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Hand Cards
Student Curved Back Wool Hand Cards
$122.00 – $185.00 Select optionsThe smaller version of our most popular style of hand carders feature 72 teeth per inch and curved backs. This tooth spacing is versatile enough to handle most wool breeds and blends. While these are lighter and easier to use and store than their standard size counterparts, they do make smaller rolags since their carding area is one third smaller.
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Fleece for Sale
Suffolk x Teeswater x Gotland #23107
$19.00 – $114.00 Select optionsDon’t let the word Suffolk scare you away from this fleece! Despite being a crossbreed of a dual-purpose breed and two long wools, this fleece has a medium to soft hand. White to light gray with loose, mostly french fry style but occassionally wavy 5″ long locks. A wonderful example of the effects of cross breeding.
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Fleece for Sale
Teeswater #21001
$28.00 Select optionsThis is a 5-inch Teeswater fleece that is off-white with yolk-stained (yellow) tips. With all the color variations it should produce some very interesting, mottled colors if dyed; it also has some sheen though not as much as the breed typically exhibits. This is a rare breed and is listed on the National Livestock Conservancy’s Priority List. Each order of four ounces or more will include a passport sticker for the Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em Initiative.
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Fleece for Sale
Teeswater #2196
$36.00 Select optionsThis is a Teeswater ewe fleece. The locks are four inches in length and off-white in color with a grayish cast. Teeswater is a Shave ‘Em 2 Save ‘Em Breed; each order of four ounces or more receives a passport sticker.
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Fleece for Sale
Teeswater x Border Leicester x Corriedale #723115
$249.00 Add to cartA fun crossbreed of two long wools and a medium wool breed. The result is a bright white fleece with curly, wavy, 6″ long locks with a medium hand. Sold as a whole fleece weighing 2.2 pounds.
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Fleece for Sale
Teeswater x CVM #22256
$33.00 – $109.00 Select optionsWhat happens when you cross a relatively soft long wool with a fine wool? You get this deliciously squishy, 5.5″ long, bright white fleece with distinct locks that should process like a dream.
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Books
The Shepherd’s Rug by Letty Klein and Ann Brown
$28.00 Add to cartThe Shepherd’s Rug: A Braided Wool Rug From Roving. Both authors are experienced sheep breeders and fiber artists.
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Spinning
Traditional Quill Adapter
$268.00 Read moreOur Quill is a great add-on for making novelty art yarn with plenty of embellishments. There is no limit to the size or number of inclusions as there is no orifice.
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Spinning
Traditional Spinning Wheel
$300.00 – $3,255.00 Select optionsOur Traditional Wheel is a versatile, durable wheel with old world styling and construction. The single treadle, double drive design makes this wheel both ergonomic and efficient for spinning a variety of sizes and styles of yarn.
- Double drive
- Single treadle
- Optional Bulky, Quill, and Distaff
- Approximately 2.5 ounce bobbin
- 5.5 and 6.75 ratios
- Current estimated lead time is six months to twelve months
- Double drive
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Spinning
Traditional Wheel Bulky Adaptor
$347.00 Select optionsA Bulky adaptor can be quickly installed on our Traditional Wheel. The 7/8” orifice can pass most art yarn inclusions or embellishments as well as large plied yarns. It is excellent for plying smaller yarns, as the nearly six-inch-long, six-inch diameter bobbin can accommodate up to a pound of yarn.
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Fleece for Sale
Tunis #22056
$32.00 Select optionsThis 3″ long Tunis was part of our SE2SE club installment for the second quarter of 2022. As one of the breeds on the Conservation Priority List, every purchase of four ounces or more comes with a SE2SE passport sticker. This fleece does have more vegetable mattere than we typically like, but that does come with the territory when working with these heritage breeds.
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Fleece for Sale
Tunis #22059
$14.00 – $39.00 Select optionsA 3.5″ Tunis that with good crimp and average length for the breed. As this is a rare breed, we are limited in our options and this fleece does have a little more vegetable matter than we like to see, but it can all be easily removed with a Lock Pop or flicker. Each order of 4 oz. or more will come with a passport sticker for the Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em initiative from the National Livestock Conservancy.
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Fleece for Sale
Tunis #2367
$29.00 – $49.00 Select optionsAt 6″ in length with distinct, easy to open locks, and nearly free of VM, this is one of the nicest Tunis fleece we’ve ever seen. It is a lamb fleece with curly tan tips and a soft hand that will be acceptable for next to skin use for most people. Each order of 4 oz. or more will come with a passport sticker for the Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em initiative from the National Livestock Conservancy.
