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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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Save 15% on Hemp and Ramie until September 22 at Chaotic Fibres!
Add some bast fibre to your special projects for a late summer thrill as you explore the wonder of ancient fibres. Hemp has a long history of use in the world of fibre, going back at least 8000 years. It’s … Continue reading
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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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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Chaotic Fibre’s Silk Experience Kit
So often we hear people marvel at the range of fabulous materials available to enhance felting, spinning or other fibre creations. Silk takes on many wonderful forms as it moves from cocoon to innovative silk products, and it has spectacular … Continue reading
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Posted in New fibres for felting and spinning, New product from Chaotic Fibres, News from Chaotic Fibres, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC, News from our Online Store
Tagged cocoons, felt, felting, fibre, jewelry, pulled sari silk, quilting, silk, silk carrier rods, silk hankies, silk kits, silk noil, silk strings, spinning, spun yarn, yarn
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