dyeingforcolour

~~ WHAT'S NEW? ~~ ( May 20, 2012))

Dorr wool fabric hand dyed, for rug hooking is back by popular demand; free shipping!
Hand dyed Angora/Superwash Merino yarn!
Knee replacement surgery done and recovered from, and I am back in the saddle (well, dye pots) again! New Tussah silk, new pencil rovings, new mohair and cotswold. Silk noil, carrier rods coming soon!

SILK SILK AND MORE SILK!! Importing silk from overseas, we are now selling Sari silk fibres, and soon to come will be hand dyed silk noile, silk carrier rods, throwster silk.

New Seacell/Silk 60/40 is listed, also new colourways of mohair; more coming daily.

New Shipping; I have found a new source of shipping to the many EU countries listed in my shipping; due to having to absorb huge shipping costs to ship to Western Canada, the flat rate for Canada has been increased to $10. With all shipping, you pay for the first item and the rest ships free!

.A Note From Pat regarding locks
Please understand that these locks, both dyed and natural, come from farm animals. They live in barns, they eat hay, they throw feed all over themselves and each other. Often, they spend winters in the barns. I don't own any livestock, I buy all the fibre I sell from farmers. I usually get it in the mail, and I work very hard to get as much veggie out as I can; but I cannot ever, ever get it all. Occasionally I am lucky enough to find covered sheep, but that is rare. A poll I once held here on Etsy was unanimous that everyone wants the lock structure intact as much as possible with their locks, so that is what I do. To get it ALL out I could put it through my industrial Picker that is part of my custom fibre mill, but that is clearly not what people are looking for.
If you cannot tolerate any amount of veggie in your fibre, you probably will not be happy with buying fibre in lock form. Please take this into consideration when purchasing.

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.Would you like to be able to see my stuff before you buy it, and not have to pay shipping? If you have a local spinning/felting supply store that you could get a contact name and put me in touch with, and they start selling some of my wares, I will send you a $30 gift certificate to spend either at that store or my online store just for helping me out.


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I am happy to ship internationally,also.
Welcome to Dyeing for Colour. I work outside the box in terms of colours, and colourways, and hope you enjoy what I make as much as I do. I offer Seawool, Bamboo/Superwash, dyed Merino rovings, loose fibre, sample packs, dyed fleeces (Cotswold, Border Leicester, Bluefaced Leicester, Wensleydale, Mohair); rovings in Bamboo, Soysilk, Tussah Silk, and Firestar.
I have found a new supplier of mohair (angora) and the kid that I have and will continue to get is the absolute best, softest, cleanest quality around.
If you would like to play with one of my more exotic fibres, but you don't have a carder (and don't like hand carders - like myself) it's easy to work it into your project. Spinners; keep your silk, soysilk, bamboo or mohair next to you, and every so often just add a tiny touch, just a few fibres, to your main colour as it goes on the wheel. Keep it varied, and it gives a beautiful touch of shine and interest, using very little fibre and with no preparation. Felters and needlefelters; add several thin layers of feltable fibre and silky fibres on top of one another, then pull them apart between your hands, lay one on top of the other, do it again. Think of shuffling cards. Felt as usual. It works by allowing the wool fibres to grab each other around the non-feltable, and keep them in place.