Over the Sea and Far Away...

But not so far that we couldn't get Mrs Malledent's parcel out in extra fast time! Ordered only yesterday, Mrs Malledent's alpaca/silk tops arrived in Guernsey this morning. Here's what she thinks about us!

Hello all at Fibrecrafts,

It was good to meet you on our visit there in September.

Just had to say a big thank you for my order. I only ordered the alpaca/silk tops yesterday and it arrived this morning! I had a stall at our local coffee morning in aid of Cancer Research UK and I sold a scarf I made in this lovely blend, and I have an order for another one - hence I needed more tops!

I'm attaching a photo of the first scarf, but my photography is not as good as my spinning and knitting!

Thanks again.

Kind regards,

Karen Malledent


Thanks for the (not so bad!) photo Karen

Felted Flowers by Ruth Beer

From this:

To this!:

Above is a detail from a piece of Ruth Beer's stunning felt work. Ruth felted the colourful flowers from Fibrecrafts wool tops and then added stitching and sequins for a 3d effect. Here is a link to Ruth's page so that you can see the entire piece or you can take a while to browse the whole of the Gallery

Institute of European Design

We often get positive feedback about our service and we're very grateful that so many of you make the effort to contact us and thank us. This email was sent from the Institute of European Design and we feature it here with two of the photographs that accompanied it.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you and everyone at Fibrecrafts.com for your help and participation in my Fibre Materials seminar at the Institute of European Design. Thank you so much for the rush service, It was spectacular. The quality of the goods was also excellent and lead to some great projects. Your professionalism and personal attention speak well not only of your business, but of your country. Expect another order from the IED soon, as they have asked me to do the same seminar in Rome.

My heartfelt thanks,
Troy Robert Nachtigall

Christmas Decoration Ideas

If you've got some free time between now and Christmas, here are some Christmas projects just begging to be explored....

Computer Printed Silk Organza Christmas Card

This card was designed and created by Linda Chapman. It is a relatively simple design but nonetheless very effective. Linda used a card blank, available from most stationery stores, and stuck a layer of batik decorated tissue paper in the centre. The tissue paper was wetted with a paint brush before being pulled apart to reveal a feathered edge. Find out more...

Angelina Fibre Bell

Heat bondable Angelina fibre can be used in a number of ways. Here we have discovered a fun and simple way to bind them into a three-dimensional shape. The Angelina fibres need only a very small amount of indirect heat to make them fuse, in this instance, boiling water is involved so please take care! Find out more...

Felted Santa

Felt is created by agitating wool fibres until they mat together to form a non-woven fabric. The fibres can be laid flat on a surface or molded around a former such as a hatshaper, cardboard or even a ball.This Santa was felted entirely in a washing machine. The head, body, hands and nose were created from balls while the limbs were made by shaping the fibres before rolling them and tack stitching them into J-cloth. Find out more...

Handspun, Knitted and Felted Bag

Chrissie Shepherd has sent us this photo of her hand crafted bag. It is made by first hand spinning dyed wool tops (drafting the colours at random to create the variation in colour), then knitted and finally felted. Chrissie is so happy with her experiment, that she made this comment, 'I am very pleased with the end result and am going to make lots more using themed colours.'

FIBRES: International Feltmakers Association Conference & AGM

The International Feltmakers Association Conference and AGM was held in Swansea between 29th March and 1st April 2007. FIBRECRAFTS were pleased to supply member Kirsten Hill-Nixon with 6kg of sample fibres and 20 lengths of needlefelt fabric for use in her Egyptian inspired felting competition.

We were delighted to receive her letter thanking us for our contribution and detailing the success of the competition. Along with her letter, she kindly sent us a collage of images and comments from the delegate feltmakers who used the products.

Thank you Feltmakers for such positive feedback and for the opportunity to see what you created with the fibres

FIBRES: Camel 'Excellent Fibre'

Wendy Smith has very kindly sent us this photo taken at the Cameloid Show held at Ardingly, Sussex at the beginning of May.


Wendy is a member of the Kent Guild of Spinners, Dyers and Weavers and took a sample of our Camel fibre (basket on left) to demonstrate spinning. Wendy says in her letter to Fibrecrafts '...thank you very much for your generosity in supplying such excellent fibre for the demonstration..'

Thank you, Wendy for giving us such great feedback!

FIBRES: A 'Casein' Point - Milk Protein Tried & Tested

Sorry for the pun (we heard you groan)! Anne Cook has kindly sent us this pic of her Milk Protein (Casein) yarn which she dyed in skein using acid dyes.


When she saw it, Susan Litton decided to dye some of the fibre herself (see below). It takes the acid dyes very well, has a good sheen and a lovely soft handle

FIBRES: Huge Delivery of your Favourite Fibre

Our delivery of nearly a ton of Merino Wool tops arrived today and the small team at FIBRECRAFTS were run off their feet!

The large bumps of wool are a challenge to move and store but we've squeezed them in tight to ensure we can meet our customers demands. Whether they're going to be used for feltmaking or spinning, the mass of colours looked stunning in the morning sunshine.

Our picture shows Julie, in front of just a small selection of the tops, picking an order for the green - a great Spring time colour.

What will become of it we wonder...