Natural fibres for spinning & dyeing

Natural Fibres for Spinning & Weaving
~ from nettles to cashmere ~

Buy from the Wild Fibres store:

Visit the Wild Fibres Store
1. Buy fibre for spinning and dyeing and carded batts dyed with natural dyes
2. Buy modern spinning wheels
3. Try a Rakestraw spinner - easier than a drop spindle
4. Buy flax seeds and grow your own flax for spinning
 

Learn about natural fibres from plants & animals:

Animal fibres	Silk fibre	Plant fibres

Natural Fibres include wool from sheep and fibre from alpaca, angora rabbits, cashmere and angora (mohair) goats, silk from insects (silkworms), and plant fibres such as cotton, flax and linen, nettle and hemp.
1. Animal fibres
2. Silk & silkworms
3. Plant fibres

Buy modern Spinning wheels with wow factor
We are UK and European stockists for SpinOlution spinning wheels. Buy a spinning wheel here.

Having your own spinning wheel allows you to make beautiful yarn exactly the way you want it. You are in control; you can choose which fibres to use and blend the colours till they are just right. Handspun yarn is more attractive than commercial yarn, resulting in eye-catching jumpers and hand-woven cushions. Not only will you end up with a better product, you will get more enjoyment out of your knitting or weaving if you use handspun wool. Modern spinning wheels are much easier to use than traditional ones, and the new portable travel wheels allow you to transform spinning into a fantastic social occasion with a group of friends. Learn more about spinning and spinning wheels here and the history of spinning wheels here.

Advantages of Handspun Yarn
Handspun yarn introduces an attractive unevenness to knitting in contrast to the mechanical regularity of most commercial yarns, softening lines and adding a natural look to your work. Using natural dyes on your handspun wool adds a vibrancy that comes only from hand-crafted work. Learn more about hand-spinning here.

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What’s new: -
2013
12 Jun	New - Moorit Shetland tops for spinning
03 May	New pages on sisal fibre
06 Apr	New page on kapok fibre
02 Mar	New page on jute fibre
06 Feb	2 new carded batts dyed with natural dyes - Harvest Gold & Madder
19 Jan	NEW - beautiful dyed carded batts for hand spinners & feltmakers
16 Jan	NEW - educational fibre packs for colleges, schools & fiber enthusiasts
2012
25 Dec	New section for Alpacas and Camels & new Animal Fibres page
10 Dec	buy soapwort seeds
29 Nov	silk hankies back in stock
17 Nov	New page on Spider silk, tougher than Kevlar
27 Aug	New page on Soapwort - a traditional soap
24 Aug	Oak & Walnut Rakestraw spinners back in stock
16 Aug	New - Brown Blue-Faced Leicester & Black Shetland tops
29 July	New - Mulberry silk tops & silk hankies for spinning
29 July	Fibre for spinning - some prices reduced up to 16%
02 July	SpinOlution Lazy Kate reduced to £79.75 for limited period - buy it now
23 Jun	Fibre-East is 14th & 15th July in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire
18 June	Andean plying & plying methods for your Rakestraw spinner singles
18 April	SpinOlution Mach 2 & Hopper wheels back in stock
2008 - 2011
earlier Wild Fibres natural fibers version history 2008 - 2011

Wild Fibres visitors
Wild Fibres visitors include weavers, spinners & dyers, re-enactors and anyone who wants to learn more about natural fibres. If you are spinning or dyeing with natural dyes, you will want to use your dyes on natural fibers and textiles. For re-enactors looking to re-create authentic period costume for Anglo-Saxon, Viking, medieval or Elizabethan re-enactment, you will need to use natural fibres that are authentic to the period and to dye them with the period natural dyes. Learn about historical use of natural fibres and textiles here.

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Last updated on 18 June 2013
Website and photos by Mike Roberts © 2008-13 WildFibres