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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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News from Chaotic Fibres
As Victoria gleefully shakes itself off after an ample dose of winter, we are finally clearing away recent shipments and looking forward to 2017 and the next round of fibre festivals and online sales. One of our latest items for … Continue reading
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Posted in Fibre festival on Vancouver Island, Fibres West, New fibres for felting and spinning, New fibres ready from Chaotic Fibres, VHWSG's Spin In
Tagged 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre, 2017 fibre events, ANWG 2017 NW Weavers' Conference, cashmere goats, cashmere top, Chaotic Fibres, Cloverdale Exhibition Grounds, Cobble Hill, Coombs, Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival, DHG, dyed silk hankies, felters, felting, felting fibres, felting instructor, Fibrations, fibre, fibre festivals, Fibres West, Gaia Girard, knitting, luxury fibre, nuno felters, NW Weavers' Conference, online store, Saanich Fairgrounds, silk, spinners, spinning, Treadle Lightly, University of Victoria, UVic, VHWSG, VHWSG Spin In, Victoria, viscose, viscose crepe voile
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Season’s Greetings from Chaotic Fibres
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas season! The recent snow and cold here on Vancouver Island reminds us of our years living in climates where a real Canadian winter brought days of crystal gleaming snow before slush and banks of melting … Continue reading
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Posted in Fibre festival on Vancouver Island, New fibres for felting and spinning, New product from Chaotic Fibres, VHWSG's Spin In
Tagged acid dyes, cashmere top, Chaotic Fibres, Cloverdale, felters, felting, fibres, Fibres West, merino, online store, Saanich Fairgrounds, silk, silk cocoons, silk hankies, spin in, spinners, spinning, studio sale, superfine cashmere, Vancouver Island, VHWSG, Victoria, viscose, viscose crepe voile, viscose fibre
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From Fantastical Felt Feutre to Charismatic Cowichan: Chaotic on the Road
What a week it was in Penticton! It was such an inspiring time having the chance to meet so many talented felt artists and see such amazing work, both in the gallery of professional works and in the wonderful pieces … Continue reading
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Posted in Cowichan Valley Fleece and Fibre Festival, felt-feutre, New fibres for felting and spinning
Tagged alpaca, angelina, camel, cape merino, Cobble Hill Hall, Cowichan Fleece and Fibre, felt artists, felt-feutre, felters, felting ball brausers, Felting workshops, Fiona Duthie, flax, Icelandic top, Jean Gauger, merino, merino silk prefelt, needle felting pads, Penticton, prefelt, silk, tussah, wool nepps
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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
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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
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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, Victoria new products
Just over three weeks to Fibrations and we’re excited! This will be our second year with this iconic outdoor fibre event here in Victoria. Set your calendar for Sunday, August 21st and head to Robert Porter Park just off Moss … Continue reading
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Posted in felt-feutre, Felting Symposium, Penticton BC, New product from Chaotic Fibres, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, Online wool store, Victoria BC, Victoria
Tagged acid dyes, baby alpaca, Baby Camel, bamboo, bfl, camel, Chaotic Fibres, Eurolana Dyes, extra fine Merino, felt-feutre, Felt::Feutre 2016, felters, felting, felting supplies, felting symposium, feltmaking, Fibrations, fibres, hemp, Manx Loaghtan, Manx National Heritage, Moss Street, Penticton, protein fibres, ramie, Robert Porter Park, rose bush fibre, roving, seacell, sheep, silk, spinning, tussah silk, Victoria
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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
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100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Coming Up!
Set your calendar for Sunday, May 29th! The annual 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Fair at the Bradley Centre in Coombs is one of Vancouver Island’s great fibre events, and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Yes, … Continue reading
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Posted in 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Festival in Coombs, Fibre festival on Vancouver Island, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre, alpaca, Bradley Spinners, Chaotic Fibres, Coombs, Coombs Country Market, felters, felting, fibre, fibre festival, merino, mohair, sari silk sliver, silk, spinners, spinning, suri alpaca, trilobal, tussah silk, Vancouver Island, 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
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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
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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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