Anna Gratton Ltd
Anna Gratton Ltd produces from their own Feilding mill a range of fully worsted knitting and weaving yarns from 2ply to bulky in weight, many are hand dyed and all being spun from NZ fine wools. An original and stunning range of carded and combed spinning fibres are also produced from home grown Corriedale wool, many being blends with silk and mohair. Knitting patterns, buttons and needles complement this quality range. 2012 will be Anna Gratton Ltd's 30th year of successful business.
The Alpaca Centre
76d Talbot Street, Geraldine
0800-4ALPACA / adobealpacas@xtra.co.nz
For the first time we will have for sale our own NZ made Alpaca yarns, along with our previously available Peruvian alpaca yarns in a range of plies from ultra fine to textured boucles, in dyed and natural colours. Also knitting kitsets, patterns, buttons and fasteners, garments, socks and gloves, alpaca soft toys and alpaca novelties.
Hallblacks
Hallblacks will be bringing these products to Festival:
Over 1000 unusual yarns;
Scarves/garments made from these yarns;
Natural wool products;
Wool sliver;
Large wooden knitting needles/crochet hooks
Mecchia Looms
Mecchia looms will have on display, for sale and being demonstrated:
a Mecchia 16 shaft Loom, fitted with an electronic lifting attachment,
other weaving tools including a selection of shuttles, electric pirn winder, tapestry stand and more.
A Mecchia Spinning Wheel will also be available.
People will be able to ‘have a go’ on these units.
Teri Dyes
“Make at least one impossible new colour every day.“
“There is no limit to the colours possible.“
“Hues for you.“
“Helping people live by starting them dyeing.“
“There are no failures when dyeing.. just unexpected results!”
Bringing more than slogans, David and Katharine from Teri Dyes are coming to the Creative Fibre Festival in Marlborough with a selection of their best dyes, recipes, chemicals and experience. Teri Dyes is bringing
Dyes for Wool … dyes proven through decades to work effortlessly with silk, mohair, angora, possum and all animal fibres;
Dyes for Cottons that also work with rayon, linen, tensel and other cellulosic fibres,
Dyes for Flax and raffia.
Small pottles and large. Salts and acid. Leveling agents, wetting agents and scouring chemicals for those that want those.
Throughout the Festival we’ll be looking too at ways of rewarding excellence, or just adventure, in the use of colour by exhibiting craftspeople.
Determine the colour of your life. See you at the Festival tradespace
Anna Harris/Hand Dyed Fibre
I will be bringing to Trades
Hand dyed: Merino 18.5 mic + 22.5 mic,
Merino 70%/Silk 30% blend - great for felting and spinning
Yarns - handspun, some commercial all hand dyed
Nuno scarf felting kits.
Plus more!!
Southern Alpaca Studs
Christchurch
0800-ALPACA / alpacasnz@xtra.co.nz
Southern Alpacas will be bringing their luscious bright silk and alpaca blends as well as colourful scarf knit kits for your indulgence.
And in the dozen natural colours of alpaca will be raw cria fleece, carded alpaca, and natural yarns in 8 ply, 4 ply and 2 ply.
Of course all our products are from our own fine alpacas, truly New Zealand grown, processed and made (except for the added silk!).
Shona Schofield / Felt and Fibre
I will be bringing to Trades:
Natural carded Polwarth,
Organic superfine Merino top,
Carded dyed merino top
Luxury and yarns fibres,
Books
Roberta Electric Spinner,
Cochinelle Garment Designer and Stitchpainter computer software
Agnes Hauptli / Fibreholics
Fibreholics will bring to Creative Fibre Festival 2012:
a great selection of silks, from chunkier to very fine for all sorts of weaving as well as embroidery,
a good range of cottons, cottolin and bamboo in a big colour range,
luxury fibres like merino/silk, cashmere/silk, linen/silk and handdyed possum/merino/silk blends. New in the collection will be a lovely colour range of fine 100% Merino.
Also available will be handwoven items like shawls, scarves, kitchen- and tableware.
Ashford Handicrafts Ltd
Blenheim Bookworld
Creative Outlet
Earth Pallette Dyes
Fab Fibres
Fibre2go
Spinning a Yarn
Ashford Craft Shop and Knitcola Stitchery
2dye4 @ Zigzag
DEA Yarns
Tracy White / Inspire Fibres
Majacraft
North Canterbury Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders Assn
Puddle Quilting Ltd
Tai Tapu Wool Carders & Spinners
Tally Ho
Traders will be situated at
Marlborough Convention Centre
42a Alfred Street, Blenheim,
Marlborough, New Zealand
Freephone 0800 69 69 63 (NZ only) or Tel +64 3 357 1919
Please address all inquiries to FibreFestival2012@gmail.com.
