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animal fibers

Wool craft, spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet, textiles, and other fluffy goodness.

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not another yarn blog (spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing)

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animal fibers

raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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anger transformed

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Homespun Challenge

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Raising sheep only for wool

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Needle-Felting! Share your creations, and your tips!!!

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bought an old spinning wheel...photos and questions

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Husp quality clothing etc

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I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

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Make your own loom

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Great big thread of Harvest photos!

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What do you sleep on? Mattress Alternatives?

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A book on designing a permaculture farm with a focus on Fiber?

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Needle Felted Chickens (custom, made-to-order)

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dryer balls and re-usable dryer sheets

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Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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Sheep Wool Insulation - let's talk about it

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growing clothing to sequester carbon

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Hand spinning on a production scale - tools of the trade

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knit or crochet a hotpad - PEP BB textile.sand.hotpad

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How to spin poodle hair?

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How to wash wool - a video

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Wearing wool in the summer

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braided wool coat

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Home built rigid heddle looms?

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Tried and tested wool clothing

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Practical/Unconventional Uses for Wool & other Fiber

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How to use a flick carder to prepare wool for spinning into yarn

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angora rabbit wool, can I use it for felting, and how to process it?

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Wool sewing fabrics

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Wool as Pillow Stuffing - How to keep its Loft?

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Dual Purpose Fiber Animals

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Let's discuss the clothes moth

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Sheep for fibre - What are the best breeds for knitting, felting, and stuffing wool?

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Knitting socks

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non traditional animal fiber projects

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Using Nalbinding to make wool socks

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Lopi PhD boots

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Fingerless Gloves or Mitts - Pattern Ideas

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Felting resources for beginners

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natural fibers and materials

Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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natural fibers and materials

Homespun Challenge

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animal fibers

raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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natural fibers and materials

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

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books

A Weaver's Garden by Rita Buchanan

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how to extract lanolin from wool

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animal fibers

Raising sheep only for wool

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boiling sheeps wool is bad for fibers?

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How to spin poodle hair?

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projects

not another yarn blog (spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing)

1 month ago 157 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 1 125 70

animal fibers

Fingerless Gloves or Mitts - Pattern Ideas

2 months ago 12 1

animal fibers

Needle-Felting! Share your creations, and your tips!!!

2 months ago 38 replies 38 47

meaningless drivel

anger transformed

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natural building

Sheep Wool Insulation - let's talk about it

3 months ago 20 replies 2 9

pep textiles

knit or crochet a hotpad - PEP BB textile.sand.hotpad

BB 4 months ago [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 8 81 41

angora rabbit wool, can I use it for felting, and how to process it?

4 months ago 5 replies 1 3

plants

Great big thread of Harvest photos!

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Using Nalbinding to make wool socks

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natural fibers and materials

Fiber: Sheep vs. Rabbit

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textile tools

Make your own loom

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nomadic housing

Yurts All things yurts

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How to use a flick carder to prepare wool for spinning into yarn

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natural fibers and materials

Husp quality clothing etc

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braided wool coat

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fairy grove creations

Tiny Felt Dragon (made-to-order, or red and black)

$19.00

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How to wash wool - a video

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textile tools

Home built rigid heddle looms?

8 months ago 9 replies 3

personal care

What do you sleep on? Mattress Alternatives?

9 months ago 101 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 10 5

animal fibers

growing clothing to sequester carbon

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animal fibers

Tried and tested wool clothing

10 months ago 21 replies 1 9

home care

dryer balls and re-usable dryer sheets

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animal fibers

*Welcome Phil Grant of New Zealand Natural Clothing!

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kids

Zero waste craft ideas for kids

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Norsewear Wool Socks

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Wearing wool in the summer

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Wool as Pillow Stuffing - How to keep its Loft?

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animal fibers

Is wool the most sustainable clothing fibre?

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Practical/Unconventional Uses for Wool & other Fiber

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Ragwool socks

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Fulling- another method of felting

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Sheep for fibre - What are the best breeds for knitting, felting, and stuffing wool?

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Felting resources for beginners

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flea market

[free - you pay shipping] Old Naval wool felt garment

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Wool sewing fabrics

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non traditional animal fiber projects

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