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SPINNING
Welcome to the fiber sales at Royal Fibers. Take a minute to browse the many fibers we feature here.
Come back often, as I will be adding fibers and handspun yarns periodically. If you do not see exactly what you want,
do not hesitate to contact me at royalfibers@onramp113.com
, and ask. I will see what I can do to produce or find what you are looking for.
WHEELS
We are proud to carry  Spinning Wheels.
Click on the link for more information about these unique wheels and accessories.
We also carry Pritchard Electric Spinning Wheels .
Click on the link for more information about these innovative wheels and accessories.
Below you will find some of my personal projects.....
I started spinning in the fall of 2000, fulfilling a dream of many years. I have been knitting for 25 years, but had
never used handspun yarn before. I have wanted to learn to spin virtually since the first day I picked up a knitting
needle. My sister raises a few sheep, and last year I finally bought my first spinning wheel. It is an Ashford
"Traditional", and it spins like a dream.
 MY SPINNING WHEEL
This is my little spinning corner in the den. Here I have everything I need for spinning up some yarn. The
Ashford Traditional spinning wheel has some mohair I am spinning hanging from the orifice of the flyer, and more
carded batts are waiting for me to the side. The little box holds my hand cards and combs, and bobbins wait on the
Lazy Kates (one made by my husband, Ed, when he saw what I tangled mess I could make trying to ply two singles off of
the same Lazy Kate). Last items are a good light and a comfortable chair.
MY NEW DRUM CARDER
Ed stepped in and started carding my fiber for me with my hand cards, when he saw how long it could take to get
a single project from start to finish. He soon decided that I needed a drum carder to speed up the process. So for
my birthday in 2001, he bought me this Louet Roving (or Junior) carder! You can see washed locks next to it, and
batts we carded on it in the background. The pink and blue fiber is mohair, and the yellowish green is Cheviot, dyed
with sunflowers.
CARDED ROVING WAITING TO BE SPUN
Another view of the carded mohair batts, with the washed locks (blue mohair and Cheviot) next to the
drum carder at the end of the table. The mohair in pinks and warm colors carded up so nicely, and with such great
luster....it looks good enough to eat, like cotton candy! It has now been spun, then plyed with a wool/mohair/
llama blend, and will soon be a sweater for my daughter, Lindsay. This is the second item I have made from my
handspun yarn; the first was a scarf, which can be seen on my "Finished Items" page.
RAINBOW COLORED MOHAIR LOCKS
Before it was separated and carded, the mohair arrived looking like this. For this project, I pulled out the
cooler colors (blue and green) and just used the warmer colors (pink, fushia, orange, yellow, etc.) for my carded
roving seen above.
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