Equipment and Supplies
Books
Artisan Books
artisan.com.au
Equipment and General Supplies
Ashford [New Zealand]
ashford.co.nz
Ashford Australia
ashfordaustralia.com
Braidershand [United States]
Makers of quality Japanese style kumihimo equipment: marudai, takadai, and tama. Purveyors of books, kumihimo silk, biron, and metallic threads for braiding
braidershand.com
Crochet Australia
crochetaustralia.com.au
Curiousweaver Studio
Saori Looms and Accessories (Japan), Saori Freestyle Weaving Workshops
Kaz Madigan
3 Paradise Close, Old Bar 2430
P: 0401236742
Ewe Give Me The Knits
Located in rural Victoria
ewegivemetheknits.com
Ertoel Wheels — Electric Spinners and Carding Machines
254 Flaxen Hills Road, Doreen, Victoria 3754
E mail: ertoel@bigpond.com
P: 03 97176250
ertoel.com
Ettrick Spinning Wheels
PO Box 217, Strathfieldsaye VIC 3551
P: 03 5439 5064
E: ncwalters@ettrickwheels.com.au
ettrickwheels.com.au
Felt From The Heart
feltfromtheheart.com.au
Feltfine
Feltfine is located in the Hunter Valley supplying a large range of fibres and tops. We produce stunning felting batts and slivers for use in spinning and felting made using Australian Merino. We also produce blends using silk, alpaca and mohair. We supply hand dyed silk tops and mohair curls. We also stock dyes, Tantech scouring products and we outlet Ashford spinning and weaving equipment.
We also do consignment carding on our carding machine
1368 Paterson Rd, Duns Creek, NSW 2321
Gary Sheen: 02 49385669 0427 385510
Glenora Weaving
glenoraweaving.com.au
Glimakra [United States]
glimakrausa.com
Highland Felting & Fibre Supplies
Highland Felting is a family business manufacturing felting products using the highest quality Australian wool. They stock all your felting needs including felt kits, felting needles and punches, hat shapers, resist for wet felting templates, wool tops/rovings, felting batts and more
PO Box 104 Railton TAS 7305
P: 03 6496 1942
sales@highlandfelting.com
www.highlandfelting.com
Independent Reed Co
Luke Weatherley can supply weaving reeds, custom made for any requirement.
41- 43 Main Road, Gembrook VIC 3781
P/F: 03 5968 1569
indreed@bigpond.com.au
Loomex
Trevor Passmore
2 Theodore Place, Bomaderry NSW 2541, (just north of Nowra)
P: 04 3854 3837 or 02 4423 1550
E: loomex1@bigpond.com
Knock On Wood Spinning Wheels & Accessories
Spinning wheels looms bobbins spinning wheel accessories and equipment for fibre, weaving spinning yarn making. Hand made in Australia
Ian French
9 Ewing Street, Tylden VIC 3444
P: 03 5424 8022
F: 03 5424 8237
Malcolm Fielding, Woodturner
Makes spindles for hand spinning: top whorl, bottom whorl, reversible, spiral flutes, Russian, Tibetan, and more to come. For sale on Etsy.
New Zealand Spinning Wheels
An identification guide to New Zealand Spinning Wheels and their makers
nzspinningwheels.info
Petlin's Spinning and Weaving Supplies
17 Cavell Avenue, Rhodes NSW 2138
P: 02 9736 1501
F: 02 8003 9100
petlins.com
Shop open Thursday and Saturday 10.00am to 4.00pm
Petlyn Fibre Products
Manufacture Australian wool/fibre combs, a picker and other associated tools for spinners, weavers & felters.
petlyn.com.au
The Quilting Heart
A family owned business specialising in Japanese fabrics, bag patterns and bag handles
thequiltingheart.com
Rustic Forge
Repairs, pre-loved equipment and supplies
rusticforge.com
Spinning the Clouds
Still operational but has decided to not process plain alpaca yarn and to concentrate on more unusual yarns. spinningtheclouds@aapt.net.au
Spinning Wheel Museum & Woolcrafts
Nillacootie Cottage, Lima South VIC 3673
P: 03 5768 2216
Virginia Farm Woolworks
virginiafarmwoolworks.com.au
Fabric
Project 95: Fabric Shoppers Unite
Did you know that 95 percent of fabric shoppers make their purchases at chain stores? That's right, only 5 percent shop independents. Let's change that. Shop Independents is a worldwide network of independent quilt and fabric shops, that have joined forces to promote shopping independents. By buying from Project 95 shops, you support this movement and join with consumers just like yourself to ensure that you will have access to specialised quilting and sewing supplies, no matter where you live
fabricshoppersunite.com/blog/?page_id=115
Fibres and Yarns
All Eco
Certified organic fibres, yarns and fabrics
alleco.com.au
BB Yarn Supply
bbyarn.com
Beautiful Silks
beautifulsilks.com
Belisa Cashmere
belisacashmere.com
Christine's Yarns
christinesyarns.com
DEA Yarns & Fabrics
deayarns.com.nz
Wendy Dennis Handspinning Wool
Breeders and sellers of Australian Polwarth wool
ballaratweb.net/wdennis
Fancy Spinning a Yarn?
