Fleece Feast!

We are excited to present the new 2010 crop of beautiful Lopez Island fleece for handspinners and fiber artists. The new crop includes white and natural-colored fleece from Coopworth, Romney, and "Lopez Special" mixed flocks, including Cotswold, Rambouillet, Dorset, Columbia, and Friesian mixes.

The yearling natural-colored fleece is especially gorgeous -- dark chocolate browns as well as charcoal grays with wonderful crimp and a lovely hand. There are also some wonderful colored Romney and Coopworth fleece available, silky with a five to six inch staple.

Unprocessed fleece ranges in price from $10 to $16 per pound; washed fleece is $28 per pound. Call or email us for prices and samples of a particular fleece.

New for Fiber Fanatics

- hand-dyed mohair locks - $6/oz.
- natural-color roving for spinners - $1.50/lb.
- 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 3-ply sport weight (heather-gray)

Classes and Workshops

Watch for upcoming classes in nuno felting, dyeing and sweater design.
For private instruction or project finishing assistance, please call us at (360) 468-2467 or email us at: fibers@islandfibers.com

2010 Calendar of Events

August 18 -21 The San Juan County Fair on San Juan Island-- Textile Guild sales booth next to the Wool Shed.

September 4 - 5 Lopez Island Artists' Studio Tour, 10 am - 5 pm

November 27 Lopez Holiday Bazaar, Lopez High School, 10 am - 3 pm

December 11 Lopez Artists' Holiday Show, 10 am - 3 pm, Port Stanley Schoolhouse, Lopez Island.

Sales Locations around the Northwest

Look for our work at these locations:
Our textile art, much of which includes hand-dyed yarn from Lopez Island sheep -- rugs, throws, garments, and yarn for knitting and felting -- is now available in Chimera Gallery, Lopez Village.

Island Fibers' yarn sales are expanding! Our hand-dyed and natural colors skeins are now available at Ana-Cross-Stitch in Anacortes (719 Commercial Avenue), as well as at The Weaving Works in the University District in Seattle (4717 Brooklyn Avenue NE.)

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