Gaspereau Valley Fibres - Farm Wool Shop

Visit from the Classics

Brenda — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:09:27 +0000

Brenda and Manda were both surprised to look out the shop windows and see these two beauties sitting in the driveway! These two couples brought down their classic cars from Ontario and were touring the Valley and enjoying the sunshine. They stopped in to say hello to us and hear a bit about how the shop used to be an old car garage. Enjoy the rest of your stay!

Jali’s Handspun shawl by Jan

Brenda — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:13:06 +0000

Jan is at it again. This Thursday she brought in her completed shawl to show us. This shawl was started by everyone’s dear friend and GVF employee Jali Giroux, using her own handspun yarn. Unfortunately, Jali passed away before she was able to finish this project, but Jan stepped up to the challenge. We all know Jali would have been delighted at the effort Jan put into this, and how beautiful the shawl is. Thank you Jan for sharing this with us.

Leah’s Socks

Brenda — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:59:38 +0000

Leah stopped in to show us her socks she had completed using the skeins of Nyoni she had purchased. After knitting her very first pair on the right, she then used Simple Skyp Socks from Ravelry, and knit up her second pair on the left. Great job Leah!

Kelly’s Lovely Silk Project

Brenda — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:32:40 +0000

Kelly is finding a way to beat this heat this summer with this beautiful silk short sleeved shirt. Knit with Handmaiden’s Swiss Mountain Mulberry Tussah in the natural colour, this project is not only enjoyable to look at, but great to feel as well. The detailing around the neck finishes the project off with a bit a of class. Thanks for sharing Kelly, beautiful job!

Caroll’s Love for Lace

Brenda — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:59:50 +0000

Colin and a few of his friends braved the heat and stopped into the shop this week. While the weather was too much for his mother, Caroll, Colin did bring along two of her lace shawls to show us. What beautiful pieces they were! The first was a Fleece Artist yarn made into a peacock lace pattern shawl which took two months to complete. The second was a gorgeous cream coloured alpaca yarn that was a nice weight in your hands. These were beautiful pieces and everyone in the shop had to have a feel. Thanks so much Colin for brining these up and Caroll we look forward to seeing the next amazing creation that comes off your needles!

Frances’ Jacket

Brenda — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:32:49 +0000

Frances popped into the shop to show us her completed jacket. Knit with a mohair, linen and nylon blend, she finished this jacket off with a skein of Planet Earth beaded yarn to add a bit of sparkle. The pattern is from Wild Fibres Winter 2010. Beautiful Frances!

Raeanne’s Trina Jacket

Brenda — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:53:41 +0000

Raeanne was very excited to be done her Trina jacket, a present knit for her mother. Trina is a Fleece Artist kit using two skeins of Baby Alpaca and four skeins of Blue Face Aran. We know your mother will love it Raeanna! Great Job.

Lily Hana in Koigu by Jan

Brenda — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:37:48 +0000

You may remember Jan showing us her finished baby garments for Lily Hana here. Well now we all get to see sweet little Lily Hana modeling them for us! The only thing cuter than baby knits, are babies actually wearing them! Looks like a perfect fit Jan, great work!

Cheryl’s Baby Booties

Brenda — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:32:34 +0000

Cheryl has stopped by the shop a few times and mentioned these great baby booties she had been knitting. The visit she paid us she brought them along so we could just how great they are! These booties are knit from Christine’s Stay on Booties pattern. The pattern uses a side ribbing which lets the booties grow with the child, seeing as how they are able to not only stretch vertically but horizontally as well. The ones shown here are knit in Koigu KPPPM using size 2.25mm needles. Thanks sos much Cheryl for showing us this little treasure!

Fibres

Brenda — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:57:34 +0000

Here at Gaspereau Valley Fibres, we carry a various supply of spinning and felting fibres. This supply changes as time goes on, and so while we have listed here our most common fibres, for a full list of what we have in stock, please call the shop. We would be happy to list our inventory and also tell you the colours we have available. Our fibres are priced by the 100g, so for example if you bought 100g of solid coloured merino, it would be $7.00 plus tax. If you only bought 50g of it, it would be $3.50 plus tax.

Hand dyed merino rovings – $11/100g
Solid coloured merino – $7/100g
Hand dyed sea silk (30%) and silk silver (70%) – $20/100g
Hand dyed sea silk (65%) and tussah silk (35%) – $16/100g
Multi coloured merino top – $9/100g
Best bamboo – $8/100g
Silver alpaca (70%) and silk (30%) – $10/100g
Milk fibre – $10/100g
Texas kid blend: (83% kid mohair, 15% nylon, 2% fine merino) – $7/100g
Wool and silk – $12/100g
Silk Hankies – $14/100g
Firestar – $5/100g
Silk Noils – $5/100g
Corriedale – $7.50/100g
Cultivated Silk – $17/100g
Undyed Baby Kid Mohair – $13/100g
100g bags of Merino (80%) and Silk Silver (20%) – $12
Blue Face Leicester Top Braids – $18/braid
Fingerwolle Pencil Rovings (70% Merino, 30% Silk) – $11.95 for a 50g bag (40m)
Baby Alpaca hand painted braids – $30/braid
Baby Camel hand painted braids – $42/braid
Baby Camel and Silk hand painted braids – $40/braid
Baby Yak and Silk hand painted braids – $40/braid
Odds and Sods Bags – $5/100g