Fibre sources (Re: [Regia-NA] ALSO re: Embroidery? (pics))

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:47:53 -0400

The following is the website for Robin & Russ Handweavers, which sells a lot
of different fibres for various types of weaving, as well as weaving and
spinning equipment.  If you get on their catalog list (it costs $5 or so),
they will send you sample cards for all the yarns they carry.

http://www.robinandruss.com/index.html

So will the Mannings:

http://www.the-mannings.com/cgi-local/seb_emporion.cgi

--charlotte mayhew

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Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] ALSO re: Embroidery? (pics)

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> >> The local natural-fiber knitting store
> >> has some, but it's all pastel pink and blue, Easter bunny
> colours
> >
> >On the contrary - pastel pink and blue are ideal. Do
> remember - linen
> >doesn't take dyes as well as wool, so colours would be more
> pastel shades.
>
> Well ... there's pastels and pastels.  The "Easter bunny"
> colors, as well as being pastel, have a certain unnatural
> quality about them that naturally dyed linen, however light
> the color, does not have.
>
> I frequently resort to special order or mail order to get
> fiber objects for historical projects, but it's becoming
> easier to get way cool (but very modern) novelty yarns and
> flosses in this little southern town.
>
> -- Tracie
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