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Fibres and Dyes Price List - July 2007

Fibres for felt and spinning

Package

Price (Euro)

Needle felting kit. Includes 5 felting needles, single needle holder, 4 needle holder, needle with handle, 100 grams wool, natural & coloured batting and scoured Leicester long wool. Stick for rolling wool. Foam mat.

 

25.00

Mini needle felting kit. Includes 3 felting needles, single needle holder, needle with handle, 100grams of mixed coloured wool and small foam mat.

 

15.00

Wet felting kit. Includes bamboo mat, bubble wrap, net, 100 grams of mixed wool :-  coloured corridale tops white pure wool tops, white batting wool. Hand dyed Tussah silk tops. Wensleydale curls.

 

15.00

Merino tops. white, soft. and luscious.

400 g

€14.00

Welsh Mountain tops. soft white wool with a  kempy   character

200g

5.50

Teeswater tops, long creamy white lustrous fibre. 

1kg

18.00

Gotland. Carded wool batting. Long grey soft fibres.

100 g

3.50

Pure wool. Carded wool batting. Med grey soft fibres. Wool batt is wonderful for needle felting.

100 g

3.00

Pure wool. Carded wool batting. Short white fibres

100 g

3.00

Pure wool. Carded wool batting. Long reddish brown  fibres    

100 g

3.50 

Pure wool. Coloured carded wool batting. Short fibres. Fantastic for needle felting. Select colours from colour chart.

50 g
500g

2.50 20.00

Llama. Natural blend  of llama fibres containing a range of colour  from white through to greys and browns

50 g

3.50

Caprine. Blend of white, pale grey and light brown from the cashmere producing goat. Absolute luxury.

50 g

7.00

Silver fox. Silvery beige soft short fibre ideal for blending or adding texture to other fibres.

50 g

11.00

Merino and angora. Luxurious white blended tops

50 g

4.50

Bamboo. A soft white fibre almost a cross between silk and cotton, spins and felts well.

50 g

2.50

Soya bean fibre. Lustrous honey coloured roving resembling tussah silk.

100g

8.50

Ashford coloured merino tops. Top quality wool. Suitable for wet felting. Select colours from colour chart.

50 g
500g

3.00       25.00

Ashford coloured Corriedale tops. Slightly crisper than the merino tops. Suitable for wet and needle felting. Select colours from colour chart.

50 g
kg

2.50       40.00

Flax. Short pure white wispy fibres, creates texture in felt making.

100g

5.00

Hand dyed tops. Dyed in the Derryaun workshop.

50 g

5.00

NEW PRODUCT. Pebbles. Pure wool knops and slubs produced by a rolling technique, knops are round , slubs are elongated. Use for spinning by introducing knops when carding, or to add unusual texture in felt making.

25 g pack

3.75

Varity bags. . Contain 15 fancy yarns 3m long Colours available. Red. . Orange. Yellow. Green. Turquoise. Blue. Purple. Pink. Warm pastel. Cool pastel. Dark natural. White. Grey. Black.

Pack

4.00

Dyers delight. Mixed pack contains wool. Silk. Cotton. Viscose. Mohair and linen to dye. Medium weight.
Bigga pack animal. Contains chunky yarns to dye.
Bigga pack vegetable. Contains chunky yarns to dye.                                                              

 

Pack

 

6.30

CONES AND SKEINS  animal and vegetable.

 

 

Jute

450 g cone

13.00

Chunky skein merino slub with wool binder. White

100 g

8.00

Fine skein merino slub . White

100 g

8.00

Chunky skein soft pure wool

100g 

6.00

Pure cotton. Med weight

450 g cone

15.00

Linen. Fine. Med. Heavy. Colour natural. Black, white and blue available in fine.

400 g cheese

15.50

Loom cotton. Off white very strong warping cotton. Medium and heavy

100 g cone

10.50

Aran. Natural white.

400 g cone

22.50

Opal wool for sock knitting. Computerised  dyed wool creates Fair Isle patterns by just using stocking stitch.4 ply  75% wool 25% Polyamid. Grey mix, purple mix, tan mix and brown mix. 1 ball knits a pair of  socks and a gift bag.

100 g ball and pattern

10.00

Set of double pointed needles 2.5mm for the above wool

Set of five

3.50

More yarn available on cone and hand-dyed/spun skeins. Small skeins of hand-dyed yarns for embroidery available start at €1.50   

 

 


Silk fibres for papermaking, spinning, felt making and introducing to embroidery etc

Package

Price (Euro)

Undyed silk tops. Top quality mulberry silk

50g

7.50

Silk hankies.

5pack

4.50

Silk brick. Top quality mulberry silk

150g brick   50g

22.00
  8.00

Silk cocoons soft white degummed cocoons in a mass

50g

7.00

Silk lap texture with less lustre than tops

50g

7.50

Mawata cap. short fibres in a bell shape form they split into several layers

each

3.00

Raw silk filament, smooth, bright white and silky

Skein 120g

10.50

Cut tussah silk tops.

