Lion Brand 100% virgin wool yarnSOLD

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I am offering 16 skeins of Lion Brand 100% pure virgin wool 4 ply knitting worsted wool yarn. 13 of the skeins are a "Pemberton Camel" color-- a lignt tan. Three of the Lion Brand skeins are a cream color "Fisherman". Each skein is 50 grams of worsted weight wool yarn. It is hand-washable. All but three of the Lion Brand skeins of wool yarn still have their labels. This pure virgin wool is spun in the USA and is very soft and beautiful. Lion Brand is a very popular yarn company for a good reason. They have beautiful yarn. If you enjoy hand-painting or hand-dyeing your yarn, this pure wool yarn would work well. The three skeins of cream colored yarn could be dyed to any color. The camel colored wool yarn is lighter than the picture indicates. You can overdye it or hand paint this wool to very good effect.

Fingering weight sock yarn, SOLD

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Here are eight skeins of a fingering weight yarn that is a bright cherry red in color. The yarn is extremely soft and has a great feel. Each skein yields approximately 200 yards of yarn. It would be perfect for socks. I don't know the fiber content, but I suspect it is a synthetic, or a synthetic wool blend.

Site Review: Little Barn

If you haven't been to Little Barn yet, you'll want to go there. Lewis White and staff are really helpful if you need advice about your fiber project. My favorite items that they carry are the silk offerings, both the silk spinning fiber and the silk yarn. Tussah silk is really great for spinning. I like to buy a couple of pounds at a time, as it's more economical to ship, but I'll warn you, a little silk goes a long way! The tussah silk that Little Barn carries is a fine, soft fiber, really easy to spin. I usually don't spin it plain, though, as I've had the experience of hopelessly losing my end on the bobbin too many times. What happens is that you are spinning away, and suddenly, you lose hold of the fiber, and your end slides through the orifice and gets buried in the fiber. Usually, with wool, you can find it again. However, if you are spinning really fine silk yarn, you can have trouble. I do the following two things with Tussah silk: I hold a long rope of roving, and a single of wool or angora yarn, and ply in the silk as I go (counterclockwise). In other words, you don't have to go to the trouble of spinning a silk single. You can ply it directly from the roving. Try the Bombyx or tussah roving from Little Barn, it is nice and you'll be glad you did!

Secondly, I like to blend silk roving with other wools and fibers on my drum carder. It makes a nice strong shiny batt. You can also use silk noil, if you want a nubby tweed effect. Generally, I dye the silk (especially the noil) a different contrasting color, and then blend it with my drum carder. I love silk. Little Barn carries both. I want to order some of the silk waste they offer and throw spritzes of that on my batts. The silk dyes easily too.

I also want to order some of their silk yarn to use for warp in weaving scarves. I can imagine buying some plain white yarn from Little Barn, and dyeing it various purples, aquas and magenta and weaving some beautiful scarves.

If economy is important, have a look at their web exclusives page. It changes every so often, but there are always some lovely fibers at great prices.

If I was not already buried in wool, I'm sure I'd buy some of the various wool offerings from them too. You really ought to visit and I'll bet you won't leave their site without finding something you'll have to buy! The link is:

http://www.littlebarninc.com/

Site reviews Hayden Loom

It's time to talk about some of my favorite sites. As some of you know, I've been dithering around trying to learn how to weave Navajo rugs. If you look at a woven rug, it doesn't look that hard to do, but believe me, there are many ways to go wrong.

Anyway, I received succinct and useful advice from Randall Hayden at Hayden Loom and Ainadamar Weaving , who has a website about his business: Navajo Style Looms, Tools, Instruction and Weavings.

http://www.haydenloom.com/

If you are at all interested in Navajo weaving, you really should visit his site, because he makes looms for weaving Navajo rugs, both for students and for proficient weavers. He teaches Navajo weaving. What a joy it would be to sign up for his class. Too bad it's so far from Ohio. He lives in Southern California. He also offers other equipment and a book pertinent to Navajo rug weaving called Navajo Weaving Way The Path from Fleece to Rug . You can buy it directly from his website, and it would make an excellent Christmas gift, especially if you are thinking of what to send me.


He also does spinning wheel refurbishing and repair.


My second Navajo rug is turning out a little better than the first. Still I am using my two harness rug loom, which is not the best thing to use if you are making Navajo rugs, because it is really hard to pack in the weft firmly enough, and you can't get the tension tight enough on the warp. So you end up breaking a lot of warp strings, as you try packing in the weft by hand, and you are constantly going to the back of the loom to tighten up your warp. Overall, it's very frustrating and takes forever. You'd be wiser and do better to buy a Navajo rug weaving loom from Randall Hayden at Hayden Loom.

