VanIsleFibreshed

VanIsleFibreshed

A tale of a project

Are you seeking inspiration for the VIF Winter challenge of re-purposing a textile? Read this story below by Bobbie Williams, weaver and spinner and all-round champion of wool, to see how she took cotton scraps and old clothing and made…

2024 Skill-Building Challenges

composite image of rag woven fabric and dried dye flowers

Let’s celebrate the incredible diversity of creativity and production talent in our region and explore new ways to work with what we have here! For 2024, we are proposing a year-long skill-learning challenge with a different focus each season. Will…

2019: Getting Fleeced or Getting Value Event

three raw sheep fleeces (white, light brown, brown) on a table in a garden

Sunday, 17 February 2019, 9:30-4:30pm The “buy local” and “slow clothes” movements that center on sustainability, natural, small batch or organic production, in tandem with responses to climate change are bringing renewed vitality to island fleece production. Join Vancouver Island…