A dedicated shop for fibre and textile nuts is opening in Boorowa next Saturday, July 9 at 26 Marsden Street (the main street), next to the saddlers and just up the road from the Superb Café.
Boorowa is a scenic hour to hour and a half drive from Canberra.
While bigger things are planned, initially the shop is supplying the following
- Locally produced merino and merino X yarns, in unbleached white, natural browns and greys and also hand dyed. (8 and 10 ply)
- English Leicester yarns, unbleached white and hand dyed (4-8 ply equivalents)
- Merino and merino X tops suitable for spinning and felting
- Alpaca yarns
- Rug weaving yarns
- Cones of commercial yarns suitable for weaving and machine knitting
- Sheep (white and coloured), merino, corriedale and crossbred
- Alpaca fleeces
- Silk yarns
- Silk cocoons (in various stages)
- Cotton and linen yarns
- Cashmere (coloured) fibre
- Mohair fibre
- Angora (small amounts only) fibre
- Commercial dyes
- Vegetable dyes (dried vegetable matter or freshly brewed depending on seasonal availability)
- Jewellery
- Books
- Products from all of the above
- Carding service available
For more information, please contact Lorraine Follett, 0488772260
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