Fibers for Spinning & Felting

Fibers

SEE BELOW FOR OUR SELECTION OF GRANDMA'S SPINNER'S CANDY, SPECIALLY BLENDED BATTS OF VARIOUS FIBERS TO DELIGHT ANY SPINNER!

Our wall of fiber has 156 cubbies stuffed full of every shade of dyed Merino Top, multicolored Merino, Correidale, Merino/Silk, Northern Lights, Alpaca & Alpaca blends as well as many forms of silk and silk blends. Our choice of cellulose fibers includes cotton in several colors and grades, corn, bamboo, soy flax and hemp. As far as exotic animal fibers, you may choose from yak, buffalo, camel, cashmere, angora, forest fiber, and mohair. In addition, you will find man-made fibers like nylon, milk latte, rayon, and tensil, as well as a large selection of metallic fibers. We also stock an excellent selection of fleeces including Churro, Shetland, Jacob, Correidale, Wensleydale, Romney and others, from washed locks to batts that are combed and ready to spin.

Northern Lights

Northern Lights Pencil Roving from Luet

Grandma's Spinning Wheel is now Arizona's exclusive source for River's Edge Fibers. These incredibly beautiful hand blended, hand dyed 4 oz. braided fibers come in two fiber contents: : "PMS:" Prime Merino (65%/Silk 35%) , "Mountain Mist:" (60% SW Merino/30% Bamboo and 10% Nylon) and now, "Shake Your Tail Feathers" (65% Superwash Merino, 15% Tencil, 10% Banana & 10% Milk fiber).

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE AVAILABLE RIVER'S EDGE FIBERS

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Mountain Colors Hand-Dyed fibers for spinning and felting are available in batts of Blue Faced Leicester and Targhee.

Click here to see the Mountain Colors Batts we currently have available

Click here to see the Mountain Colors Batts we currently have availableClick here to see the Mountain Colors Batts we currently have available

   

SPINNER'S CANDY

We also feature “SPINNER’S CANDY,” designer batts, ready to spin into your own unique yarns. Grandma Vicky blends these fibers on her carde using our own fiber combinations to make these special batts for spinning. When they were first introduced, someone asked,"Who brought the candy?"

Eachr batt weighs 4 oz.

WILDBERRY JELLY $30.00

ARIZONA SUNSET $30.00

BERRY SWIRL $30.00

CACTUS FLOWER $30.00

FALL LEAVES $30.00

FOGGY WOODLAND $30.00

LADY OF THE LAKE $30.00

LIME DACQUARI $30.00

NIGHT SKY $30.00

SO SARI $30.00

LIMON

PURPLE HAZE $30.00

SPICED PUMPKIN $30.00

TURQUOISE & COPPER $30.00

   

If you prefer to card your own batts, we have a selection of Designer Batt Kits, each containing the same fibers Grandma uses to produce 4 Oz. of our Spinner’s Candy.



Ready to Spin Wool Batts

Pictured here is a selection of cleaned and carded batts of Black Churro, Light & Dark Romney and Shetland

In addition to what we carry in the shop, we can order raw fleeces in many natural colors from a number of different kinds of sheep, like Shetland, Tunis, Romney, Churro, Wensleydale, etc.

Forest Fiber is a Merino Opossum blend from New Zealand