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• fibre art kits
• ring shawls in fine mohair for hand dyeing
• silk scarves, wraps & strips for nuno felting (New)
• making mohair paper
• spinning mohair & merino wool
• yarns for weaving & machine knitting
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'Angoraglow' Kid Mohair & Rayon boucle are knitted alternately to create this lovely lacy scarf, shown here in natural tones

The kid mohair provides the soft handle whilst the rayon adds sparkle. Would suit day or evening wear.

Available in Kit form including pattern. Exclusive to Lara Downs.

This original design from Lara Downs features our new Cashmere 4 ply yarn teamed with our exciting Chunky Boucle Silk yarn. Seen here in Blueberry - random (Shade No 1 for 2008) , the softness of the cashmere is used to drape the shoulders while the silk adds decorative effect to the sides and base of the garment.

Yarn and pattern available in kit form in any of Lara Downs Shades of 2008.

include 20 gms of Mohair Clouds (carded), 10 metres of Rainbow Threads plus other decorative items in co-ordinating colour themes. Packaged in a clear presentation envelope, they are designed to inspire creativity and make great gifts as well. Add some merino top and you have the makings of a felted scarf or try using them as the basis of a machine embroidered scarf using water soluble fibre to combine.

Double packs with double quantities of Clouds & Threads also available for larger projects. Colour matched Merino top can be ordered with either sized Kit to form the basis of your felted project. Please indicate colour theme when ordering.

Select your colour theme from our Pearls and Clouds colour options. Some of these are shown below:

Superb floating silk,

now even longer. Hand dyed

in any if Lara Downs' shades or 2008. Also available in natural or black.

Use the colours already there to inspire your felting. Try using a blend of fine mohair and merino top to lightly felt the edges or larger areas. This will give a superbly soft and luxurious feel to the whole garment.

Wrap length 2.25 mts x 90cm = $26.50

Scarf length 2.25 mts x 45 cm = $14.

Silk strips also 2.25mts long x 5 cm wide also available. $10.95 per pack.

I first became aware of silk 'paper' when I purchased the lovely book entitled Take Silk by Judith Pinnell, Milner Craft Series 2001.. It explores the means by which Silk Top can be transformed into thin cohesive layers like the real paper, which can then be used in all manner of creative forms.

Jacinta Leishman on her web site further elaborates and simplifies this process, again using silk. I love her idea of using a kitty litter tray to form the 'paper'. It works very well.

As a lover of mohair, I wondered if this same technique could be applied to mohair. The simple answer is YES. It works superbly and gives magnificent results with very little effort.

Pictured here are two sheets of mohair paper. The top image in 'Exotic' blend has been used to create the image on our links page. I hope you might be inspired to consider using some Mohair Top to create your own Mohair paper and work of art. I invite anyone who is interested, to send me photos of your creations using mohair paper and I will gladly publish them to help inspire others.

Many thanks, Pam Goble

Hand spinners may wish to spin directly from greasy mohair fleeces.We can supply a wide range of mohair classes from the super fine to coarser Adult fibre, in greasy form Alternatively spinners may prefer cleaned and carded Mohair Top. Spinning from our hand dyed and colour blended 'Clouds' is also a lot of fun and makes for very interesting and unique yarn. (see our Yarns & fibres page). We also supply 19 micron white merino fibre by the kilo or whole fleece, with only our best fleeces being selected for this market. Please note that we do not rug our sheep and as a consequence, there will be a significant amount of dust or dirt as well as natural grease etc in the fibre. However we take care to remove all stain and as much of the vegetable fault as possible. Fleeces can be inspected at Fitzroy prior to sale. By all means take a small sample to try before buying. We want you to be happy with your purchase.

Whatever your needs, please contact us and we will try to provide whatever you need in the way of mohair or merino fibre.

Feedback from client Lisa P in relation to the Geelong Show 2007. " I entered a skein of your Mohair in the Woolcraft section :  Hand spun Mohair.  I won the class and then went on to win Best Exhibit with it for the overall Skein section.  I was very happy because normally "creative" skeins win the Best Exhibit, but your mohair spun up very well and very soft and because I naturally spin fine, the judges thought it was deserving of the overall Best Exhibit prize". Congratulation to Lisa on her wonderful win.