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North Island:  South Island
John Barnes
No 1 Line, R D 5, Palmerston North
Phone  06 357 0654
Fax  06 355 8084
Email   John.Barnes@dia.govt.nz
 
Organically grown - Merino
Superfine, fine
White (in small lots)

Beauley Wools
Beauley, R.D.9, Castlepoint Rd., Masterton
Phone  06 372 6824  Fax  06 372 6828

Fleece & sliver of natural coloured Romney, Corriedale, Merino (small quantities). 
Mainly Romney- Corriedale cross. 
Some white Merino and Perendale. 
Mail order.

Brother International (NZ) Ltd
Box 38 294,  Wellington Mail Centre
Email  g.singleton@brother.co.nz
Web Site  http://www.brother.co.nz

Combination Embroidery & Sewing machines.
Overlockers,  Quilting machines.
See Web site or yellow pages for nearest dealer.
Buttercup Acres -- Pat Keating
55 Florida Rd,  R D 20,  Levin
Phone/Fax  06 368 0557
Email  buttercupacres@xtra.co.nz
Alpaca, Alpaca/Wool blends
Fine, Medium
Alpaca Yarn DK
Cantharis Alpacas --
Rob Dorsman & Annemieke Becks

P O Box 458, Paraparaumu
Phone  04 297 9012
Email  alpaca@newz.co.nz
Website  http://www.alpaca.newz.co.nz
Alpaca knitting yarn, 8-ply, 80% alpaca & 20% superfine merino, in different browns and fawn/white.
Raw alpaca fibre in different colours, perfect for spinning.
Mail order.
Crafters Heaven
169 Main Street, (P O Box 65), Greytown
Phone  06 304 8477   Fax  06 304 8491
Email   rita@craftersheaven.co.nz 
or craftersheaven@xtra.co.nz
Web site  http://www.craftersheaven.co.nz
A wide range of craft supplies for spinning, embroidery, toy making, stamping, folk art, porcelain painting, etc.
Quilting supplies.  
Wairarapa dealer for Brother sewing machines.
Craft and cross stitch kits, plus access to a number of suppliers.
Dealers for Ashford and Majacraft.
Mail order.
DEA Nominees Ltd
68 Cambridge Street South, Levin
Phone  06 367 6227
Mobile  027 556 3098
Email  deayarns@xtra.co.nz
Web site  www.deayarns.com.au
Suppliers of quality yarn at affordable prices.
We carry  a colour range of Wool, Cotton, Cashmilon, Bobino, Mohair/Boucle, Lurex, Alpaca, Chenille, Possum, and more...
Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 am to 3 pm
Other times by appointment (includes weekends for group bookings).
Design Spun (1996) Ltd
Husheer Place, (PO.Box 3123), Onekawa, Napier. 
Phone  06 843 3174  Fax  06 843 3090 
Email brendan@designspun.co.nz
Knitting and Weaving Yarns. 
The Dyepot --
Sheryl Eustace

Textile/Fibre Studio
1084 Maraekakaho Rd
R D 5,  Hastings
Phone/Fax  06 876 4233
Email   sheryl@dyepot.co.nz
Web site  http://www.dyepot.co.nz
Mulberry & Tussah (Luxurious) Silk Fibre
Felting Mohair
Fabrics for Dyeing - Cottons, Rayons, Silks, Hemp
Jacquard Textile Paints & Dyes
Dye Starter Packs
Shiva/Markal paintstiks
Surface Design Supplies
Cotton/Silk Fabrics
ARTSFUSE WORKSHOPS/TUTORING
# Surface Design Fabric Techniques
# Collage/Textural Effects
# Dyeing for Embellishments - My Way
Earth Palette Cold Dyes --
Carlene Douglass

P O Box 48 049, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
Phone  04 970 6105
Email   cdouglass@paradise.net.nz
Cold Water Dyes
One type for use on animal fibres
Another for use on vegetable fibres.
No nasty smells, gentle on fibres, great range of colours.
Info sheet and colour card available.
Mail order.

Federated Llamas -- Elise Atkinson 
Ohau PDC, Ohau, Levin
Phone/Fax  06 368 2730
Mobile  021 217 7992

Alpaca and Llama
White, browns, grey, charcoal
Sliver.
Fentons Woolcraft Ltd
Astral Towers, 86 Main St., Upper Hutt. 
Phone  04 528 5623
Extensive range of knitting yarns. 
Mail order.
 
Fibre Flair
Main Rd., Waikanae.  
Phone/Fax 04 902 9908
Wools, Linen, Cotton, Silk, Books, Magazines, Dyes., Equipment. 
Mail order.

