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Natural Fibres for Spinning & Felting

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Learn about natural fibres from plants & animals:

Animal fibres	Silk fibres	Plant fibres

What are Natural Fibres & why use them? - read more

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

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 and the history of spinning wheels here.
 

Wild Fibres natural fibres

What’s new: -
	Shipping: We ship orders by 1st class parcel post 2 days per week, usually on Mondays and Thursdays, orders must arrive before midday to be shipped on those days.
2023
24 Jul	Eri silk price reduced.
2022
22 Aug	Fibre orders: Please note that we are on a short break from Tues 23 August to Sun 4 September. Any orders received after midday on Monday 22 Aug, will be sent out in early September.
2021
30 Nov
05 Jan	England in Lockdown from 05 Jan for an extended period. We continue to trade but orders may take longer to pack, ship & arrive!
2020
12 Oct	Shipping: We regret to report that UK 1st class post is often very slow at the moment and some is taking 2 weeks or more! This appears to be especially a problem in London. Some Airmail is also taking a long time and may take 5 to 8 weeks to the US and 3 to 5 weeks in Europe.
01 Oct	Covid19: We are in the studio & shipping orders only 2 days a week, usually Monday & Thursday.
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16 Oct	Spinolution accessories available
11 Jun	Fibre educational packs available
11 Jun	Wool & Luxury fibre catalogs now available
04 Jun	Silk fibre catalog now available
03 Jun	Plant fibres and Flax seeds are now available
03 Jun	We are re-opening the fibres catalogs (but part-time)
23 Mar	Coronavirus alert!
2019
25 Mar	Angora tops & Silk caps each reduced by £2
01 Mar	200 gm packs of flax seed back in stock
11 Jan	Grey Jacobs tops back in stock
2018
20 Nov	Carded Cocoon Strippings back in stock
25 Jun	Eri silk tops in golden red - NEW!
13 Feb	Gallery of silkworm & silk moth photos re-published
07 Jan	St Distaff’s Day!
05 Jan	Make your own Cone Distaff for spinning flax!
2008 - 2017
earlier Wild Fibres natural fibers version history 2008 - 2017

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 21 November 2023
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