Targhee Top
A large North American breed developed in the early 1930's. Our top is a fine wool, grown in Montana, with a micron count of about 22, an average staple length of 4 inches and a soft bouncy crimp. I have placed the yarn against my neck and find it smooth and snuggly. Wearables made from this targhee are very comfortable and soft next to your skin. Using the Soft Spinning Technique, our top's hand ranks with some of the softest wool I have spun. I think you will love this Made in the USA fiber too.
This fiber has gotten way expensive. We are running a 3 day sale on in stock colors only (no guarantee these are from the same dyelots).
4oz/113g for $14.25 NOW $13.50 Friday, Sat and Sunday only
Anshan's Biscotti-- = sold out
Blueberry Patch-- 4oz/113g balls = 3 available
Butterfly Bush -- sold out
Chocolate Covered Cherries --4oz/113g balls = 3 available
Clematis Vine -- 4oz/113g balls = 2 available
Fruit Salad -- = sold out
Hibiscus -- = sold out
Plummy -- 4oz/113g balls = 6 available
Oriental Poppies -- 4oz/113g balls = 5 available
Roses for You -- 4oz/113g balls = 4 available
Tamarack & Spruce -- =sold out
Tropical Sea -- = sold out
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Hand Dyed Superwash Merino / Tencel
This superfine Superwash Merino is 19 microns soft. It was professionally cleaned, combined with 50% tencel and pulled through combs to make a smooth continuous top. I use ProChem and Cushing dyes to make my colorways, which seems to soften this shimmery combed top even more.
Lovely to hold, it spins beautifully. Imagine this running through your hands and seeing the colors blend and change. Split the snake lengthwise and spin at 36-40 wpi. Then ply the two bobbins together and knit up into a unique pair of socks. Also makes great baby garments.
See new colorway below
4 oz/113g for $11.25
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5 Fiber Sampler
Don't know which fiber to choose? Not familiar with them all? New to spinning? Here's a way to check them all out. Let SpinningBunny send you an ounce (28g) of each top - angora/merino, SW merino/tencel, alpaca/merino/silk, blue face leicester and targhee in your favorite colorway. You will have enough to make a hat or scarf or a pair of socks.
$26.00
10% of all sampler sales will be going to Heifer International $470 since September '07.
"The order got here today and I am totally in love with the rusty tones in the Plummy colorway. The online colors couldn't do it justice (at least on my laptop). I'll be ordering that next - after I spin the 5-fiber sampler and decide just which fiber to order it in...
Thanks again. I really do love your colorways and am amazed at the speed at which things arrive in my postbox when I order from you!"
Lisa K.
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Alpaca/Merino/Tussah Top 50/30/20 
Lovely to fondle, lovely to spin, light and soft.
4oz/113g for $14.95
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee says this best, " I have felt butter that is scratchier."
"I don’t think I’ve ever spun a fiber I love more, or colours I love more than this stuff! And knitting it is pure heaven..." Megan R.
from Lori,who spun & knit the T&S colorway into these gloves
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Santa Clara -- named for the wonderful Mexican artisans who work in turquoise, copper & patina
pale to medium turquoise and copper
available in SW merino/tencel
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see more colors below
************************************* All of our colorways are dyed in small dyepots containing only 8 -16 oz (227-454g) of fiber each. We try to stay ahead but guessing which colorway is going to be most popular each week is difficult. We, therefore, usually dye to order which means your hand dyed fiber may take a week or two to get out to you. Also we really do not have dyelot numbers. It is best to order the amount you need to get the best matches.
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Try our Spin Your Own Socks Kit with SW merino/tencel top in your choice of many colorways + needles + an original pattern.
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Hand Dyed Angora/Merino/Silk Top
Soft, fuzzy and silky. Easy to spin and wonderful to knit.
- from sheared English Angora bunnies, sheared African merino sheep and unsheared silkworms. :^)
 I took a ball of Clematis Vine. Split it lengthwise. Spun up 2 bobbins at 40 wpi. Plied the two bobbins together and then knit this tam from a pattern in Arctic Lace.
