DIY: Skirting Table
Sorting Table for Skirting Fleeces Once the shearer finishes shearing, the fleece is gathered together and taken to the sorting table (also known as a skirting table). Often, the fleece is thrown onto the table such…
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Three Bags Full: Friends don’t let Friends’ Fleeces go to waste
We are happy to have been featured in an article in the January 2026 CV Collective magazine: Three Bags Full: Friends don’t let Friends’ Fleeces go to waste, written by Marie Maccagno.
Workshop Report: Mushroom Foraging and Dyeing with the Alberni Valley Fibre Guild
Local fibres, local dyes, local labour. The fibres we choose for our projects are important. But so are the dyes! And colour can tell such stories – of who we are, of where we live. Here, a member of the…
Spring 2024 Skill-Building Challenges
Continuing on from our Winter 2024 challenges of repurposing existing textiles and planning our dye gardens, we now have some new challenges for Spring. We’d love you to take on these challenges to learn new skills and become more comfortable…
Fleece and Fibre Book
Fleece and Fibre: Textile Producers of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, Francine McCabe’s recently published book, has been well received. We’re so excited to have this tangible resource and celebration of the bounty we have here in our Fibreshed!…
Gabriola Working Group Report (Dec 2023)
Gabriola Fibreshed Working Group Report We have had a busy fall, working on our own various projects, traveling, and planning for a big event in the New Year. We gathered once to brake and hackle our flax. Oops! Turns out…
2018 Fleece Inventory and Assessment
Vancouver Island Fibershed (VIF) is establishing a network between farmers and fibre consumers to build a local textile economy. VIF is part of the growing Fibreshed movement in North America, Europe and Australia that supports small-scale sustainable textile industries. VIF’s…