About: Ashford NZ Wool Fiber to Spin and Felt

Brighten your spinning and felting with colorful New Zealand Corriedale. Ashford's wool fiber has in a huge array of colors - ready to spin, blend and felt. Beginning spinners- This is your fiber! Its natural crimp, keeps it from slipping through your fingers quite as quickly. This bit of extra time makes it easier to focus on the mechanics of spinning. And don't forget the lure of colors. Even starting out it's more fun to spin with colors you like. Experienced spinners will enjoy playing with the range of available colors. Simply choose your desired colors and you are ready for a fun afternoon of experimentation or a more intense study in color theory. Mix, match, and card the solid colors to create subtle heathers and rainbow designer yarns. Creating a color wheel is easy with Ashford's primary colors. In need of a little guidance, look our many videos and DVDs on Fiber Preparation and Multicolor Blending Techniques These glorious colors can be felted alone or blended to create infinite colors. By the ounce, Ashford fiber is ideal for felting picturesque scenes, masks, children's toys – any project where you need only a small amount of a specific color. Micron 27-30.

About: Black Welsh Top Wool Fiber

Black Welsh is remarkable for its all black fleece. The wool fiber is coarse to medium with moderate luster and good loft. Because the fleece is coarse it is most suitable for outerwear, upholstery fabric or rugs. Staple length, at 3-4 inches, is great for spinning yarn. The color makes it an interesting blending choice to create mixed natural color yarns.

About: Blue Face Leicester Wool Top

Bluefaced Leicester is a fine, semi-lustrous "longwool" wool fiber, with a staple length that ranges from 3-6 inches and micron of 24-28 and 56's-60's count. Descending from the Border Leicester breed, their name comes from the fact that the skin on their head that shows through their fleece is a dark blue color. Yarns spun from this breed are very soft, yet strong.

About: Blue Faced Leicester Blend Wool Fiber

Bluefaced Leicester is a fine, semi-lustrous "longwool" wool fiber with a staple length that ranges from 3-6 inches and micron of 24-28 and 56's-60's count. Descending from the Border Leicester breed, their name comes from the fact that the skin on their head that shows through their fleece is a dark blue color. Yarns spun from this breed are very soft, yet strong. Blend of white, oatmeal and brown fiber colors.

About: Bluefaced Leicester - Natural Brown - Wool Fiber

Bluefaced Leicester is a fine, semi-lustrous longwool with a staple length that ranges from 3-6 inches and micron of 24-28 and 56's-60's count. Descending from the Border Leicester breed, their name comes from the fact that the skin on their head that shows through their fleece is a dark blue color. Yarns spun from this breed are very soft, yet strong. Natural Brown color great for blending.

About: Brown Select Jacob

Jacobs are known for their distinctive spotted white and brown fleece. Staple lengths range from 3 to 6 inches, micron 27-35 and count of 46's-54's. The amount of white verses brown varies depending upon the individual sheep. At birth the brown is most intense and gradually lightens as the sheep ages. Jacob is known for being lofty and semi-lustrous. Because of its unique characteristics, Jacob is in high demand by handspinners. We feature the dark brown fleece.

About: Coopworth Blend Wool Roving

Coopworth wool roving is a joy to spin! Coopworth is a breed of sheep resulting from inbreeding Border Leicester and Romney Crossbreeds in New Zealand. Coopworth is blended with other New Zealand breeds to make a fleece that is characteristically silky and easy to spin. The fibers are strong and medium to Coarse in texture Counts ranging from 46 –50. Staple lengths range from 4 - 6 inches. Coopworth Blend wool roving is great for beginners, because it is carded roving instead of a combed top. Made is available in three shades:
1 - natural, 2 - light grey, & 4 - dark brown

About: Corriedale Wool Top

Corriedale sheep were developed in Australia and New Zealand from a Merino and Lincoln Cross resulting in a wool that has a good crimp and long fiber length. Corriedale wool is relatively fine, having a wool count between 50-56, micron of 25-31, and staple lengths ranging from 3.5-6 inches. Well suited to spinning yarn, needle felting and wet felting.

About: Domestic Wool Top

Our domestic wool top is a blend of a variety of different sheep breeds here in Maine. It is medium textured, having an average count of 54. It will yield beautiful, natural colored worsted spun yarns.

