Chester Wool Company
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Chester Wool Co supplies the highest quality undyed (natural) yarns for dyeing, knitting, crochet and weaving. What's it all about?
At Chester Wool Co, we manufacture and wholesale a range of more than 100 natural white (undyed) yarns for hand-dye artists.
The company is owned and run by Andy Robinson, who has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of the textile trade. Jeni Hewlett recently joined the team; she has an extensive knowledge of hand dyeing and we're looking forward to using her expertise to further expand our extensive range.
We believe that we offer the largest stock supported service in Europe, from our warehouse and distribution centre based near Chester, UK. We supply all yarn weights from 1200 metres per 100g to 70 metres per 100g, and the majority of our stock is in 100 gram hanks, ready for the dye pot. We use superior natural fibres to create this stunning range. The primary fibres in our blends are South American Merino wool, 100% UK Bluefaced Leicester, Baby Alpaca, Silk and Cashmere. Wholesale prices are applicable for orders of 5 kilos upwards, and we are able to offer custom-spun yarns for orders in excess of 100 kilos.
You will find a current list of our yarns on the Yarn Range pages (see links to the left). For a current price list, or if you have any questions, please email: chesterwool@btinternet.com
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facebook.comPeeps, one of the questions I get asked a lot is about dyeing with stellina and getting the sparkle to stay sparkly, I have written a blog post on the website with a few tips and tricks, I hope its helpful! xx
Brand new yarn for 2018! Pure silk singles 4ply. 400m per 100g. Type 49114 This is pure silk deliciousness!! 😍
Peeps! We want to wish you lovely holidays, but also let you know we will be shipping between Christmas and New year. Here are our opening/shipping dates as follows: Last Shipping day this week is Thursday (this is because its the last parcel force pick up before Christmas) We will be open next week from the 27th - the 29th, but shipping on the 27th and the 28th only. We will then be back to normal on the 2nd.
I'm having an argument with Andy about the name of the 10g hanks, obviously if we call them mini's its confusing with the 20g hanks. So Andy said we should call them 'Micro's' and I think we should call them 'Mintys' (mini-tens) votes in the comments please!! 😂😂😂😂😂
On Friday, Andy will be placing a new order with the mill, and will be ordering 10g mini hanks in Platinum sock, we may well look to adding a couple of other types of 10g hanks, and would appreciate your suggestions as to what you would like to see :D J
Im just sorting out the videos I took in Peru, and came across this one, the mill always have traditional crafts so people can watch and see how things are made, a bit like 'art in action' 😍
So peeps... we went to see where the mini skeins are made.. this is a little business set up by a wife of one of the mill workers, she employs around 12 women to make mini hanks, and its so so cool. The husband has built the machines, and its all run by pedal power, so no electric needed. It's genius. Music was playing, the girls were working and chatting, it was absolutely lovely. When you are buying the mini hanks you are creating employment for these women. (next video shows how they twist the skeins) And the great news is, they are happy to make 10g hanks for us, Yippeeee!
Winding of the hanks!! Next video coming up is kind of special.... :D
Tops in the dyeing machine #cwcbehindthescenes
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