Spinning & Felting
Fibers Spinning & Felting
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Dyed
and natural Wool Belly Button Balls Natural white or naturally coloured roving $30 per lb. Available in Merino, Romney or Black Lamb (very soft. felts easily, easy to spin) Superwash Merino Natural white roving $40 per lb. Handdyed Wool roving $10 per 100gm.(chemical dyes) or $15 per 100gm. (natural dyes) Wool is the fiber that all other fibers are measured against. Its softness or coarseness varies with breed and age. It is naturally fire resistant. Retains its insulating capacity even when wet. It has crimp, memory and most wool will felt. It is naturally soil resistent and has good drape. Canadian wool is especially soft, lustrous and resiliant due to our harsh winters and dry summers. At Joybilee Farm, we process the wool ourselves using cottage industry equipment powered by renewable hydro electric power. Our fleece are washed with a minimal of natural spring water and natural soap, ensuring an eco friendly product from breeding to final roving, yarn, or wearable art. Our rovings are hand dyed from our own merino x wool or romney x wool. Our dyes are either natural dyes, (grown organically at Joybilee Farm or sourced from environmentally sustainable fair trade sources)or weak acid dyes, assisted with vinegar and fully exhausted in the dye pot. Raw fleeces are available after the Spring or Fall shearing, for a brief time. If you are interested in one of our white or coloured fleece, please contact us. Breeds available -- Romney, Cotswold, Rambouillet type, as well as adult and kid mohair -- white and coloured |
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Angora
-- our rabbits are French
Angora. 8 times warmer than wool, this is the kind of angora that
gives the lovely exaggerated fur-like halo, which we always
associate with rabbit wool. Each rabbit produces
approximately 100 grams (3 1/2 ounces) of fiber every 3 months, which
we hand harvest during their regular grooming sessions. We have prime plucked French Angora fiber in Black, Chocolate, White, and Fawn. Other rare colours are sometimes available in very limited quantities--ask if you don't see it listed. Our prime plucked (hand groomed) French Angora fiber is a minimum of 3 inches long and is $10 per ounce. Angora has many therapeutic benefits. Read about it here. |
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Mohair--the
fiber from the Angora goat
is 4 times warmer than wool, with luster and curl. Naturally fire
resistant and insulating even when wet. It is a luxury
fiber for spinning, felting and other fiber art. Our angora goats
are sheared by Ian twice a year and their raw fleeces are available
year round. Hand washed mohair locks are available in natural white, black, chocolate or grey or dyed with natural dyes. $15 per 100gms. Raw fleeces are available for a limited time after the Spring and Fall shearings. Contact us if you are interested in raw mohair. Kid mohair available as raw fleece $25 per lb. in the fleece. Fall kid fleeces are available now. Sheared October 2008. From pastured kids. |
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Camelid
-- Available in pin drafted
rovings in many natural llama and alpaca colours, some of these
are from our
own animals and some are from selected "freedom farmed" herds in
Western Canada. Camelid fibers are 4 times warmer than wool, long, lustrous and exotic. It felts well and some of it is very soft. It comes in several natural colours and takes dye well. Raw fleeces are available for a limited time after the Spring shearing. |
Silk Belly Button Balls in Joybilee Farm Signature Colourways |
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Silk Belly
Button Balls Silk is as warm as cashmere, 4 times warmer than wool and wicks moisture away from your skin, as wool would. Silk retains its insulating capacity even when wet. Silk is naturally fire resistant. Silk is lustrous, soft, elegant, smooth, wonderful next to your skin, and naturally electrostatic. Hand dyed $18 per 50 grams (approx. 1.8 ounces) |
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Silk
Throwster's Waste This is virgin silk fibers that
are
the discards of the silk reeling process. During reeling of the
silk cocoon sometimes the fibers tangle and get caught in the gears of
the silk reels. The silk is so strong that it must be cut from
the machines. Joybilee Farm uses this wonderful, lustrous
textured fiber for our own 'Tude yarns, as well as handdyeing it for
your needle crafts. It is not used Sari waste products and has never been spun or woven before. Hand dyed $15 per 50 grams (approx. 1.8 ounces) |
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Silk
Mawata -- Another name for
silk hankie, is the whole
silk cocoon degummed and stretched over a frame, and allowed to
dry. It is a very strong silk with extremely long fibers.
Some people knit right from the dyed hankies. Others spin it
first and then knit with it. It gives a very strong, but textured
yarn with lots of shine and softness. We have silk mawata available now in most of our Joybilee Farm Colourways. Hand dyed $20 per 50 gms in one colourway |
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Silk
Noil -- this is the small
bits of tussah silk fiber left
over after the cocoon has been reeled or carded. These are
shorter fibers with a cotton-y feel. Best spun with a long draw,
woolen drafting technique. These fibers add wonderful texture to
yarns and to handmade paper. They take dye beautifully, too. Hand dyed $15 per 100 grams (3.5 ounces) |
| Hand Dyed Silk Cocoons -
These are mulberry silk cocoons with the pupa still in
them. We hand dye them in solid colours of evergreen, navy,
burgundy, orange, and yellow. They are great for kids, for crafts
or for handspinning. Hand dyed 25 assorted cocoons for $15. |
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