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Fleece for Sale
Valais Blacknose #22203
$29.00 – $95.00 Select optionsOur first offering of Valais Blacknose is mostly white and blond with a smattering of grays. The tapered locks are mostly about 5″ in length, with some growing out to 7″ long. This is a medium to coarse fleece; not something to be used for a next to skin garment.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #1828
$65.00 Select optionsA golden-white Wensleydale with 7″ long, curly locks. This is additional fleece from our 4th quarter 2022 Pure subscription club.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #19066
$42.00 – $138.00 Select optionsThis 7″ long Wensleydale is a beauty, with curly white and gold locks throughout.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #22171
$20.00 – $117.00 Select optionsThis fascinating lamb fleece has 8″ long locks that lay in corkscrews. Golden white in color, this fleece might be a little tricky to process with its narrow, twisted locks.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #22172
$24.00 – $141.00 Select optionsWensleydale is one of our favorite breeds to work with and one of the breeders we have known for a number of years has been experimenting with breeding morrit (brown) Wensleydales. We are just now beginning to see the results of their labors and we are quite impressed. Today we are offering a variegated moorit gray fleece. Locks are four inches in length and have a very high luster. Typical Wensleydale crimp. You will not be disappointed with this one.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #22174
$39.00 – $130.00 Select optionsA moorit Wensleydale that ranges from champagne to silvery gray. A half-year clip, the locks are approximately 4 to 4.5″ in length, making this a great fleece for dipping your toes in the Wensleydale waters if you are intimidated by longer length fleece or want a woolen prep and spin.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #22180
$39.00 – $131.00 Select optionsIf you have talked to either of us about fleece for more than a few minutes, you probably already know that we are suckers for a good Wensledyale, but this one does not take a connoisseur to evalute. At 5 to 6 inches long, with a variety of charcoal and champagne hues, this fleece is a dream.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #2314
$24.00 – $78.00 Select optionsA white Wensleydale lamb with a soft hand that runs from creamy to golden in color. Locks measure 5″ in length and end in tell-tale curlicue tips.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #234
$20.00 – $64.00 Select optionsWhite Wensleydale with 5″ long locks in a very open, wavy lock structure. Like most Wensleydales, this fleece has a surprisingly soft hand for being a longwool. Due to the open and distinct form of the locks, this would be a fun fleece to experiment with in the dye pot.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #237
$40.00 – $71.00 Select optionsA stunning Wensleydale lamb fleece that runs the gamut from platinum to dark champagne to brown to steel. Locks are distinct, curly, and around 6″ in length.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #238
$44.00 – $146.00 Select optionsA moorit Wensleydale lamb fleece with loose, wavy locks measuring 4 to 5 inches in length and an exceptionally soft hand. Colors in this fleece range from blonde to brown to steel gray.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #239
$24.00 – $143.00 Select optionsA variegated gray Wensleydale with curly 7″ long locks. As usual for this breed, this fleece has a softer hand than you would expect from a long wool.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #2393
$25.00 – $149.00 Select optionsA brown 6″ long Wensleydale with tan tips. The locks are more curly than wavy and open with very little effort.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #2395
$75.00 – $141.00 Select optionsA variegated Wensleydale with curly locks measuring 6 inches in length. This fleece sports a variety of hues including blonde, light and dark gray, black, and brown.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #718211
$195.00 Add to cartThis Wensleydale fleece contains a wide variety of gray shades and has a 6-7″ staple length. A half year of growth and heavy skirting resulted in 1.7 pounds for this fleece being sold in its entirety.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #719078
Read moreWensleydale is one of our favorite breeds and this fleece is an excellent example of why we like it so much. The 8” locks range from silver to dark gray with about the last inch and a half being tan at the tip. The individual fibers are closer to 12” when straightened out. This fleece has a lot of luster. Wensleydale is the only long wool that is often worn next to the skin. This fleece would be beautiful as a shawl. Sold as a half fleece weighing 1.5 pounds. This is one of the nicest Wensleydales we have seen.
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Fleece for Sale
Wensleydale #72157
$275.00 Read moreA 6″ long Wensleydale with a relatively soft hand and curly, bright white, distinguished locks. Sold as a whole fleece weighing 2.0 pounds.
