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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.
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Chaotic Fibres heading for Penticton
Woe are we! Trying to fit as much fibre into a small van as possible for felt::feutre! We leave Victoria early on Monday for the drive to Penticton and will be ready to set up first thing Tuesday morning at … Continue reading
Posted in felt-feutre, Felting Symposium, Penticton BC, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged ball brausers, Bergschaf, Cobble Hill, corriedale, Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival, falkland, felt::feutre, felters, felting, fibres, finnish, gotland, icelandic, jacob, Maori, merino, norwegian, online store, Penticton, Shatford Centre, shetland, silk, south american, Teeswater, welsh, Wensleydale, wet felting, wool, wool blends
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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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Yakkity Yak … Chaotic Fibres goes nomadic
What’s new and exciting? The world of fibre is unfolding like a rare, beautiful flower, opening slowly with the world waiting breathlessly to create magical gardens. What’s old is new again. Yak has become popular – easy to understand when … Continue reading
Posted in New fibres for felting and spinning, New fibres ready from Chaotic Fibres, New product from Chaotic Fibres, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged bamboo, bast fibre, cashmere, Chaotic Fibres, coopworth, corriedale, felting, fibre, goat, Kate Humble, Maori wool, Mongolian, Nancy Johnston, needle felting, nomadic herders, online store, ramie, ramie fibre, rose bush fibre, sheep, spinners, spinning, Tengri, wool, yak
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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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Felters’ stash now available at Chaotic Fibres
A riot of colour exploded in Sharon’s studio! The skies were dull and she wanted to brighten up the day. What better way to cheer things up than make fibre become sunshine. Having her own fibre store and a great … Continue reading
Posted in Latest Batts from Chaotic Fibres, New fibres for felting and spinning, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged alpaca, angora, Ashford, bamboo, batts, blender carder, Chaotic Fibres, corriedale, felter, felters, felting, felting projects, fibre, fibres, merino, online store, Pat Green carder, pulled sari silk, spinner, wild carder
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New Felting Tools and Fibre from Chaotic Fibres
We have not been hiding under a rock! In some ways, I wish we had. Instead, we’ve been recovering from a nasty flood from a burst pipe with the resulting restoration work that has taken almost a month so far. Just … Continue reading
Posted in New fibres for felting and spinning, News from Chaotic Fibres
Tagged alpaca/bleached tussah, Bonsai Sprayers, bump, colourways, corriedale, falkland, felters, Fibres West, Fiona Duthie, hand dyed, heartfelt silks, Kid Mohair, lincoln, merino, Olds Fibre Week, palm washboards, polwarth, suri alpaca, top, undyed
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