Hand-Dyed Fibers - Blue Faced Leicester (BFL) Top
These tops are commercially processed and the staple is generally a very nice 5 to 6 inches long. They are each 4 ounces.
The methods used to dye them is either hand-painted/space-dyed or kettle dyed. With the the space-dyed format, you can easily create yarns that are either random or self-striping. Each is approximately four ounces.
The kettle dyed tops are one of a kind, they are not reliably reproducible....when they go...they are gone. Also, the pictures of the tops are representative of the colors in the pot. Each one is a little bit different from the other simply based on where it was in the pot - some may be lighter and some may be darker... Kettle-dyed tops will spin up into a monochrome yarn with nice highlights and lowlights. An example is on my blog.
Space-dyed rovings can be spun up in a number of ways. This page describes ways to work with space-dyed rovings.
Please click on a picture for details about that item.
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Journey - BFL $ 14.00 0 available |
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Butterscotch - BFL $ 14.00 0 available |
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Shoot - BFL $ 14.00 3 available |
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Scuppernong - BFL $ 14.00 5 available |
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French Marigold - BFL $ 14.00 1 available |
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Vlad´s - BFL $ 14.00 0 available |
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Lily Pad - BFL $ 14.00 0 available |
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Charlotte - BFL $ 14.00 0 available |
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Meredith - BFL $ 14.00 2 available |
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BFL - Buckskin $ 14.00 4 available |
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Smoke Bush - Mixed BFL $ 16.00 0 available |
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Oregon Cellar - Mixed BFL $ 16.00 0 available |
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Moore Park - Mixed BFL $ 16.00 0 available |
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Gentle - BFL $ 14.00 6 available |
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Hawthorne - Mixed BFL $ 16.00 0 available |
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Mariner - Mixed BFL $ 16.00 2 available |
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Tidal - BFL $ 14.00 0 available |
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Waterfall - BFL $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Grasshoppers on the Sidewalk $ 14.00 3 available |
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BFL - Glade $ 14.00 2 available |
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BFL - Oyster $ 14.00 1 available |
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BFL - Spooky $ 14.00 1 available |
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BFL - Chocolate Roses $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Sky $ 14.00 4 available |
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BFL - Frog Belly $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Daffodil $ 14.00 1 available |
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BFL - Green Tomato $ 14.00 3 available |
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BFL - Tourmaline $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Mosswood $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Denim $ 14.00 1 available |
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BFL - Fraser $ 11.00 5 available |
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BFL - Melon $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Rose Garden $ 14.00 3 available |
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BFL - Iris $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Van Gogh $ 14.00 1 available |
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BFL - Heart Throb $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - New York $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Watermelon $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Spring Lettuce $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Rainbow $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Rock Wall $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Woodland Viola $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Cool Rain $ 14.00 0 available |
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BFL - Forest Afternoon $ 14.00 0 available |