Lara Downs: Mohair, Angoraglow Natural Fibre Products, Mohair Yarns, Mohair Supplies, Knitting, Felting, spinning, Fine Wool Merinos, Mohair Blends

What's New at Lara Downs & Precious Purl

Precious Purl is now a stockist for

Treetops Colour Harmonies Super Fine Hand dyed Merino Wool Tops

Tree Tops is a Western Australian based Fibre art supplies company. Initially we have in stock, 15 hand dyed shades of Super Fine Merino Wool tops. These are all gorgeous multi-shaded fibres which are bound to inspire any Fibre Artist and can be combined with our many existing wool top options.

The Tree Top colourways are:


Jamberry	Chilli Pepper	Kimberly Blue	Lavish	Madras	Mondo

Monsoon	Shanti	Silverback	Terra Rosa	Tranquil	Mumbai

Infusion	Indian Ink	Heartache

These tops will supplement our other ranges of wool tops including Lara Downs own hand dyes as well as Solids and Semi solids from Fibre Fusion and 1st Editions. There are now also some small packs of colourful strong wools especially for dry felting projects, in store at PP.

Femme Fatale is an original design by Kathy McLaughlan from New Zealand. Kathy won a prestigious award for her design in 2010.

This version, commissioned by Yarn Magazine, is knitted in Lara Downs' 2 ply Angoraglow pure mohair yarn.

The full pattern is published in the latest issue (Winter 2011) of Yarn magazine (Issue 22 Vol 11).

We would like to thank the girls at Yarn magazine for this feature and acknowledge Yarn as the source of these photos.

The Yarra Harvest Jacket featured on the front cover of YARN magazine in the Autumn issue for 2011 (Issue 21 Vol 11) with the pattern carried inside.

This gorgeous jacket has been designed by Melbourne designer Jenny Pakula and uses Lara Downs' 4 ply Angoraglow Fine Kid Mohair. To quote YARN, "this is mohair as you've never seen it before - smooth, glossy and with the lightest halo".

Orders can be placed for any Lara Downs colourway to use with this pattern .

'Enchantress' - new in 2011

Enchantress Rainbow

combines Fine mohair and silk yarns both random mixed in Rainbow colourway. (At right, Fine mohair in Blueberry semi solid, silk in 'Sleek' random colourway)

This gorgeous yarn is a stranded yarn like it's big sister "Enchant" but is super fine in texture. We have put together our fine kid mohair boucle and our fine silk to create this wonderful creature.

Create your own blended shade

by selecting two colourways from our colourchart.

The yarns can be combined in many colour combinations eg two random shades together, a random and a solid or maybe two solids together. See more combinations on our yarn page.

Designer Yarns with you in mind

These are three terrific new products for the fibre artist. Fibre Scour is a very effective detergent for washing greasy wool, mohair and other natural fibres. Delicate Wash is the perfect choice for washing delicate hand made items made from natural fibres.

The Felting Finish is a fabulous new idea for a final wash for your felted garment which also builds in moth repellent natural ingredients.

All are very effective in their specific tasks and are all natural safe ingredients.

Best of all - they're designed and made in Australia.

Now available by mail order or at Precious Purl. $12 /500 mls.

7Fibre Scour 777 Delicates Wash777 Felting Finish

Silk Hankies (image left)

We have been selling silk hankies for ages but somehow never posted a pic, so here's one now. These sell in 4 gm or 10 gm packs. Mixed colours or by named LD shade.

Pre-felt Hankies (image right)

These "hankies" are made from pure merino wool and have been pre-felted (needled) making your job of using them in felt work super easy. Approx 60 x 40 cms. Order in mxd shades or by LD named shade. This is a new product and flows from our earlier introduction of Fibre Fusion pre-felt "logs & planks" at Precious Purl

Something special for Felters: Now in stock at Precious Purl; Pre-felt Felbi Logs & Planks in the full colour range plus Fibre Fusion wool tops to match, plus a few extra top shades as well. Come and see (and touch) this fabulous range and while you're there, select from our hugh array of unique trimming bits & pieces to put together that one off felted creation.