Golding Handcrafts
17 Marion St, (PO Box 9022) Wellington.  
Phone  04 801 5850 

Harbour City Centre, Lambton Quay, Wellington
Phone 04 472 4496

Mail order - Phone 04 801 5855 (Wellington area)
                 or  0800 555 585  

Email goldingcraft@xtra.co.nz
Web site  http://www.goldingcraft.com

Full range of Handcraft supplies. Mail order.
John Q Goldingham Ltd  -- Creative Fashion Centres  and  Knit World Stores
62 Queens Drive (PO Box 30-645) Lower Hutt
Phone  04 586 4530   Fax  04 586 4531
Free phone (for orders only)  0800 564 884
Email  knitting@xtra.co.nz
Web site  http://www.knitting.co.nz
Knit World                           North Island

398 Great North Road, Henderson
Phone  09 837 6111

55 London St, Hamilton
Phone   07 838 3868

129-131 Devon St.East, New Plymouth
Phone  06 758 3171

322 Heretaunga St.West, Hastings
Phone  06 878 0090

1st Floor, Izadium Building
Cnr Ferguson St & Fitzherbert Ave
Palmerston North
Phone  06 356 8974

197 Oxford St, Levin
Phone   06 367 9700

Shop 210b, Left Bank,
Cuba Mall, Wellington
Phone  04 385 1918

Knit World                           South Island

189 Peterborough St, Christchurch
Phone   03 379 2300  Fax  03 377 6884

26 The Octagon, Dunedin
Phone  03 477 0400

Creative Fashion Centres

62 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt
Phone  04 566 4689

The Plaza, Tawa
Phone   04 232 8088

Harmony - Michelle Aplin
R D 5, Taihape
Phone  06 388 9179  Mobile  027 567 3547
Email michelleaplin@xtra.co.nz
Finnish Landrace x, beautiful, lustrous, soft fibre ideal for spinning, felting and weaving.
Carded sliver, & fleece available in natural colours: all shades of grey, very dark, (almost black), white, Moorit & browns, and various shades strip carded together.
Mail order.
Inspire Fibres - Tracy White
94 Vogel Street, Woodville 5473
Phone  06 376 5155  Fax 06 376 5156  Mobile 0274 803 70
Email tracywhite@inspire.net.nz
Hand dyed fine NZ merino and silks for spinners and felters and silk papermakers.  Many repeatable and non repeatable colourways
J.J’s Crafts Ltd - Jan Gilray 
41 Thackeray St, Napier
Phone  06 835 9934  Fax  06 835 9932
Email janfolli@xtra.co.nz
Web site  http://www.jjscraft.com
Weaving wool, natural and dyed spinning sliver, mohair, all grades
Spinning wheels. Dyes
Hand-painted knitting yarn, specialising in mohair and mohair boucle.   Knitting yarn, embroidery & cross stitch kits, patterns
An extensive range of Craft books and magazines
Patchwork Fabric and accessories
Beads, including Delica , Maria George beads and Crystals.
Stockists Appleton crewel, Paterna, Madeira, DMC threads
and handpainted silk threads, fabric, silk fabric, and accessories.
Mail order.
Kane Carding -- Denise Sandall
Moroa Rd., R.D.1, Greytown, Wairarapa
Phone  06 304 9470  Fax  06 304 8574
Email  kanecarding@hotmail.com

Web site http://www.kanecarding.co.nz
Carded Sliver natural & dyed for spinning. 
Carded Merino Sliver natural & dyed in batts for Felting. 
Merino batts for Felting. 
Commission carding - specialising in fine fleeces.
Mail order.
Little Wool Company -- Anna Gratton 
Dunolly Rd, Waituna West, R D 9, Feilding
Phone/Fax  06 328 6868
Email  filaro@paradise.net.nz
Web site  http://www.annagratton.co.nz
Merino, Halfbred, Corriedale, Romney
Fine and medium fibre
White, Lt and Dk Grey, Moorit, spotted, charcoal, black
Fleece, carded wool, hand  and machine knitting yarns, weaving yarns
Wool, silk, synthetic.
Buttons, patterns, needles.
Mail order
Farmshop open by arrangement.
Jen Longshaw
1016 Matheson Road, RD 4, Waipawa 4274
Phone   06 856 5577
Mobile  025 95 7799
Email   flopsy@ihug.co.nz

Web site http://www.menagerie.co.nz
Angora rabbit fibre
Misty Ridge Alpacas -- Sue Kaan 
409 Kaiwaka Rd, R D 1, Napier
Phone/Fax  06 836 6910 
Alpaca
Superfine, fine, medium, strong
White and coloured.
Carded alpaca.

Nancy’s Embroidery Shop
273 Tinakori Rd., (PO Box 245), Wellington 
Phone  04 473 4047  Fax  04 473 0919
Email nancys@actrix.gen.nz 

Embroidery / Patchwork supplies / Bernina Agency. 
Mail order. 
Naturally Alpacas
Christine & Steve Hart

70 Shelter Grove, New Plymouth
Phone  06 753 2522
Email  christine@naturallyalpacas.com
Web site www.naturallyalpacas.com
Natural coloured & dyed alpaca fibre
Washed and carded sliver.
Hand dyed silks.
Silk ribbon.

