Fleece Feast!

Shearing will begin in March, and we are happily anticipating the new crop of wool. There will be white and natural-colored fleece from various flocks including the "Lopez Specials", Romney, Coopworth, Blueface Leicester, Friesian, and Rambouillet.

We will post a list of our favorite fleece as soon as they are available.

Unprocessed fleece will range in price from $10 to $16 per pound. Call or email us for prices and samples of a particular fleece.

Our New 2013 Classes Offered & Our Participation in Master Workshops

We are honored to be invited to have our fiber, yarn and related wares at upcoming workshops by some of the most inspiring teachers in the fiber world - Judith MacKenzie, Cat Bordhi, Deb Robson and Sivia Harding.

For private instruction or project finishing assistance, please call us at (360) 468-2467 or email us at: fibers@islandfibers.com

Come See Us at These Events in 2013!

Madrona Fiber Arts Festival, Murano Hotel, Tacoma, WA
February 14 - 17, 2013
www.madronafiberarts.com
Island Fibers is honored to be one of the vendors at this fabulous event. Fiber enthusiasts will not want to miss this four-day extravaganza of classes, workshops, shopping, sharing and inspiration!

Whidbey Spin-In, Oak Harbor High School
April 6 and 7 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
www.whidbeyweaversguild.org

Lopez Lamb, Wool & Goat Festival - 2013
Saturday, May 11 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (sheep shearing, sheep dog demonstrations, vendors and much more) and another fabulous dinner and auction
all proceeds to benefit Lopez Farm to School Program - 5:30 p.m.
Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, Lopez Village

Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival, Canby, Oregon
September 2013

New for Fiber Fanatics

- hand-dyed mohair locks - $6/oz.
- natural-color roving for spinners - $1.75/oz.
- a wide variety of natural color and dyed roving

Yarns

We now produce a line of beautiful hand-painted Lopez yarn. When Debbie overdyes the natural heather-gray yarn, the resulting colorways are especially rich and vibrant. Debbie is also handpainting alpaca/silk, mohair boucle, and a variety of sock yarns.

Yarns available in natural and hand-dyed colors include:
- an especially soft woolen-spun 2-ply sport weight (natural color ivory)
- a 2-ply woolen-spun worsted weight (silver-grey)
- a 3-ply semi-worsted-spun light worsted weight (heather-gray)
- a wool/alpaca 2-ply sport weight (heather-gray)
- 2-ply semi-worsted spun, worsted weight, silver-grey

Sales Locations around the Northwest

Lopez Island Farmers' Market
May - August 2012
In Lopez Village on Lopez Island

You'll also find us at these locations. Our hand-dyed and natural-color skeins are now available at:
- Northwest Handspun Yarns in Bellingham (1401 Commercial Street)
- AnaCrossStitch in Anacortes (719 Commercial Avenue)
- Island Wools, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA
- Chimera Gallery, Lopez Island, WA. We also have handwoven textiles at Chimera Gallery.
- Gallery 9, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA We also have handwoven textiles at Gallery 9.
- The Weaving Works in Seattle (4717 Brooklyn Avenue NE, in the University District)

T-Shirts and Totes

We now have T-shirts and tote bags with the Island Fibers logo.  Shirts are 100% cotton and available in S, M, L, XL and XXL.  The colors are soft washed shades of sage green, terra cotta, stone, eggplant, periwinkle blue, and persimmon orange.  Tote bags are 100% cotton canvas with strong cotton web handles. T-shirts $20 for S, M, L and XL sizes $22 for XXL size Tote bags  $15 – medium Tote bags $20 – large