About: Fine White Merino Wool Top

Merino is the softest and finest of all wools, with counts ranging from 64 - 70 and staple lengths of just over 3 inches. In addition to fine, fine, and more fine, merino fibers have a close tight crimp which gives consistent loft to spun yarn. Nice for blending, and wonderful for needle felting and wet felting.

About: Finn Wool Fiber

Finnsheep originated in... Finland. This wool fiber is lustrous, soft and fine. Yarn spun from Finn is suitable for a range of projects from sweaters and throws to hats and mittens. The micron count ranges from 24 - 31, staple length from 3 - 6 inches.

About: Hand-Dyed Blue Face Leicester Wool Fiber - Seguin Island Flora

Maine's own fiber artist, Linda Whiting, from Pine Star Studio has hand-dyed sock yarn and Blue Face Leicester wool fiber in 2 exclusive and limited edition colorways. Choose from the warm color blends of orange, pink, purple in Seguin Island Sunrise or the soft shades of blue, turquoise, pink evoking memories of Island Spring Wildflowers. Staple length 3-6" (60mm ave). Fiber count 56-60's (24-28 micron). Ideal for spinning, felting, and nuno.

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About: Icelandic Top Wool Fiber

The Icelandic sheep, part of the oldest and purest breeds of sheep, is a cousin of the Shetland and Finn. The fleece is dual coated, with a fine undercoat called thel and a longer, coarser outer coat called tog. The tog fiber (fiber we carry) with a spinning Count of 56's-60's, micron of 35 and staple length of 6-8" is lustrous, strong, and water-resistant. Available in 4 natural shades. White - 1, Brown, Black - 3, Grey - 4.

About: Jacob Blend

Jacobs are known for their distinctive spotted white and brown fleece. Staple lengths range from 3 to 6 inches, micron 27-35 and count of 46's-54's. Jacob Blend is a mix of white, grey, and black.

About: Lincoln Wool Top

Biggest of the British breeds, Lincolns have a broad white face and woolly forelock as well as white woolly legs. Staple length is 6 - 14 inches, fiber micron count of 33 - 41. Lincoln wool fiber is very lustrous and wavy, but like many longwools it is slightly coarser. A great wool for dyeing, it produces true and vibrant colors. Crimp it for “hair and beards.”

About: Maine Coast Hand-Dyed Perendale Wool Fiber Blend

Hand-dyed by Pine Star Studio for Halcyon Yarn in colors evocative of our beautiful coast of Maine. This medium soft Pernedale/Romney wool fiber blend is a merged dark grey and fawn color. Recommended for learning the nuance of any handcraft application - it's great for spinning yarn, felting fiber, doll making, wet felting or needle felting. Staple length 3.5-5 inches (80-125mm). Fiber count 48s (32 micron).

About: Merino and Silk Top

The softness of merino plus the luxury of silk. This blend of 80% merino and 20% silk is great for super special projects. You'll spin lovely yarns enhanced by the sheen of silk. Beautiful spun and dyed.

About: Merino Prefelt

Save time and effort on a variety of felting projects with our 21 micron, lightly needled merino wool prefelt. Use as a base and cut down on labor intensive layout time or cut into different shapes and sizes and apply to a surface. It's thick enough to be used alone or can be layered to the desired thickness. Perfect for use in nuno felting and shibori. Available in natural white, but will dye well with either Country Classic Dyes or Wash Fast Acid Dyes. 1 meter wide. Sold in 1 yd and 5 yd lengths.

About: Merino Prefelt - Dyed

Save time and effort on a variety of felting projects with our 21 micron, lightly needled merino wool prefelt in beautiful dyed colors. Use as a base and cut down on labor intensive layout time or cut into different shapes and sizes and apply to a surface. It's thick enough to be used alone or can be layered to the desired thickness. Perfect for use in nuno felting and shibori. Sold in 18"X 39" pieces.

About: Merino Top Wool Fiber

Merino, perhaps one of the finest of all sheep breeds, produces a wool fiber that is a treat to handle. Its extreme softness makes it a great choice for baby wear, as well as for any item that will be worn next to the skin. And don't forget felting. Merino produces a very firm felt that is usually very finished in appearance. Use fine gauge needles for needle felting; It's a great choice for Nuno felt and wet felting in general. 23 micron, 64's count Merino.