Right now, I don't know if I'll ever have time to be serious about making Navajo rugs, but if more time is found, you may be sure that I'll buy a loom for Navajo rugs, probably from Randall Hayden at Hayden Loom and Ainadamar Weaving.

(Once a little "damage control" is done. I'll post pictures of my second Navajo rug. --I have to go in and try to fix some broken warp strings, and tidy up my selvedges. )

100 % angora bunny fur yarn

white angora

blue angora

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yellow angora

pink angora

gray angora

lavender angora

Most people don't know that there are both angora goats and angora rabbits that produce fiber used in yarn. Both types of fiber yarns can be described as angora yarn. However, most of the time, people who sell exotic yarns know enough to label the angora goat hair yarn as "mohair" and the angora rabbit fur yarn as "angora." Generally speaking, angora rabbit fur yarn is softer than angora goat hair yarn, mohair, though I have felt some angora goat hair yarn--kid mohair, that is so soft, it could be mistaken for pure angora rabbit fur yarn, especially when dyed. I make and sell both types of angora yarn: angora rabbit fur yarn, and mohair-- angora goat hair yarn. My favorite yarn is the angora rabbit fur yarn. The following are my favorite colors: pale blue, natural white, pale pink, pale yellow, light gray, and pale lavendar. I sell a lot of 100 % angora rabbit fur yarn. It is offered at $ 15. per 35 yds. skein, double ply, approximately a fingering weight. Shipping is $3 per skein, but if you want more, let me know how many and I will invoice you through PayPal and adjust the shipping. You can always reach me at: robertsconsultan@aol.com If you buy at least $150 worth, I will ship it free to US locations. If you need other colors of one hundred percent angora rabbit fur yarn, let me know.

Cone Yarns Lot 3

I am offering a new lot of cone yarns. These would all be good for knitting machines, as well as for weaving or hand knitting for fine work. I will describe them as well as I can, if you have questions, feel free to contact me. Shipping from 43952 is extra. Let me know your zip, and which cones you need, and I will weigh them up in a box and give you the best shipping rate. The cones are as follows:

#9 Crème--a light, creamy white Orlon Acrylic, lace weight 14 oz. A soft yarn that would work well for machine knitting, or plying with your handspun singles.

#10 Dark Camel 12 oz. (wool?) light fingering weight, would be good for socks. It feels like wool and would work for knitting machines or hand-knit projects that call for a light fingering weight yarn.

#11. Light camel lace weight 10.4 oz. possibly wool? This yarn would work well for knitting machines, weaving, or plying with your handspun singles. It is a thin strand.

#12 Sand novelty cone—1 lb. 1 oz. approximately a sportsweight, possibly combed cotton? Thin tan strand plied with a flaxen and sorrel/tan looking fibers. Very beautiful and unique. This would be good for weaving.

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Lace weight cone yarn

I am offering the following cone yarns for sale. These are great for knitting machines, or for weaving and handspinning purposes. For machine knitting, they are perfect. They are also great to use if you spin--that is, you can ply them in with your handspun single to create a beautiful novelty effect in your yarn. I will try to describe them as well as I can, but feel free to contact me if there is anything else I can tell you about them. Shipping (from 43952) is additional. Let me know which cones you'd like, I'll weigh them all together in a box and calculate the best shipping rate for you. Feel free to make me an offer on all.

#1. Medium gray double-ply fine lace weight yarn cone weighs approx. 2 lbs. 8.1 oz. (tag says 70% acrylic, 30% wool). Made in Spain. A very nice large cone of yarn for plying. or machine work. Priced at $18.

#2. Brown lace weight wool, double ply. No tag, but looks like wool. Weighs 1 lb. 4.9 oz. Priced at $10.00

#3. Barley colored fine lace weight wool(?no tag, but looks like wool?) cone weighing 1 lb. 10.9 oz. Priced at $12.

#4. Cream colored lace weight yarn, approximately 11 oz. Has a "fuzzy" quality, like wool, but a little shiny. Label says "Spectrell" -- maybe a blend? Priced at $6

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Lace/fingering weight cone yarns, earth tones

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These yarns are a little heavier in gauge than in the previous post.

