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Post by pamd on Jan 16, 2012 19:27:04 GMT
A facebook friend put the skeletal leaves on a felted piece and it was beautiful. I think I looked for them at the time and found them, but never ordered. Someone did use the mulberry bark, but I don't recall who either. I believe she said it was a bit stiff after felting, maybe good for a purse, but not a scarf.
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Post by zed on Jan 17, 2012 11:42:21 GMT
That Stef Francis site is one of the reasons I really wanted to do the etsy, look at those prices! £4.59 for 50g undyed silk throwsters waste! Even if she buys it from WoW at regular prices and not wholesale, she's charging 3 and half times the price. She's charging 70p more for 20g of bamboo fibre, than WoW charge for a whole 100g. No wonder a lot of people don't try other fibres. I can only imagine that Mulberry bark is available somewhere a whole lot cheaper. Inger sent me soon skeleton leaves a while ago, they felt really nicely. I think they're rubberwood tree leaves. Gardening Notebook by zedster01, on Flickr
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Post by pamd on Jan 17, 2012 12:12:49 GMT
Oh, that looks so nice, Zed. Beautiful cover.
But, yeah, prices are all over the place. When I "shopped" at wow I was thrilled with the prices, but by the time everything got added in, I don't think I saved very much, if anything, and it was a hassle because the import people here got involved and then added an additional charge. I love the selection they have, better than anything I have found other places.
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Post by koffipot on Jan 17, 2012 17:02:03 GMT
I think the mulberry bark was in a purple scarf by parvana.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 18, 2012 2:40:03 GMT
I have a terrible memory, where are you Pam? they usually don't bother small amounts of wool just make sure they don't label it raw. they don't usually notice larger amounts either. I order 22 and 44 pounds at a time. They opened my last order and then couldn't get it back in the box. It had a lot of tape on it when it was delivered. I always get taxed on the big ones but not small ones. So where do we get some of those leaves and the bark for a better price.
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Post by pamd on Jan 18, 2012 13:41:18 GMT
Thanks, Ann. I'm in Florida, and you are right, the first order I made was a smaller one and I didn't have any problem at all, no tax, no import problems. The second order was a larger one and it seems the import people were questioning the silk fabric more than anything. I can't even recall all the questions they asked, but it was kind of funny , since basically I had no clue and had to go to the description on the website and read it to them. At least it was funny until I got the bill. They didn't seem to have a problem with the wool. I think I will make a smaller order and see what happens this time, maybe just wool!
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 18, 2012 19:14:17 GMT
Funny about the silk. I wonder about the leaves. There are all kinds of rules about plants and they won't understand about skeletal ones for fiber arts. If they realized silk cocoons had a bug in them they would probably feak out.
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Post by zed on Jan 19, 2012 9:26:20 GMT
Ha, I was telling my mum yesterday about selling fibres and she starts with 'Ooh, have you seen that customs programme on TV, they tear your packages apart if you send anything to the US or Australia' Thanks mum, just what I wanted to hear! I've had a couple of cocoons and bugs in with the silk carrier rods.
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Post by gina on Jan 19, 2012 15:57:42 GMT
Skeletal leaves look gorgeous. One thing that I wish we had more of here in the UK is trilobal nlon dyed in fab colours (firestar in the US, and the othe other luxury fibres - angora, faux angora... and all of the other fun sounding add ins for batts. I even saw someone selling stainless steel roving the other day and maybe something called 'carbonised bamboo'? I can't remember if that's what it was called... sounded interesting, anyway. I ordred some firestar from the US the other day (softer than angelina for scarves) and it was great prices... until I got hammered by the postage.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 20, 2012 0:15:13 GMT
Gina go over to world of wool. they are in the UK and have lots of that stuff. they have glitter but I don't know what type. they have the faux angora and I thing the carbonised bamboo and lots of stuff. stainless roving would be interesting. I know someone that would try spinning it just because she could.
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Post by zed on Jan 20, 2012 9:49:38 GMT
Aaw, Gina, I wish you'd said this before you ordered. World of Wool does have all that stuff, I've got most of it. And it is really cheap. As far as I know, they only have white Trilobal or rainbow. Nylon can be dyed with acid dyes, just like wool or silk. It's funny because the Trilobal was another reason I wanted us to do the etsy, I kept seeing people selling this 'Firestar' white fibre, $5 for 20g or something, and I was gobsmacked when I realised it was Trilobal nylon. £2 for 100g (US$3.12). The black bamboo is gorgeous, like smokey cat fur I just did a post on the blog about Trilobal nylon, it does sparkle like angelina, but is far softer like you say. Keep a look on the website, I'll be doing lots of posts on 'other fibres' and I got them all from World of Wool. We have info on the website pages too
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Post by gina on Jan 20, 2012 19:11:21 GMT
Looks like I need to learn to dye, then, Zed... just need to convince my husband that I need to learn to dye, now, then.
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Post by zed on Jan 20, 2012 21:01:12 GMT
Well, World of Wool have really cheap dyes too, and we have lots of tutorials on the website
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 20, 2012 21:39:28 GMT
Dyeing is so much fun and it isn't hard to do specialty fibers in small batches.
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Post by gina on Jan 20, 2012 21:55:24 GMT
I'm more worried about the mess... and the children, and my husband is about to banish me to the garage, I think. ) (Along with my fibre, which seems to breed all on its own.)
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