20% angora, 50% merino, 30% silk- enough bunny to make the hat warm and fuzzy but not too hot.
2oz/ 57g for $15.50
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Chocolate Covered Cherries
spun up and navajo plied
Chocolate Covered Cherries - deep rich dark chocolatey purple with cherries and bit of cherry cream. num!
Coordinating merino solids are brown, fuschia and ruby.
Coordinating bfl are Bark or Rose.
Tamarack & Spruce, Clematis Vine and Oriental poppies spun very thin, plied then knit into bracelets. |
Hibiscus
A blooming bush of coral, shrimp, pink, mauve and raspberry colored blossoms.
Coordinating bfl is sunrise.
Hibiscus targhee from a 5 Fiber Sampler spun up by Penny L.
Autumn Sunset
Don't you just love watching the colors change as the sun sets? Now you can make one on your wheel.
A blend of rusts, corals and dusty purples.
Coordinating bfl is Sunrise. |
Clematis
Clematis-- blooming in lavender to orchid with leafy greens twining into singles on your wheel.
Coordinating bfl are Blueberry Pie or Leaves.
spun up and Navajo plied - very sweet yarn
for hand dyed silk -- click here
Anshan's Biscotti
Anshan's Biscotti - This colorway is so nummy - caramel, cookie, chocolate and pecans with maple sugar.
Coordinating bfl is Bark.
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Roses for You
Coordinating bfl are Leaves & Rose.
spun up and navajo plied
Roses for you-- Old Roses are my favorites. These are Gallicas. They are so hardy yet soft, come in lovely pinks and smell delicious. A bouquet for you to spin.
"It just came. This is absolutely gorgeous, and so soft. I love all the colors you got into it. I like the idea it has stalks, leaves and petals. I've stopped just short of chasing people down the street to show it off ;) The Web site defintely does not do it justice, either. Thank you so much!" Tara H
"These are almost too pretty to spin. Very fast shipping, delectable color, SOFT!"
Coordinating merino solids are mauve and garden ivy.
Butterfly Bush
orchids, bright leaf green, a bit of purple/lavender and white
Coordinating bfl are Leaves & Blueberry Pie.
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Blueberry Patch
Coordinating bfl are
Jeans & Blueberry Pie .
spun up and navajo plied
Blueberry Patch - as blueberries ripen their color goes from orchid to blue and dark blue. Of course there are some leaves too.
"Thank you once again for your beautiful fiber. I plied 6 ounces of the Blueberry Patch last night, and I love it." Jackie C.
Coordinating merino solids are crocus, navy and sky.
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Tropical Sea
Coordinating bfl is Forest Lake.
spun up and navajo plied
Tropical Sea - Cruise the southern waters while you spin teal flowing into turquoise blending into jade and deep sea blue.
Coordinating merino solids are turquoise or blue. |
Oriental Poppies
Oriental Poppies - showy spring flowers in red and bright pink with purple stamens and centers
Coordinating bfl is Blueberry Pie.
spun up and navajo plied (reds are darker than they appear in this photo)
coordinating solids are red and crocus |
Fruit Salad
 This colorway is being closed out. Only two 4oz balls left in targhee, but it is available as a special order in one pound lots.
spun up and navajo plied
Fruit Salad - raspberries, pineapple, watermelon, mandarin oranges, a little kiwi and a blueberry or two. Refreshing!
Coordinating merino solids are yellow and burnt orange
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Plummy
Plummy - all the colors of delicious plums - deep rich blues and purples with red plummy juicy purples and some amber.
Coordinating bfl is Jeans.
spun up and Navajo plied |
Tamarack and Spruce
Tamarack and Spruce - Inspired by the Adirondacks --- Gold, rusts, spruce and forest greens with a bit of sky peeking through.
Coordinating merino solids are nutmeg and bottle green.
Coordinating bfl is Bark.
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Hand Dyed Fiber Roving Tops 
