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We are located in lovely Victoria, British Columbia, at the southern tip of spectacular Vancouver Island. We promise fast and efficient delivery through Canada Post. Local pick up can also be arranged. The best way to reach us is by email at chaoticfibres@gmail.com.
Category Archives: Fleece and Fibre Festival
Chaotic Fibres is celebrating long-waited wool delivery today!
After a few worrisome days, the final part of our order has arrived from Italy. With today’s delivery of over 40 kilos with 28 fabulous colours of 19m Merino, Chaotic Fibre’s Online Store now proudly offers 45 colours in this … Continue reading
Posted in BC, Fleece and Fibre Festival, Hand Spun Yarn, Latest Batts from Chaotic Fibres, New fibres for felting and spinning, New fibres ready from Chaotic Fibres, New product from Chaotic Fibres, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, News from our Online Store, Online wool store, Victoria BC
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Chaotic Fibres Open Again
Chaotic Fibres is now able to resume business and ship online orders! Thank you for your patience as we waited for the pandemic emergency to ease. We hope you have managed to stay safe and well through this period of … Continue reading
Posted in BC, Fibre festival on Vancouver Island, Fleece and Fibre Festival, Hand Dyed, Hand Spun Yarn, Latest Batts from Chaotic Fibres, New fibres for felting and spinning, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, News from our Online Store, Online wool store, Victoria BC
Tagged covid-19, online fibre store, Vancouver Island, Vancouver island wool shop, Victoria BC fibre supplies, wool spinning, wool store
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Chaotic Fibres news for fibre lovers
Our Online Store is open again after our exciting trip through Asia to the Mediterranean and on to England – visiting 23 cities in 16 countries! It was a fabulous trip that took us to so many regions and cities … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Festival in Coombs, Fibre festival on Vancouver Island, Fleece and Fibre Festival, New fibres for felting and spinning, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, Online wool store, Victoria BC
Tagged 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre, Coombs, felting fibres, felting supplies, online fibre, online store, prefelt, sari silk, silk hankies, Vancouver Island, viscose top, wet felting, wool blends, wool spinning, wool store
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Chaotic Fibres adding Giant Himalayan Stinging Nettle fibre soon to Online Store
Stinging nettles … who would think! One of the luxuries of having a fibre business is getting to play with all kinds of fibres and blends. Our latest fascination is with Giant Himalayan Stinging Nettle fibre that will be coming … Continue reading
Posted in Fleece and Fibre Festival, Latest Batts from Chaotic Fibres, New fibres for felting and spinning, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Festival, 2017 ANWG Conference, ANWG, bast fibres, blending, felting, fibre festivals, Fibres West, Giant Himalayan Stinging Nettle, hemp, natural fibres, Nepal, online store, ramie, rose bush fibre, spinning, stinging nettle
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Chaotic Fibres at Fibrations this weekend!
Doing some final prep and product selection for this Sunday’s Fibrations event at Robert Porter Park behind Sir James Douglas School in Victoria’s fabulous Fairfield neighbourhood. As has become the case, we have way too many fibres and products to … Continue reading
Posted in felt-feutre, Felting Symposium, Penticton BC, Fleece and Fibre Festival, New fibres for felting and spinning, New fibres ready from Chaotic Fibres, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, Online wool store, Victoria BC
Tagged acid dyes, alpaca, angelina, ball browsers, bfl, black diamond bamboo, Bonsai Sprayers, camel, cocoons, corriedale, door prize, Fairfield, felt::feutre, felters, felting, Fibrations, fibre, fibre lovers, hemp, merino, mohair, Mulberry silk, needle felters, polwarth, prefelt, pulled sari silk, ramie, Robert Porter Park, silk, silk lap, spinners, tussah silk, Victoria, yak
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Chaotic Fibres off to felt::feutre!
Holy yak fibre! Chaotic Fibres has been selected as one of the feature vendors for felt::feutre 2016 in Penticton this September. We are delighted with the accolades we’ve been given in a recent news post on the felt::feutre website. The … Continue reading
Fibres West 2016 a Success!
Wow … wow … wow! Fibres West 2016 was a blaze of activity and an incredible weekend. It was great to see vendors we had met either at last year’s Fibres West or at other fibre events, and it was … Continue reading
Posted in Fibres West, Fleece and Fibre Festival, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, News from our Online Store, Tools for Felting from Chaotic Fibres
Tagged 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre, bamboo rovings, bfl, Bonsai Sprayers, Bradley Centre, Chaotic Fibres, Coombs, corriedale, felt, felt makers of Pompeii, felters, felting, feltmaking, fibre festival, Fibres West, gotland, merino, mulberry, needle felting, online store, polwarth, rose bush fibre, spinners, spinning, tussah, vancouver
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Chaotic Fibres at VHWSG’s Spin In, February 27th
Chaotic Fibres will be selling all kinds of fibre at the Victoria Handweavers and Spinners Guild ‘Spin In’ on Saturday, February 27th from 10am until 3:30. This event will be held at the Saanich Fairgrounds, a spacious and perfect location … Continue reading
Posted in Fibres West, Fleece and Fibre Festival, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, VHWSG's Spin In
Tagged basketry, baskets, chaotic batts, felted, felted bags, felters, fibre, fibre festival, fibre packs, Fibres West, knitting, lace, Laurie Steffler, rug hooking, scarves, shawls, silk, specialty fibre, spin in, Spin In 2016, spinners, spinning, Tsawwassen Ferry, Vancouver Island, VHWSG, Victoria Handweavers and Spinners Guild, weaving, wool
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Chaotic Fibres Preparing for Cowichan Valley Fleece and Fibre Festival
Moved! Settled – more or less! We’re back in business and getting ready for the Cowichan Valley Fleece and Fibre Festival. Yes, we have finally moved our stock out of storage and into our new home after almost two months … Continue reading
Posted in Cowichan Valley Fleece and Fibre Festival, Fleece and Fibre Festival
Tagged Cobble Hill, Cobble Hill Community Hall, Cowichan Valley, felters, fibre fair, Fleece and Fibre Festival, hand spun, local fibre, silks, specialty fibres, spinners, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Weaving supplies, wool
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Chaotic Fibres is on the move!
Fibrations was a wonderful success! The weather was perfect. The new venue, at the Fairfield Community Centre grounds at Robert Porter Park here in Victoria, was great, and it was so good to see so many friends and supporters of … Continue reading