Fade Set 12 oz - Arabesque, Emerald Isle and Keepsake, hand dyed wool fiber, for handspinning, weaving, felting

4 oz each Arabesque SC, Emerald Isle SC and Keepsake SC on your choice of wool combed tops. SC means shorter, repeating colors. Pictured on 18.5 micron Merino.

The braids pictured are 4 oz each- with this listing you will receive half lengths of each braid (2 oz). 

This set will make a beautiful fade shawl! It’s also a great combo for a three ply yarn.

More Fade Sets here

Dyed to order, 4-9 actual days fulfillment time. Expect minor variations between braids.

About the fibers:

• Corriedale wool combed top. Elastic, with a medium/soft hand, at 25-30 microns. Great for spinning a nice, bouncy yarn, and all types of felting. A favorite of needle felters. Colors are quite rich on this lovely fiber.
• Polwarth wool combed top. 22-25 microns and a longer staple makes for a lovely spinning experience. Polwarth is quite skin friendly.
• Falkland Islands Merino wool combed top. 20-22 microns. This Falkland is so soft and silky!! It has the characteristic bright whiteness, and makes for a lovely spin, skin friendly and easy drafting.
• Silky, shiny Bluefaced Leicester wool combed top. The softest of the long wools, BFL has a lovely sheen and yields a drapey yarn.
• BFL Swirl- natural brown and ecru BFL ribbons in combed top. A high quality preparation, smooth and without nepps. A joyful spin which will yield a subtle, nuanced yarn.
• Targhee wool combed top. A lovely spin, with a fine yet powerful crimp. Your yarn will have lots of trapped air and a wonderful elasticity. Targhee is super skin friendly, too! Grown and processed in the USA.
• Cormo wool combed top- a gorgeous fiber! 23 microns, skin friendly, with a slight sheen. Its great to spin, easy to draft. Also felts well.
• 18.5 micron Merino wool combed top. This base is one of my favorites. It is extremely soft yet has a little body. It’s easy to spin, having just enough tooth to not slip through your fingers, and the staple length is just right. It’s also a favorite of wet and nuno felters.
• 50/25/25 23 micron Merino wool/tussah silk/flax combed top. Wide stripes of silk and flax with sweet Merino wool in a combed top preparation. Your yarn will be rustic and full of character. Shiny silk grabs the dye vividly, while the flax remains its natural color. This base is a favorite of art yarn spinners, weavers and felters for it’s interesting textures. Try corespinning it, you will be delighted!

• Dyed wool locks available here
• Semisolids dyed tops here
• Batts here
• Multicolor dyed tops here

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