Posts tagged Fibre Prep

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Do you love colour-play and creating texture?

Meet the Louët Blending Board, the fibre artists essential tool for experimenting with colour and blending your favourite fibres.

Suitable for a spectrum of fibre types and preparations, layer colour and texture onto the Louët Blending Board to create rolags, batts and rovings perfect for woollen-spun yarns, art yarns and custom spins.

With ergonomic carry handle and adjustable rotating keel that can be fixed in three places, you’re guaranteed the ultimate comfort while blending fibres for your next spin.

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More Fibre Prep Tools From Louët…

Hand Carders

Louët hand carders combine ergonomic design with a lightness in hand.

You’ll comfortably create rolags, mini batts and rovings ideal for woollen-spun yarns.

Available in a fine carding cloth of 110 tpi, suitable for a spectrum of medium to fine fibres.

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Mini Combs

Louët Mini Combs are a compact option for de-hairing, blending and aligning your fibres for worsted spinning.

These combs are suitable for a spectrum of fine fibres.

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If you’re interested in exploring fibre prep and how it influences yarn characteristics we recommend these fantastic resources:

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The Spinner’s Book of Fleece

Beth Smith introduces you to a range of spinning and fibre prep tools, providing guidance on choosing the right tool for your project.

She explores various combing and carding methods and shows you how these can be used to influence the look and feel of your spun yarns. Learn more…

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Yarnitecture

Jillian Moreno delivers an in depth discussion on woollen and worsted yarns, presenting an amazing collection of spun samples to illustrate how fibre prep influences colour distribution and texture. Learn more…

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THE FIBRE

NATURAL DYE EXTRACTS: Chestnut, Cochineal, Coreopsis, Cutch tree, Indigo, Logwood, Madder rich, Madder standard, Rhubarb, Sorghum, Turmeric, Weld
FIBRE CONTENT: Extra fine Merino wool tops, 19 microns
CONSTRUCTION: Combed sliver
ORIGIN: Fibre sourced in Australia and South America
PRODUCTION: Dyed and milled in Italy
NET WEIGHT: Approx. 23g/m
YARDAGE: Approx. 4m/100g
CARE: Cold hand wash (see notes below)

Colourways Available

ABOUT NATURAL DYES

Fibres dyed with natural dye extracts will behave slightly differently to traditional commercially dyed fibres – specifically, they have a lower resistance to light and reduced colour fastness. Over time this product may change in colour or release some dye when washed.

To extend the colour life of your project we recommend that they not be placed in direct sunlight for extended periods and only be washed in cold water, limiting the soaking time to 10 minutes.

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ABOUT WOOL TOP

Wool top is a commercially prepared wool product in which the wool fibres undergo a mechanical combing process to straighten and align the fibres.

The result is an extremely smooth, silky fibre preparation favoured by hand spinners and textile artists.

Use wool tops for hand-spinning, weaving, needle and wet felting, giant knitting and a myriad of textile art projects.

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ABOUT DHG

Dyeing House Gallery have been in the business of dyeing textile fibres and yarns since 1952. Their mission, to make their long-standing expertise available to all artists, artisans, designers and crafters.