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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 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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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
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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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
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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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 New Stock Soon!
Our hats are off to Michelle, Leola and their team of volunteers for last weekend’s successful Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival in Cobble Hill. We had a terrific time and we look forward to returning next year for this annual, Vancouver … Continue reading
Posted in News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged Bonsai Sprayers, carded mulberry noil, Cloverdale Exhibition Grounds, cocoon strippings, Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival, dyeing, felters, felting needles, felting pads, feltmakers, fibre, fibres, Fibres West, gotland, Italian Merino, jewelry makers, merino, merino 19m top, merino gotland, noil, nuno felters, online store, prefelt, pulled sari silk, silk, silk carrier rods, silk hankies, spinners, suri alpaca, thrown silk sericin, tussah silk, Vancouver Island, VHWSG, white merino
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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 in Victoria. New, hand painted yarns, skeins and tops for Fibres West
Tulip buds are straining to open, cherry tree blossoms float by as the breeze settles gently on Victoria’s streets and Sharon’s latest hand painted yarns, skeins and tops are finished and ready for Vancouver’s Fibres West. Even if you’re encased … Continue reading
Posted in News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged Blue Faced Leicester, colourways, facebook, felters, Fibres West, guild, hand painted yarns, Kid Mohair, knitters, longwool, OOAK, skeins, spinners, Teeswater, tops, vancouver, Vancouver Island, weavers, Wensleydale, wool, yarns, Yukon
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Farm to Fleece. Getting Fleeced in Metchosin!
We braved the damp chill of the early morning to head to Parry Bay Farm in Metchosin at 7am this morning to choose fleece. About 100 of John and Lorraine’s sheep were being sheared today, just ahead of lambing season. … Continue reading
Posted in BC, News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria
Tagged carding, felting, fleece, shearing, sheep, Vancouver Island
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Alpaca farm on Vancouver Island
We visited Yellow Point Alpacas recently during a studio tour for the Cedar and Yellow Point area, an hour and a half north of Victoria. Lenie and Peter have been raising alpacas for years and they really love and care … Continue reading
Posted in News from Chaotic Fibres, Victoria, BC
Tagged alpaca, angora, batt, carding, fleece, merino, pulled sari silk, silk, spinning, Vancouver Island
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