French Lavender, Cedar, Penny Royal, Patchouli ( a natural nothe repellent)
(For heavily soiled wool, I usualy wash the wool with a dish soap like Dawn first, in hot water the second time in a Fibermaster soak to help get out the stains, let it soak at least an hour then after I rinse it I put it in mesh bags, fill my washer with very warm water soak and spin only, Do not agetate.)
Spinning Fibers:
Wool Roving: (ready to spin, clean, carded into roving)(subject to availabilty)
lots of color photos, one of the best goat books I'v seen.
Dyeing:
Craf of the Dyer$8.95
Casselman - fr beginner and advances dyers, safe ecological and sound dyeing procedures. Information on gardening and collectiong. Nothing rare but Indigo 294pp
Dyers Garden$9.95
Buchanan - From plant toa pot, growing dyes for natural fibaers. Color photos of dye resuts. with a variety of mordants, Suppliers list.
Growing Herbs and Plants for Dyeing$9.95
Jacobs - details 23 herbs and 7 plants that give fast dyes. Covers botinical names, life spa, appearance with line drawings, propogation, harvest, what part to use, mordants needed, color yeilds and fastness.
Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing $5.95
Adrosko - 50 of the nos common natural materials in the USA , 1935 USDA publication of dyeing recipes still used today.
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Spining fibers are availabel seasonaly.
Special Yarn:
Iowa Grown Romney Coredale blend 1500 # per yd. fingerling weight, natural grey. $20.00 per # in cones or skeins. limited quantity available. Makes nice grey goods for civil war era reproduction cloth.
Special Yarn:
Iowa Grown Romney Coredale blend 1500 # per yd. fingerling weight, natural grey. $20.00 per # in cones or skeins. limited quantity available. Makes nice grey goods for civil war era reproduction cloth.
Special Yarn:
Iowa Grown Romney Coredale blend 1500 # per yd. fingerling weight, natural grey. $20.00 per # in cones or skeins. limited quantity available. Makes nice grey goods for civil war era reproduction cloth.
Brown Sheep Company Yarn:
Fingerling weight:
1 3/4oz @ $3.90 each
Colors availabel cranberry fog, impasse yellow, lullaby yellow, cross country green, artic moss, meadow green, purple splendor, amethyst, husker red, red fox, nordic blue, blue boy, bit of blue, navy nile, pepper, natural, charcoal, ash, stone, bordeaux. white
Books subject to avilability, prices are subject to change without notice