100g

5.00

Silk string

10g

3.00

Silk carrier rod waste

25g pack

3.00

Throwsters waste

50g pack

5.30

Degum waste

50g pack

5.30

Silk strippings (contain gum)

20g pack

1.50

Dyed silk (broken dyed silk) plenty of texture, bronze, teal, blue and chestnut.

50g pack

7.50

Tussah silk space dyed. colours rose basket. Stormy skies. Moorland. Marine moss. Orange grove. Sunset. Blue lagoon. Herb garden, raspberry ripple.

10g

3.00

Trilobal nylon.(shiny strands for embellishing felt and paper). Gold. Silver, parrot (blue/yellow/cerise). Bright pink/blue

10 g

1.50

Hand dyed fibres. Hand dyed in the Derryaun workshop using Gaywool dyes for creating a feast of wonderful colours and textures

 

 

Throwsters waste. Reds. Blues. Greens. Purples. Browns.

10g pack

3.00

Wensleydale. Lustrious curls. Colours as above.
Wensleydale Black or white (scoured)

25g pack

3.00
1.50

Silk string. Colours as above. 

10g

6.00

Mawata cap. Colours as above.

each

4.50

Silk carrier rod waste. Make beautiful paper with a unique silver birch bark effect. Colours as above.

15g pack

4.00

Silk Hankies. Colours as above. If you need a special colour on any silk fibres please ask

Pk 5

6.50

Plastic netting for making silk paper

15 x 12”

2.50

GAYWOOL DYES, imported from Australia and widely known and used by spinners, weavers , feltmakers and dyers worldwide. Original and Bush Blends: for wool, mohair, silk, fur, nylon, angora, jute and cashmere: colourfast, quick and easy to use, and great fun.                                                   
Gaywool Dyes are safe and economical, colourfast and washfast. They are ideal for all, from the first time  user to the experienced fibre artist. We are sure you will be delighted with their performance and simplicity. Colour charts are available on request. 

See Gaywool dye page for colour charts.

1g pot dyes 800g  fibre

Sml pot dyes 600g fibre   

15g pk originals only       
(dyes 110g fibre)

colour chart

13.50

 

8.50

 

2.25

 


5.50

NATURAL DYES

Brazil wood (rusts), Madder (oranges), Logwood (purples), Chamomile (yellows)
Henna (browns)
St John’s Wort (rusts)
Indigo Natural (Blue)
Indigo Synthetic (Blue)
Alkanet (purples and browns)
Alum
Copper Sulphate/Chrome
Tin
Iron

50g
50g
50g
50g
25g
25g
25g
50g
50g
25g
50g

2.20
2.00
1.30
1.40
8.00
3.00
2.50
1.90
1.50
1.25
0.65

Peg looms. Sturdy wooden block containing pegs for simple weaving, make rugs, bags etc.

10” small peg

25.00  

Peg Loom

36” double

75.00

Weaving sticks

Pack of 5

3.50

Threader

1.50

Weaving stick booklet. Good basic instructions.

5.00

Peg loom booklet

5.00

Lucets for braid making

Small size

3.00

Braid making starter kit

7.20

FELT MAKING EQUIPMENT

 

 

Bamboo mats for felt making

30x43cm

4.00

Hat blocks. Robust polystyrene oval shape with inner handle.

Sml 55-56cm med 57-59cm

30.00

Felting needles. medium

singles

.60

Felting needles. fine

singles

1.20

Felting needles. course

singles

.75

Felting needle punch. Shaped wooden handle and container all in one. Holds four needles plus one spare (5 needles included)

25.00

Felting needle holder, quality wooden handle holds 5 needles (needles not included)

20.00

Felting needle holder, holds up to 4 needles. Doesn’t store needles. Needles not included.  

each

4.50

Felting needle holder, holds one needle. Needle not included.

each

1.50

Foam pads for needle felting

20x 30cm 

2.75

Mini foam pads for needle felting

10x15cm

1.20

MISC

Sequin mix

18g

1.00

Wire 10 small coils all different colours

Pack of 10

2.50

Wire on a spool, pink, blue, copper, dk copper, silver and brass.

80-100g

5.50

Crinkle wire. Copper, gold and silver.

100g

9.50

Fine wire on a spool. Red, pink, blue, copper, silver, grey and green.

50g

5.00

Quality flat nose jewellery pliers

12.50

Quality round nose pliers

8.50

Crimping tool

16.50

Twist and curl, wire coiling tool

17.50

Cord maker

17.50

Knitted copper wire.

Heavy per mt. 

8.00       

Copper curls for creative embroidery and card making

18g

2.50

Sparkle threads. Make holographic paper.

5g

2.50

Seed beads. All colours and sizes. Please ask.

20g approx

2-3.00

Skeleton leaves. Natural, dk red,  purple, tan. Rust & mixed

Pack of 5

.50

Lucky dip, decorative bits & pieces for cards making

5 packs for

2.00