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.

Workshops and Events

Lopez Lamb, Wool and Goat Festival
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Lopez Center for Community and the Arts
In Lopez Village on Lopez Island

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - events free of charge
5:30 p.m. - ticketed dinner prepared by well-known chef Christina Orchid

Back by popular demand, this year's festival will expand to include dairy and fiber goats. The day's free outdoor events will include sheep-shearing and sheep dog demonstrations, and various breeds of sheep and goats to see and interact with.

Inside the Center there will be a sheep-to-shawl demonstration, felting and dyeing demonstrations, information displays from island agricultural groups, and vendors selling island-grown and made lamb and wool-related products.

Popular Orcas Island chef Christina Orchid will present the evening's ticketed dinner, featuring Lopez lamb and fresh organic produce. All proceeds from the dinner and auction will again go to the Lopez Farm-to-School Program.

Stay tuned to this linked web page for a specific schedule of events, including the time of the sheep drive through the village on Friday, May 11th.

We are also attending several other events this year - we hope we will see you there!

Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat
Thursday through Sunday, February 16 - 19, 2012
Murano Hotel, Tacoma

A fantastic event for knitters, spinners, weavers and fiber enthusiasts of all persuasions. Classes and workshops, a place to spin and knit and be inspired by an enthusiastic community. The exceptionally varied and well-stocked marketplace is open to the public free of charge. Look for Island Fibers in our new location in the Market - we have doubled our space, and it will be filled with fleece, yarn, and lots more treasures and surprises.

Orcas Spinning Retreat with Judith MacKenzie
Monday through Saturday, February 20 - 25, 2012
Camp Orkila, Orcas Island

Whidbey Spin-In
Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1, 2012
Oak Harbor High School, Whidbey Island

A two day event spondored by the Whidbey Weavers' Guild for over 30 years. Sheep shearing on Lopez Island will be well underway, and this is the best place of get first pick of Lopez Islands' fleece feast for 2012.

Lopez Lamb, Wool and Goat Festival
Saturday, May 12, 2012 (with a sheep drive Friday, May 11th)
In Lopez Village on Lopez Island

Classes

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

New for Fiber Fanatics

- hand-dyed mohair locks - $6/oz.
- natural-color roving for spinners - $1.75/oz.
- felt batts 3' x 4' in white and natural colors, 1 lb. each (call or email for prices)
- 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)

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:
- Lo-Co in Lopez Village (next to Gallery 10)
- Northwest Handspun Yarns in Bellingham (1401 Commercial Street
- AnaCrossStitch in Anacortes (719 Commercial Avenue)
- 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