FORESTFIBRES
FORESTFIBRES
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Natural fibres for handspinning, felting and other crafts. We specialise in British wool fleeces - Rare Breeds, Merino and many others. We also stock a range of coloured Merino and Corriedale wool tops. Craft accessories include felting needles, dyes, knitting needles, spindles and carders.
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**Christmas Present Ideas**

Craft Kits for Spinning, Felting and Dyeing are always popular

 

 

**New Winter Projects**

Now is a good time to replenish your fibre and yarn stash for the long, dark winter evenings – we have the popular British Breed wool tops, coloured Merino, and the new fibres such as Bamboo, Milk Protein, Banana and Seacell

 

 

Look out for new Ashford Products coming soon – for spinning, weaving and carding

ForestFibres is a top-rated gold power-seller with over 1100 positive feedbacks on ebay in the last month alone.   We have 30 years experience of handspinning and are always happy to give advice to our customers on all Ashford products, including their range of fibres.

**We gladly accept PayPal payments for all purchases**

 

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WOOL FLEECES from FORESTFIBRES

 

The fleece wool offered for sale in our eBay shop has been sourced and hand selected by ourselves.  We currently handle in excess of 150kg of fleeces each year; these are carefully washed and sorted to offer our customers the largest range of named British Breed fleece wool available in one shop.  Our fleeces are washed in warm water and liquid laundry detergent; no commercial scours are used on our wool. 

 

The fleece wool we supply will be representative of the wool from a named breed.  If, like many of us, you have been used to working with wool tops, you will find using washed (or raw) wool a very different experience. As a natural product, the wool in every fleece will vary in both colour and texture.  Two fleeces from the same breed are rarely the same!

 

We wash all the fleece we send out, but you will still find some of the natural grease (lanolin) left in the wool.  This will help with the handspinning process; if you are going to dye or felt the wool we recommend you give the fleece a further wash.   The longwool fleeces, such as Wensleydale, Cotswold and Lincoln, naturally trap dirt in the long curls – any remaining after washing will usually drop out when carding or combing the wool before spinning.   

 

 

Whether you are a handspinner or feltmaker, each of the different types of wool needs a particular method of preparation to bring out its best qualities.  It would not be possible here to give comprehensive instructions on how to prepare each fleece, but to give just two examples:

 

  • Soay sheep produce wool at only 2-3 cm long; card into rolags and spin very finely using the longdraw method.  Soay wool will produce a very soft yarn which can be used for laceweight shawls.  
  • Wensleydale sheep produce wool up to 30cm long with a very distinctive curl; comb into a roving as it is far too long to card.  To hand spin Wensleydale, a shortdraw, worsted method is best.  Wensleydale wool is strong enough to be used as the warp yarn for weaving.

 

At ForestFibres, we have over 25 years of experience in working with wool and other natural fibres; we are happy to advise on most aspects of using our products.

There are also many excellent books available on handspinning and felting which will give detailed instructions and advice on how to work with different types of wool.  The internet has become an invaluable source of information for handspinners – several informative and entertaining  handspinning video clips can be found on YouTube.

 

If you would like more information about fleeces, or any of our products, please contact:

 

Ros Flook

ForestFibres

Twyn Gwyn, Springdale

Bulley Lane

Birdwood

Gloucestershire

GL2 8AS

 

forestfibres@btopenworld.com

 

Telephone: 01452 750395



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