NZSWWS Inc. Linen Supplies
Heather Adlam, 23 Presidential Drive, Palmerston North
Phone 06 357 7137
Email hadlam@inspire.net.nz

Mail order   
Sheena's Spin 'n' Wool -- Sheena Taylor
2 Gray Street, Pukerua Bay
Porirua City 5026
Phone   04 239 9947
Fax   04 239 9942
Mobile   027 302 3483
Email  SpinWool@sheenas.co.nz

Website  http://www.sheenas.co.nz
All Ashford products & accessories for spinning, weaving, felting & knitting.
First Edition (Australia) fine Merino, Merino/Silk & Merino/Silk/Alpaca sliver and trilobal nylon Glitz for spinning and felting.
Random hand-dyed Corriedale and Merino Sliver.
Random hand-dyed Tussah and Mulberry Silk Sliver.
Knitting & weaving yarns:
Recycled silk and other handspun yarns from Nepal.
South West Trading Co (USA) Bamboo Silk, Soysilk and Wool/Soysilk yarns
Custom made wooden single pointed, double pointed knitting needles, Tunisian crochet hooks, and crochet hooks.
Spinning wheel repairs and bobbins made for some obsolete wheels.
Polystyrene shoe lasts & hard polystyrene hat blocks for felting from Denmark.
EFTPOS & credit card on site only.
Mail Order.
Strand Natural Fibres Ltd
-- Ruth Mary Beech

P O Box 13-138
Wellington.
Phone  04 473 3995   Fax  04 473 3996
Email  Info@strandnz.com
Web site  www.strandnz.com
Unique Mohair/wool 2-ply embroidery thread
Also suitable for knitting & weaving.
Large range of canvaswork & embroidery kitsets.
Mail order.
Stansborough Fibres
100 Hutt Park Road, Seaview,  Wellington
Phone  04 566 5591
Fax  04 566 5592
Email  info@stansborough.co.nz

Web site www.stansborough.co.nz
Stansborough Grey - limited quantities
Medium fibre
Coloured
Other products: 
Alpaca sliver (with 10% wool) and fleece.
Waimarie Alpacas
-- Christine & Ross Edwards

3870 State Highway 50
R D 1, Hastings
Phone  06 874 9386
Email  info@waimariealpacas.co.nz
Web site  www.waimariealpacas.co.nz
100% Alpaca knitting yarns - natural and dyed
Alpaca & wool blend yarns - natural
Alpaca fleece - both raw & carded
- many natural colours
The Wool Company
Torea St, Utiku    (just off State Highway 1)
P O Box 18, Taihape 4720
Phone   06 388 1564   Fax  06 388 1873
Freephone  order line  0800 607 010
Email  info@thewoolcompany.com
Web site  http://www.thewoolcompany.com
100% Wool Hand Knitting Yarns
Merino Possum Hand Knitting Yarn
Merino Baby Yarn
Natural Coloured carded sliver
Dyed Felting Wool
Mail order available
Country Store open Mon-Fri 8.30am to 5.00pm
Sat-Sun 10.00am to 4.00pm
Wool Things -- Jacqui Collins
Tutaekara Road, R D 8, Pahiatua
Phone  06 376 8647
Mobile  027 289 2101
Email  jacqui@woolthings.co.nz

Website  www.woolthings.co.nz
Dyed and natural coloured sliver for spinning
Dyed and natural coloured felters batts
Carding of wool and other fibres
Blending Batting and Sliver
Felting Services
Mail order
Woolly Valley & The Embroidery Shop
4-12 Cruckshank St, Kilbirnie
P O Box 14-266, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Phone  04 387 8996   Fax  04 387 8345
Email  mcetten@xtra.co.nz
Website  www.kraftykiwis.co.nz

Also at
16 Broderick St, Johnsonville, Wellington
Phone  04 477 4507   Fax  04 387 8345
and
252 Queen St, Masterton
Phone  06 377 1418   Fax  06 370 8428

A full range of threads, yarns, patterns and fibrecraft accessories (knitting and needlework) from NZ and around the world.
The Yarn Studio Limited - Alison Levingston
129 Messines Rd
Karori
Wellington
Email   alison.levingston@attglobal.net
Website  www.theyarnstudio.co.nz
On-line shopping for
* Noro handpainted yarns from Japan
* Debbie Bliss yarns
* Eki Riva alpaca yarns
* Lana Gatto yarns
* Knitting books and accessories
Yarns - Kathy McLauchlan
2 Puketai Pl, Pukerua Bay, Porirua
Phone   04 239 9851
Email   mclpad@xtra.co.nz
Hand-dyed merino, silks and embroidery threads

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