Woodland Woolworks, in Carlton, Oregon, has a wealth of spinning resources (and stuff for knitters, felters, weavers...). It's about an hour for me to drive there, but the drive is through farm and wine country. I'm happy to have any excuse to make that drive! They have nearly every brand and model of commercially made spinning wheel, all set up and with wool to play with. You can rent a wheel for a month and then either buy it (I think you get credit for the rental), or try another one. Woodland has fiber. Tons of it. They've got all the stuff I have - undyed - plus many talented dyers' wools, silks, cottons. Ingeo, Soy Silk, Latte, nylon, bamboo, Tencel, and more man-made fibers. Flax, many forms of cotton, endless varieties of wool and blends, alpaca, llama, possum, silk hankies and caps (dyed and undyed).
Woodland also has parts for spinning wheels, used wheels and equipment (there are some seriously good deals in the sale room), books, magazines, spindles, carders, combs.
They also have a thorough online catalog if you live too far away.
This fiber's going on the website very soon, maybe tonight. It's merino/Tencel in Sea Turtle.
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Oh. My. Gawd. That fiber is just gorgeous...... *wants but doesn't spin*
Jen
Yes, Woodland is good but dangerous. A couple of days ago I was coming home from the P.O., stopped and used 5-pitch combs, a Lendrum saxony crazy-fast flyer, and a couple of other things came along home with me. (it's only 12 minutes from my house)
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