Twin Willows Farm - Where to
Find the Wool You Want
One
of the spinners at guild meeting shows off some gorgeous socks she
made out of Romney wool. They feel wonderful and look like
something you’ve been meaning to make for awhile now. But you
head home from spinning guild without finding out where she got that
wool from. Several weeks later, when you’ve finished up a
project or two and are thinking about the next one, you remember that
nice Romney wool. But where can you find some now?
The best resource for fibers is word of mouth. Ask the
spinner where she got her fibers. Sometimes the response is,
“I don’t remember”. (Haven’t we all had fiber
stored around the house for so long that we’ve forgotten where we got
it?!) Then you are back to square one.
If you are lucky enough to have a fiber shop within easy driving
distance, you are truly blessed! But many of us do
not. There needs to be a pretty good concentration of
spinners in an area for a shop to be profitable, or else they are also
have an Internet
shop to keep them afloat. These shops not only
carry fleeces, but also prepared fibers that may be dyed and/or
blended. You may find things here you didn’t even know you
were looking for!
Another good place to find a particular breed of wool is to go to the breed
association web page. Most breed associations will
have a list of breeders there and some even have listed what the
breeders have for sale. Some sell only the sheep, other sell
wool, roving and other wool products. I have found fleece for
sale this way and my experiences have all been good. Breeders
that take the time to register their sheep and keep up-to-date with web
pages are usually pretty reliable.
When all else fails and there is something you *really* want but can’t
find elsewhere, there is always Google.
I’m convinced that one can find just about anything on earth through
Google. My husband is convinced that I need to stop looking!
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Contact Pegg
Thomas at twinwillowsfarm@gmail.com.
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