALIDA FIBER FESTIVAL Our Farm Store opens in November 2017 and will be September 8-9, 2018 open most Saturdays. Visit the store at 4805 FM 32, RIVERSIDE PARK Fischer, TX 78623. Salida, CO www.salidafiberfestival.com Get your fiber fix here! Great variety of vendors, demonstrations, activity tent, silent auction, local food and libations, special events including art exhibit. Join us for a Colorado getaway!
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KENTUCKY NEW YORK TENNESSEE 9TH ANNUAL KENTUCKY SHEEP AND CNY FIBER ARTISTS & PRODUCERS: SMOKY MOUNTAIN FIBER ARTS FIBER FESTIVAL ANNUAL CNY FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL FESTIVAL May 19-20, 2018-workshops June 9-10, 2018 April 20-22, 2018 and festival BUTTERNUT HILL GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS MASTERSON STATION PARK Bouckville, NY HERITAGE CENTER Lexington, KY www.cnyfiberarts.org Townsend, TN www.kentuckysheepandfiber [email protected] www.smokymountainfiberarts .com (315) 899-7792 festival.org [email protected] Over 100 booths: vendors, demonstrations, fiber [email protected] (502) 682-4173 animals, workshops, and children’s activities in a (865) 448-0859 A natural, all things fiber, local food event. In rural setting only 35 miles from Syracuse. FREE ADMISSION for family activities, cooperation with Lexington Parks and Recreation demonstrations, vendor marketplace, and live animal and The Bluegrass Classic Stockdog Trials. OREGON displays. FEE REQUIRED for classes. Festival is free MASSACHUSETTS KNOT ANOTHER FIBER FESTIVAL to attend. Visit website for details, vendor and class April 27-29, 2018 lists, and class registration. MASSACHUSETTS SHEEP AND Silverton, OR VERMONT WOOLCRAFT FAIR www.columbiagorgefiber TH May 26-27, 2018 festival.com 30 ANNUAL VERMONT SHEEP & CUMMINGTON FAIRGROUNDS [email protected] WOOL FESTIVAL Cummington, MA (541) 308-0002 September 29-30, 2018 www.masheepwool.org UNBRIDGE AIRGROUNDS The Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival hits the road T F Two days of Border Collie trials, sheep shows, Tunbridge, VT local food, vendors, fiber contests and workshops. this Spring as Knot Another Fiber Festival, held at the enchanting Oregon Garden Resort in Silverton, www.vtsheepandwoolfest.org A gem of a fair in the hills of Massachusetts! [email protected] Oregon. The KAFF offers the same high quality (802) 685-3267 NEW JERSEY workshops with outstanding instructors, and Featuring an animal barn with sheep, goats, llamas, GARDEN STATE SHEEP BREEDERS the quality marketplace you've come to expect alpacas, rabbits. 70+ vendors of fleece, yarn and SHEEP & FIBER FESTIVAL from the CGFF, with over 35 Pacific Northwest fiber crafting supplies, handcrafted wool items, sheep Sept. 8-9, 2018 vendors featuring products for knitting, crocheting, equipment/supplies, fencing, meat, cheese. Herding HUNTERDON COUNTY FAIR- spinning, weaving, and more! & shearing demos, contests, fiber arts demos, GROUNDS shepherd workshops, music, local food. Lambertville, NJ 08530 WISCONSIN www.njsheep.org [email protected] WISCONSIN SHEEP AND WOOL Fiber Vendors • Workshops (Spinning, Knitting) FESTIVAL • Border Collie Herding Demonstrations • Breed Sept. 7-9, 2018 Exhibit • Fleece Show/Sale • Come join us for a JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIR PARK day in the country! Jefferson, WI www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfes- tival.com 608-868-2505 Fiber arts and felting, wonderful classes, fleece show/sale. Sign up for spinning and weaving classes! Visit over 130 vendor spaces to shop for your fiber and felting needs.
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PENNSYLVANIA EVERGREEN FLEECE PROCESSING, LLC ILLS SWEITZER’S COUNTRYSIDE FIBER M Woodinville, WA MILL, LLC Seven Valleys, PA www.evergreenfleece IOWA processing.com www.sweitzersfibermill.com [email protected] C&M ACRES FIBER MILL & ALPACAS [email protected] (425) 248-8967 Maxwell, IA (717) 586-8985 We provide custom carding and felt fabric on www.cmacres.com Our full-service fiber mill has state of the art our 66” FeltLOOM. Our “no fiber [email protected] equipment for processing your fleeces into quality left behind” philosophy means even your (515) 387-8607 rovings and yarns. Your fibers returned to you. Custom processing of most fiber types into seconds and thirds can be transformed into FIBER • TOOLS • WHEELS • SPINDLES • BOOKS yarns, roving, batts, felted sheets and cored yarn. VERMONT beautiful fabric. Dyeing available. Weaving services available for GREEN MOUNTAIN SPINNERY ME2 CUSTOM FIBER rugs, scarves, blankets and fabric. Putney, VT PROCESSING FARM MINNESOTA www.spinnery.com Colville, WA [email protected] www.me2farm.com RACH-AL-PACA FIBER PROCESSING (800) 321-9665 [email protected] Hastings, MN GMS is committed to small scale farms and to (509) 684-5623 www.rachalpacafarm.com bringing out the best in your fibers. We can card Registered Montadale sheep, colored fine fiber sheep, [email protected] and spin a minimum of 35 lbs. of raw or 20 lbs. Cashmere fiber goats (651) 485-7916 scoured fleece. In NE Washington, we own and operate 10 years processing your fibers into beautiful ME2 Custom Fiber Processing and Dehairing yarns & rovings. Small lots our specialty. We WASHINGTON Mill. We enjoy blending your fibers for those quickly process llama, alpaca, wool, mohair & ABUNDANT EARTH FIBER special times. angora fibers into batts, felts, roving, and yarns. Whidby Island, WA www.AbundantEarthFiber.com NEW HAMPSHIRE [email protected] HARRISVILLE DESIGNS, INC. (360) 969-2187 Harrisville, NH English Leicester, Longwool, Merino, Rambouillet, www.harrisville.com Romney, Shetland, Targhee, Wensleydale, Huacaya [email protected] Alpaca, Angora, Mohair, Silk, Yak (603) 827-3333 Pacific Northwest and US raised non-superwash wool Manufacturers of 6 complete lines of Fine Natural prepared in small batches by designer and mill owner, Yarns, and carded fleece in 64 heathered colors. We Lydia Christiansen, to express the abundance of also make Floor Looms, Equipment, and Children’s texture and natural color in our local breeds. Fiber Products including Potholder Kits and Loops. FREE We hold 3–5 day workshops from February– SHIPPING November, with nationally and internationally recognized instructors. Our Retail Store is one of on all the most beautiful yarn shops in the country and includes the complete line of Brooklyn Tweed. SPINNING Harrisville sample cards available. WHEELS OHIO OHIO VALLEY NATURAL FIBERS Sardinia, OH www.OVNF.com [email protected] (937) 446-3045 Our full-size mill equipment produces outstanding quality which delights fiber enthusiasts across North America. We specialize in the custom processing and blending of fine and exotic fibers into roving, batts and yarns.
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