Also for felters - a new product from Lara Downs. Merino & Silk (50/50) blended Lap (or roving) in large 125 gm rolls. These are ideal for cobweb felt, measuring approx 2.5 mts long and as wide as you want to stretch it. Super soft and with glorious lustre it should prove to be a versatile and popular product in either natural or any Lara Downs colourway. See photos in our felting section.

Want more info about the Fibre Fusion products? Phone Wendy 0423 514 668

There's nothing more lovely than the old fashioned Feather & Fan pattern, which lends itself so well to a baby wrap. This wrap was commissioned by a client of Lara Downs' for her impending first grandchild. It used 200 gms of our super soft 2 ply "Angoraglow" fine kid mohair in a special one off shade combining soft blues and pinks. We know she will be happy with the result.

This baby wrap can be ordered in natural or other Lara Downs shade (maybe something soft from our embroidery thread range). Yarn only $28 per 100 gms or hand knitted to order $250.00

The Möbius Wrap

These fabulous wraps were designed and knitted by Jude Skeers, a well known Australian Knitwear designer.

Knitted in one piece and with only one side, it is a magical piece of knitting !

Shown in Lara Downs 4 ply Angoraglow combined with a super fine boucle mohair (far left) and the fine boucle alone.

These are knitted to order in any of Lara Downs' colour range for just $195.00. Come and see them at our retail outlet in Fitzroy.

The felted flowers are also for sale for $9.50 each

Felted Neck Hugger

featuring

Mohair & Merino blend top with mohair curls to embellish. Order both fibres in the same colourway.

This gorgeous lacey top has been adapted from a pattern by Vogue Knitting to display the adaptability of mohair to Summer weight garments. The original yarns have been substituted using Lara Downs 2 ply fine kid mohair and a pure silk 2 ply yarn also supplied by Lara Downs.

Acknowledgement to Vogue Knitting's Knit 1,

Spring 2007 Pattern 25 "Lace Tank"

(Vogue patterns can be purchased on line at http://store.vogueknitting.com)

Special thanks to my wonderful knitter Sue.

Lace weight 2 ply Angoraglow Kid Mohair and Silk yarn (S1) available in any Lara Downs colourway

This lovely scarf is created using a super fine mohair boucle yarn as the base yarn with added 'bling' from our wonderful range of rainbow threads and fibres, including silk yarns and strips, mohair curls and other delights in a colour co-ordinated range.

Shades for the base yarn include copper, aqua, deep blue, amethyst and lime green. Kit including instructions $35

The

Jewel

Scarf

Kit©

includes pattern suitable for beginners .Attractively presented in clear circular pack.

Felting is such a popular textile art form, we are now offering lengths of silk tissue hand dyed in any of our colourways specifically for Nuno felting. These tissue lengths are unhemmed and measure approx 2.25 mts x 114 cm. to allow for shrinkage during the felting process.

Shade shown is "Parakeet" No. 38

Hand dyed silk tissue is also now available in thin strips for use in creative needlework, knitting, embroidery and embellishment.

Our merino wool top can be ordered in the same colorway range or solid shades to blend with the silk. Check out our exciting new shades in our felting section.

Our model is draped in a black mohair boucle wrap from Adele's of South Africa. Available in black or natural.

Mohair wrap $95.00. See our price list for other product pricing

Hand dyed Silk Tissue in wrap & scarf lengths

Silk strips

Merino Wool Top in matching colourways

Kid mohair wrap in super fine boucle mohair by Adele's of South Africa.

Available now by email order.

Exciting mohair yarns from South Africa (Adele's mohair)

An exciting development for Lara Downs is the forging of a new relationship with an enterprising group of women from South Africa who are using their handcraft skills to improve their livelihood. We now have stocks of their fabulous Knobbly fancy yarn, all hand dyed and spun, as well as a very special beaded yarn in a variety of shades. The super fine mohair boucle yarn, also from Adele's, teams well with either fancy yarn and we have knitting kits available which take advantage of all three yarns. Some of their products are shown below.

Knobbly Mohair handspun yarn

Beaded mohair yarn

$15.50/50 gms

Individual yarns by Adele's are detailed on our Imported yarns page.

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