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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.
Tag Archives: mohair
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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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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Second Chaotic Fibres Stocking Stuffer!
It’s time for another Christmas Stocking Stuffer for you from Chaotic Fibres! Our West Coast storms delayed this post – we appreciate your patience!! Grab a 20% discount on our Outrageous Chaotic Bags of Fibre until December 31st. Have some … Continue reading
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Posted in News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged alpaca, Chaotic Fibres, Christmas, Christmas Socking Stuffer, coupon, coupon code, discount, elf, felting, fibre, locks, merino, mohair, silk, silk ribbon, Slubs, spinning, wool, wool nepps, Xmas, xmas special, yak
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Chaotic Fibres bringing on the batts!
No, it’s not because of trying to stretch Halloween or a fascination with vampires, it’s all because of the fibre! Sharon’s eyes lit up at the mass of new fibre from our recent shipments, and she just had to crank … Continue reading
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Posted in Latest Batts from Chaotic Fibres, News from Chaotic Fibres, News from our Online Store
Tagged angelina, angora, Ashford Wild Carder, batt, batts, bfl, camel, carder, fibre, firestar, gotland lamb, locks, merino, mohair, Nepps, online store, OOAK, polwarth, rosh bush fibre, seacell, shetland, silk, silk noil, soybean, spinning, tussah, wool
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Moroccan Inspired Scarves
Our travels to Europe a couple of years ago took us to Marrakesh and the exotic flavours, colours and textures of the thousand year old medina. What an experience it was wandering and getting endlessly lost in the souks of … Continue reading
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Tagged hand dyed, hand spun, knitted, linen stitch, llama, Marrakesh, mohair, Moroccan, scarves, seed stitch, silk, wool
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Pods Gone Wild!
I’m trying out some new fibre combinations and new techniques. Here’s a pod I had great fun with using Icelandic wool, some colourful mohair locks and a few accents with vibrant sari silk threads.
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Tagged felting, Icelandic wool, locks, mohair, pod, sari, silk
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Cobble Hill to take in the 2014 Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Fair
Busy few days sourcing out new, local fibre. We drove from our Victoria home to Qualicum Bay area last week to visit Jenny at her Up A Creek Farm and get mohair she’d collected from her angora goats. It’s so … Continue reading
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Posted in News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged alpaca, angora, Cotswold, felting, knitting, local fibre, mohair, silk, spinning, Vancouver Island
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