Benny Fibers

Hand-Beaded Yarn

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:49:51 +0000

Retailers: Our hand-beaded yarns (as well as other fibery things) are carried at Beads Threads and Yarns in Missoula MT, The Beaded Pony in Stevensville MT and Green Valley Weavers in Colorado City CO.

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Batts

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:39:38 +0000

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We process some of our spinning wool into batts for ease of handling. We also are starting to stock batts of wool specifically for hand quilting. A quilting needle slips through wool like butter and is easier on the hands and fingers than cotton. Small batts make great lap quilts if you are new to hand quilting.

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Some of our customers have used the very thick batts to separate into three or four layers for quilting. Two of these batts are currently being quilted into queen size hand quilts in California as I write.

We will have custom sized batts for full and queen available as soon as we can get the fleece back from our quilt batt processor. Most of it will be Romney and Romney crosses, but an occasional white fleece of good quality will slip in now and again. We explore new uses for fleece that most handspinners don’t use – some Suffolk fleece makes great sock yarn!!

Buddy Shetland Sock Wool comes in batts so that you can strip off pieces to spin and control color mix. Then you can even Navajo ply to keep the colors together!

Examples

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Apricot Sorbet Batt

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We have twin/lap 72″ x 90″ 1 lb. batts for hand quilting. Wool is like quilting through butter. $20.00

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Balsam Ice Batt

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Romney 3+ oz sock wool batts with 20% nylon for durability and a little glitz. Hand dyed.

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Romney/Black Welsh sock wool batts with 20% nylon for durability and a little glitz. Hand dyed.

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Romney felting or spinning batt. Hand dyed.

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Caribbean Blues Batt

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A queen size 2 lb. hand quilting batt. 90×90 inches $30.00

Lap quilt size available soon.

100% Montana grown Romney wool. Wool batts are very easy on the fingers!

Benny Has a Blog

admin — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:49:41 +0000

Our namesake has always been opinionated, and now he has a blog to share those opinions! Check out the latest goings-on of Benny:

http://bennyfibers.blogspot.com

We Have Lambs!

admin — Sun, 21 May 2006 05:01:06 +0000

We have a new crop of lambs! Black Welsh x BFL – a genetic fleece experiment!

Say welcome to Danny Boy and Daphne!

Twins, Mother and shepherds doing fine : )

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“Weaning is easier when the lambs can’t find me…”

Benny’s Memory Garden of Yarn

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:06:06 +0000

Benny and I know how badly pet owners feel when a loved critter is gone. I will clean, process and blend dog or cat hair with soft wool, and spin it into a yarn for you to knit in memory of your pal. It doesn’t take more than a few ounces.

Sue and Benny

Tips: Pet hair is more manageable if it is brushed from a coat instead of sheared after death. If you know your friend is getting on in years, or in poor health, do us both a favor and gently brush some doggie or kitty fur and save it. And, be aware that dog and cat yarn is VERY warm. I have done some beloved Australian Shepherd hats here in Western Montana where winters are often cold and heard that they are quite toasty.

Benny has offered his opinion that if all pets were sheep, as they should be, this would be easier.

Mohair and Other Yarns

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:04:47 +0000

We dye brushed mohair yarn just for the fun of it. And are starting to dye big nubby wool yarn as well. Not to mention yards of raw silk, but don’t tell my husband – he won’t know until we get something finished and get it on the website. : )

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The Mohair Collection

8 oz. of brushed mohair yarn with purple, blue and teal mixed in two skeins and the solid colors teal and blue in 1 skein each. ($30 in case you wanted to know…)

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Raspberry Rush

5 oz. of brushed mohair hand dyed, colorfast. Has a bit of red and tang of orange mixed in. (How much, you ask?? $21.75)

Benny’s Dye Pot & Fiber Candy

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:33:29 +0000

Benny and I have been trying out different colors on different wools and having a really good time. We have been listing these creations on eBay as we come up with them.

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This is 6 oz of Blue Face wool with neppy turquoise cashmere and white alpaca blended in for hand spinning.

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Cashmere rolags (little batts) dyed and blended for spinning.

Blue Face roving dyed in three parts and then worked into a clumsy Navajo ply – not my long suit! You can certainly do better, no? That’s why I sell roving, not Navajo plyed yarn.

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Blue Face and Alpaca batts.

More Fiber Candy

Benny’s Hat, Scarf and Mitt Kitt

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10.5 oz. or 300 grams of hand dyed matching colorway in Cobblestone, Mohair and worsted wool. Each 100 grams/3.5 oz. Always one of a kind because with Benny helping, we never do anything the same twice!

About Us

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:16:21 +0000

We live in the Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana on a small acreage, shown with Benny above. The area is developing rapidly, but agriculture is a traditional value here and sheep, horses, steers, and goats are not uncommon. Our small handspinner’s flock (17) gives us a lot of entertainment (they are ALL spoiled and ALL pets) and gives our neighbors a chance to have weed control on their pastures as well.

We have one each CVM Romeldale, Romney cross, Shetland, BlueFace Leicester X, 7/8 BFL ewe and her mate, the Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Ram. Then we have added 2 Targhee ewes – the old girls – their lambs X Raven and then an accidental bunch of 2nd generation of the cross i.e. 3/4 Targhee and 3/4 BWMS. Click here to see the results!

Benny’s Babies

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:37:10 +0000

Benny Fibers also offers sleeping bags. These bags are made with a soft all-cotton flannel lining, colorful outside print of cotton or cotton/polyester, a two-way zipper, matching piping trim, polyester quilt filling and wool yarn ties.

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When zipped closed, the bag is about 21 inches wide by 35 inches deep. Unzipped, it is about 42 inches by 35 inches.

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Wool yarn is used in the ties because the wool shrinks after the first wash and dry, leaving the ties almost impossible for little fingers to loosen.

Steel Wool

admin — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:34:04 +0000

Our friend is a blacksmith and he has produced a few sheepy items…