Marion Wheatland, Manager and Chief Instructor, leader of the Crossfibres Spinning Group
P: 04 0925 0969
E: marionwheatland@hotmail.com
spinningayarn.com.au
Feltfine
Gary Sheen and Kristin Ashley supply spinning, weaving and felting supplies in the Hunter/northern NSW region. They stock an excellent range of fibres
E: gary@gilmoresrun.com..au
P: 04 2738 5510
Flights of Fancy Boutique
flightsoffancyboutique.com
Freelance Fibres Australia
Batts of fleece ready for felting, slivers and rovings for spinners and is now establishing a new range of luxury yarns
P: 02 6550 6042 or 04 1461 5181
F: 02 6550 6042
E: freelance@tsn.cc
freelancefibres.com.au
Long Tops Holdings
Wool carding service
158 Weddell Road
Geelong North VIC 3215
P/F: 03 5278 2502
E: longtops@pipeline.com.au
The Mountain Spinnery
Retail supplies for the home spinner, knitter and felter. They supply raw wool fleeces, carded wool, raw silk and NotSilk (soy fibre)
148 Boundary Road, Bardon QLD 4065
P: 07 3369 6399
E: webspinner@.com
mountainspinnery.com.au
Nundle Woollen Mill
nundle.info/nundle/woollenmill
Positively Original
Ready to dye
cotton and rayon yarns, braids and cords, dyes, silk painting supplies
positivelyoriginal.com
Pluckyfluff [United States]
Handspun yarn, hand knit goodies and felted stuff
pluckyfluff.com
Spindrift Fibrecrafts
Bowmans Road, Whorouly VIC 3735
E: spindrift10@bigpond.com
Spun Out
Patricia Gledhill supplies spinning, weaving and felting equipment from a big shed and her shop on her property, Serenity on the outskirts of Gulgong just 30 kms from Mudgee
spunout1.com.au
Supasoft Alpaca Carding Services
Family operated business dealing with the carding and hand spinning of alpaca fibre leading to mechanical yarn production
supasoft.com.au
Tasman Designer Yarns
Tasman Designer Yarns uses the natural fibres and colours of sheep, goats, alpacas and llamas to create a boutique yarn. These yarns are predominantly dye free, soft to touch, light to the wear and exceptionally warm
Ruth Benge
PO Box 1139, Kyneton VIC 3444
P: 03 5422 2200
E: tasyarns@iprimus.com.au
That Spinning Place
Knitting, spinning and felting accessories, knitting patterns for spinners and non-spinners, as well as handspun yarns and fibre supplies
thatspinningplace.com
The Thread Room
Selling the Marta's Yarns range of knitting yarns as well as the Addi knitting needle range, lots of 2 ply merino in large 250 gm balls for weaving and some linen and viscose ribbon yarns which have been very popular with weavers, felters and knitters.
33 Waverley Road, Malvern East VIC 3145
P: 03 9572 0319
thethreadroom.com.au
Threads & More
threadsandmore.com.au
Treetops Colour Harmonies
Wool and silk fibres, beautifully coloured by hand
treetopscolours.com.au
Warm Threads [United States]
Natural fibre yarns and spinning fibres
warmthreads.com
Wild Rose Fibres [Canada]
telusplanet.net/public/stcraft
Wool Connection
100% pure new wool yarns at exceptionally low prices. Range includes hand spun and dyed yarns from Uruguay and a beautiful collection of chunky yarns
woolconnection.com.au
Wooldancer Yarn Designs
Artisan hand dyed, hand spun yarn and fibre with a twist! Specialising in art yarns and one-of-a-kind fibre batts for spinning and felting. Bamboo, Soy Silk fibres, silk by-products.
wooldancer.etsy.com
Ymmyarns
Hand dyed wool and silk for tapestry weaving, embroidery, felting, other textile arts; seine warp cotton; tapestry bobbins
E: ymmyarns@yahoo.com.au
ymmyarns.blogspot.com
Software
knitPro
Free online knitting graph generator
microrevolt.org/knitPro
WeaveDraft
Shareware weaving draft software for both Mac and Windows
gammon.com.au/weavedraft