About: Multi-Colored Merino Wool Top

These heather combinations spin into beautiful yarns. Often times, a wool roving or top with all the colors of the rainbow looks beautiful as wool fiber, but spins into drab yarn... Not the case here! Highlights and shadows work together Creating yarns with which you'll want to knit, crochet, weave, etc. It's another great choice for needle or wet felting. 21.5 micron.

About: Romney Felting Fiber, Wool Batts

Our needle felting fiber is carded romney batts. The fiber is a bit more coarse than the fibers of the traditional breeds used in wet felting, such as merino. The romney needle felting fiber has a staple length of 2" - 3" and a micron count of 31 - 34 for dyed and white, natural grey and fawn are 38-40. This is advantageous in needle felting because coarser fiber is less likely to show holes. But don't limit its use to needle felting. It Can be used in traditional wet felting. Just be aware the finished felt will be more rustic in appearance. The fiber is packaged in 1/4 lb bags.

About: Romney Wool Top

Nearly every spinner has spun Romney wool fiber at some time - many of us learned on it. Our natural white Romney wool top is sure to become one of your favorites. With a count of 44 - 48, tends to be a little coarser and has wider crimp than Corriedale wool fiber. The staple lengths range from 5 - 7 inches.

About: Shetland Blend Top Wool Fiber

Shetland is a soft and downy "shortwool" wool fiber believed to have orgins in Scandinavia. Today, the breed is most often found on the Shetland Islands. The staple length ranges from 2 to 5 inches, 30-40 micron, and 50-56 count. It is well suited for spinning fine yarns, making it perfect for lace knitting. It felts very well. In fact, caution should be taken when washing items made from shetland because irreversible changes can occur. Shetland wool is available in range of natural colors. We stock blended top in white/moorit.

About: Shetland Moorit

Shetland is a soft, downy shortwool believed to originate from Scandinavia. Today, the breed is most often found on the Shetland Islands. The staple length ranges from 2 to 5 inches. It is well suited for spinning fine yarns, making it perfect for lace knitting. It felts very well. In fact, caution should be taken when washing items made from shetland because irreversible damage can be done. Shetland wools are available in wide range of natural colors. We feature the medium brown moorit color.

About: Shetland Top Wool Fiber

Shetland is a soft and downy "shortwool" wool fiber believed to have orgins in Scandinavia. Today, the breed is most often found on the Shetland Islands. The staple length ranges from 2 to 5 inches, 30-40 micron, and 50-56 count. It is well suited for spinning fine yarns, making it perfect for lace knitting. This wool fiber felts very well. In fact, caution should be taken when washing items made from shetland because irreversible changes can occur. Shetland fleeces are available in wide range of natural colors. Colors available in 1-white and 2-grey. See also Item #356, the Brown Shetland Moorit.

About: Superfine Merino and Cashmere Blend

One touch will tell you it's worth it to spin this super soft blend of 80% merino & 20% cashmere. It's best when spun fine. For thicker yarn try multiple plies. Available in two colors: 1 - ecru and 2 - pale brown.

About: Superwash Merino Wool Top

Superwash merino top has been treated to smooth the fibers. This process creates a softer and more luxurious fiber that absorbs natural dyes with avidity. It is also shrink resistant, machine washable, and less likely to pill than other fibers. It will not felt! Available in white only. 19 micron.

About: Wensleydale Longwool Top Ecru

It's no wonder Wensleydale wool fiber is a favorite among spinners. With such wonderful characteristics as lustrous sheen and smooth long locks it makes incredible yarn. The average staple length ranges from 8–12 inches. It is well suited for spinning from the fold or you can simply pre-draft and spin. Since Wensleydale has a tendency to spin into a fairly dense yarn, you may want to blend it with a crimpier wool top. Yarns spun from Wensleydale wear extremely well, making it a logical choice for items that get heavy use, such as socks and mittens. Also great for hair and beards on needle felted “characters“.

About: White Masham Top Wool Fiber

Wool fiber for spinning and felting, from Massam, Marsham or Masham sheep. Masham, aBritish breed developed by crossing Teeswater or Wensleydale rams and Swalebreed ewes, are sheep with heavy, longwool, coarse fleeces. Fibers are long, 4-8", micron of 35 and a count of 46's-50's.

About: Wool Nepps

These little balls are great for dyeing and adding to your blends. Create texture and color to your blends for a truly unique fiber!