#5. gray-burgundy double ply lace weight yarn. This yarn has an interesting color. It is gray, but if you look closely, you see burgundy colored strands of fiber running through it. It looks like wool, but there is no tag. Weighs 11.6 oz. Priced at $8.00

#6. Camel fingering weight wool. This cone is a light fingering weight double ply. I think it would make a good sock yarn, and I would guess that it might be pure wool, though the tag is gone. It doesn't have the tale-tell acrylic shine, or slippery feel. It has the "matte" feel of wool, if you know what I mean. It weighs 10.5 oz. I'll bet it would dye and I'll use it for socks if it doesn't sell. Offered at $12.

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#7. Charcoal gray light fingering weight double ply cone. Probably wool, a thin fingering weight that would probably do for socks. Cone weighs approximately 1 lb. 3.4 oz. Priced at $20. A very nice cone of yarn here.

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Earth Tones Cone yarns,

I am offering the following cone yarns for sale. These are great for knitting machines, or for weaving and handspinning purposes. I will try to describe them as well as I can, but feel free to contact me if there is anything else I can tell you about them. Shipping (from 43952) is additional. Let me know which cones you'd like, I'll weigh them all together in a box and calculate the best shipping rate for you. Feel free to make me an offer on all.

#1. Barley colored fine lace weight wool(?no tag, but looks like wool?) cone weighing 1 lb. 10.9 oz. Priced at $12.

#2. Medium gray double-ply fine lace weight yarn cone weighs approx. 2 lbs. 8.1 oz. (tag says 70% acrylic, 30% wool). Made in Spain. A very nice large cone of yarn for plying. or machine work. Priced at $18.

#3. Cream colored lace weight yarn, approximately 11 oz. Has a "fuzzy" quality, like wool, but a little shiny. Label says "Spectrell" -- maybe a blend? Priced at $6

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#4. Brown lace weight wool, double ply. No tag, but looks like wool. Weighs 1 lb. 4.9 oz. Priced at $10.00

Blue face leicester wool for sale

Today I am offering a natural white fleece from a sheep that is three quarters Blue face leicester, and a quarter Romney. This fleece is soft and has the typical BFL curls. I washed and rinsed it once, so most of the grease is gone and you won't be paying for grease weight. If I don't sell it, I'll wash and rinse it again and then probably dye it and make it into batts with some angora rabbit fur and maybe some spritzes of contrasting colored silk thrown in. That makes a great yarn. I am thinking of dyeing this fleece a deep royal blue, and the angora will be purple or teal. The silk will be dyed either purple or teal too. I've done it before, and it makes a beautiful yarn.

pink angora mohair yarn

There are three of these skeins. Each skein is made of a strand of pink angora rabbit fiber plied with a strand of coordinating pink mohair and a strand of shimmery blue art thread. The yarn is very soft and will get fuzzier as you knit. Each of these skeins yields approximately 90 yds. The yarn is about a worsted weight. It is a delight to work with. So, all together, there are about 270 yds. of this handspun for sale.

gray border leicester fleece

This is a gray border leicester fleece. Pretty soft, nice crimp, about 3 lbs. 4 ounces. Selling at $10 a pound plus shipping. Or, buy the whole thing for $25 plus shipping

German angora rabbits and bunnies

I am selling German angora bunnies and rabbits that have great density and will do well for you if you are a fiber enthusiast or like to show rabbits. I have bunnies, juniors and seniors for sale. All on special now at $50 each. Will do a package deal if you buy them all.

My first navajo rug

Here is my first handwoven Navajo style rug. All of the yarn was handspun from natural colored sheep. It is perhaps too soft for a rug, because I used garment grade wool. I need to work on my selvages-- the right side is always a little crooked, though the left is straight, when I make rugs. Don't ask me why. I made this rug on my two harness rug loom. I am going to try again using dyed wool, but first, I have to rewarp the loom.

handspun for sale

Lot 3 consists of two skeins of yarn. One is a sportsweight double ply 100% light tan mohair, approximately55 yds. The other is a chunky weight tail spun mohair approximately 26 yds. Both together at $10 plus shipping

handspun for sale

Two skeins, approximately 51 yds. total, medium wt. double ply 100% angora, handpainted to shades of denim and grape. Lovely and soft. Priced at $10 for both plus shipping.

handspun yarn for sale

Lot 1:

3 assorted chunky wt. skeins Handpainted purples, blues, salmon, rose, etc. , Approximately 168 yds. total. Fiber content: wool/angora blend Price: $12 all, plus shipping